Miami Herald (Free subscription) | 04/11/2008
The race Tuesday between Rep. Lincoln Diaz-Balart and Raul Martinez has been billed as the battle of the titans, a clash between the Republican incumbent best known for a firm stance on Cuba and the former mayor of Hialeah, a Democrat who touts his two decades in office.
Naked Politics (Free subscription) | 05/11/2008
A victorious Carlos Curbelo, who helped run both Diaz-Balart brothers' campaigns, introduced Lincoln Diaz-Balart at his victory party Tuesday by mocking the Miami Herald for billing the Diaz-Balart vs. Raul Martinez matchup as a clash of political titans. "There is...
Eye On Miami (Free subscription) | 04/11/2008
The Huffington Post included this Lincoln Diaz-Balart ad in its list of the Top 60 Memorable Campaign Ads of 2008 . HPost declared the ad to be "one of the most over-the-top negative ads of the cycle," as it featured, "a police officer charging that Diaz-Balart's opponent "thinks he's better than all women," has "no humanity whatsoever," is the "most corrupt politician...
Naked Politics (Free subscription) | 04/11/2008
Austin and Michelle Cohoon waited in line 45 minutes at Broward's Pembroke Shores Park -- only to cancel out each other's vote. Michelle, 32, filled in the bubbles for Republicans John McCain and Lincoln Diaz-Balart. Her 31-year-old husband went for...
Miami Herald (Free subscription) | 05/11/2008
Incumbent Reps. Lincoln Diaz-Balart and Ileana Ros-Lehtinen declared victory late Tuesday, each garnering 58 to 42 percent margins, with a handful of precincts yet to be counted in Miami-Dade. Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart carved out a narrower, four-point lead over Joe Garcia, the former Miami-Dade Democratic Party chairman who helped orchestrate the attempt to shatter...
Eye On Miami (Free subscription) | 03/11/2008
"I know now that this issue, this issue of preventing a pyramid from forming again based on the housing market, I mean we have to have significant hearings and implement new regulations. There is no doubt about that " - Lincoln Diaz-Balart to Eye on Miami. ... Eye on Miami caught up with Lincoln Diaz-Balart Saturday just after the candidate had finished going...
Naked Politics (Free subscription) | 03/11/2008
Reps. Lincoln and Mario Diaz-Balart, wearing almost-matching blue shirts, have taken the stage in a musical break to rally John McCain supporters. "Where did they say that there wasn't enthusiasm for John McCain?" Lincoln Diaz-Balart said. "John McCain is going...
The Hotline on Call (Free subscription) | 05/11/2008
In one of the nastiest races of the cycle, Rep. Lincoln Diaz-Balart (R-FL 21) easily defeated ex-Hialeah Mayor Raul Martinez (D), 58-42%. The NRCC's IE arm spent its biggest chunk of money in the CD, and it looks like money well spent. Martinez, along with two other Hispanic challengers in FL-25 and FL-18, argued that younger voters were not as focused on Diaz-Balart's...
Naked Politics (Free subscription) | 31/10/2008
Rep. Lincoln Diaz-Balart takes on what he calls the "so-called experts" who suggest a shift to the Democrats among younger Cuban American voters. Appearing late Thursday on a paid political ad on Spanish-language WAQI 710 AM Radio Mambi, Diaz-Balart didn't...
Miami Herald (Free subscription) | 30/10/2008
Raul Martinez, the former Hialeah mayor who is running for Congress, denounced incumbent Republican Rep. Lincoln Diaz-Balart Thursday for using a former Hialeah police officer as a spokesman on his latest anti-Martinez television ad.
Naked Politics (Free subscription) | 31/10/2008
The Latin Builders Association invited Rep. Lincoln Diaz-Balart and his Democratic challenger, Raul Martinez to its monthly luncheon Friday, but Diaz-Balart was a no-show. Martinez, nevertheless, managed to keep lunch lively. Introduced by Cuban American National Foundation chairman Jorge Mas...
Naked Politics (Free subscription) | 31/10/2008
Raul Martinez denounced Rep. Lincoln Diaz-Balart Thursday for using a former Hialeah police officer to trash him in his latest anti-Martinez TV ad. Bill O'Connell, a retired Hialeah police captain, appears in the ad accusing Martinez of being the "most...
Babalu Blog (Free subscription) | 30/10/2008
Omar Kelly, the Dolphins beat writer for the Sun-Sentinel was a guest on Sid Rosenberg's show and asked Sid who he's voting for. Sid responds that he's voting for McCain. Then Sid asks Kelly who he's voting for and Kelly,...
Naked Politics (Free subscription) | 30/10/2008
Political prognosticator Larry Sabato says Democrats will pick up between 26 and 35 House seats, including the one held by Lincoln Diaz-Balart. He rates brother Mario-Diaz Balart's seat a "toss up." He's also predicting Barack Obama will take Florida, and...
Eye On Miami (Free subscription) | 29/10/2008
No local candidate divides the followers and contributors of this site like Raul Martinez. Observant readers will have noticed that Joe Garcia was endorsed by Eye on Miami, but neither Martinez nor Lincoln Diaz-Balart picked up a nod. Likewise, Democracy For America, a liberal advocacy group founded by Howard Dean, "> endorsed Annette Taddeo and Joe Garcia, but declined to lend...
