Bale Dalton
What this job does: Your district's one vote in the U.S. House. House members write and vote on federal laws, taxes and spending, and every bill to raise taxes has to start in the House. A term is two years.
- Occupation
- Navy veteran; former NASA chief of staff
Background
- Graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy; grew up in Central Florida. source: votevets.org
- Served more than two decades in the Navy and Navy Reserve, including 13 years on active duty as a helicopter pilot, with deployments to Iraq, Afghanistan, the Horn of Africa and the Pacific. source: votevets.org
- Worked for then-U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson helping Florida veterans access care and benefits; later commanded a Navy special operations support helicopter squadron. source: votevets.org
- Worked in the private aerospace sector and served as NASA chief of staff. source: fox35orlando.com
- Won the Democratic primary for Florida's 7th District on August 18, 2026, with 45%. source: cfpublic.org
In their own words
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- Lower household costs (groceries, utilities, property insurance) and raise the federal minimum wage source: fox35orlando.com
- Expand Affordable Care Act protections, negotiate prescription drug prices, protect Social Security and Medicare source: fox35orlando.com
- More housing supply; bar Wall Street investors from buying single-family homes source: fox35orlando.com
- Oppose tariffs; middle-class tax relief; strong national and border security source: fox35orlando.com
- Federal abortion protections modeled on Roe v. Wade source: fox35orlando.com
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