{"id":239513,"date":"2021-05-26T09:51:01","date_gmt":"2021-05-26T13:51:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/?p=239513"},"modified":"2021-05-26T09:51:01","modified_gmt":"2021-05-26T13:51:01","slug":"cuban-american-congressman-mario-diaz-balart-has-an-opponent-for-2022-legislative-elections","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/world\/usa\/cuban-american-congressman-mario-diaz-balart-has-an-opponent-for-2022-legislative-elections\/","title":{"rendered":"Cuban-American congressman Mario D\u00edaz-Balart has an opponent for 2022 legislative elections"},"content":{"rendered":"

Cuban-American <\/span><\/a>congressman Mario D\u00edaz-Balart has come up with a competitor on the left who intends to conquer the seat in Washington that he has held since 2002.<\/span><\/p>\n

In the last three election cycles, D\u00edaz-Balart has automatically won without competition, but now, for the legislative elections of 2022, a lawyer from South Florida <\/span>has just announced his run<\/span><\/a>. This is the Democrat Adam Gentle, specialized in anti-corruption cases and a political rookie, who in his first statements has said that he is running because the Republican recently voted against the creation of a commission to investigate the assault on the Capitol encouraged by former President Donald Trump, whom the Cuban-American supported without reluctance during the four years of his mandate.<\/span><\/p>\n

Gentle, who calls himself a \u201ccapitalist Democrat,\u201d announced his candidacy for Florida\u2019s 25th Congressional District in 2022, with a four-minute video ad featuring images of the Everglades and other parts of the district, along with images of the violent clashes outside the Capitol on January 6.<\/span><\/p>\n