Lincoln Diaz-Balart, former congressman from Miami, dies at 70

Lincoln Diaz-Balart, a Cuban-American ex-congressman from Miami, has died at age 70, his family said Monday.

Diaz-Balart was first elected to the Florida House of Representatives in 1986, then served in the Florida Senate from 1989 to 1992.

He served in Congress from 1993 to 2011 in Florida’s 21st District. After politics, he practiced law and served as chairman of the Congressional Hispanic Leadership Institute…

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