Bale Dalton is running for Congress in Florida’s 7th District. He graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy, going on to serve 24 years in the Navy and Navy Reserve, including 13 years on active duty with deployments to Iraq, Afghanistan, the Horn of Africa, and the Pacific. As a Navy helicopter pilot, he flew medical evacuation missions in Kuwait, delivered relief after Hurricane Katrina, supported special operations in Iraq and Africa, and directed combat air support in Afghanistan. He later worked at the State Department and for Senator Bill Nelson in Congress, returned to active duty as commanding officer of the Navy’s special operations support squadron, and went on to serve as NASA’s Chief of Staff, managing 16,500 employees.

James Martin is running for Congress in Florida’s 21st District. A fourth-generation Floridian, he earned an appointment to the U.S. Coast Guard Academy, graduated with honors in Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering, and spent nearly ten years in the Coast Guard serving on four ships and commanding two cutters in Fort Pierce, Florida. His last active-duty assignment was Chief of Staff for National Security Affairs and Executive Secretary of the Office of the Vice President at the White House from 2022 to 2025, where he served both Vice President Harris and Vice President Vance. He now holds a commission as a lieutenant commander in the U.S. Coast Guard Reserve.