# Bale Dalton > [!note] Stub > This is a short entry that hasn't been fully written yet. **Bale Dalton** is a Democrat who grew up in Central Florida, graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy and served about 24 years in the Navy and Navy Reserve as a helicopter pilot. He later worked for Sen. [[Bill Nelson]] and served as chief of staff at [[NASA]]. He won the Democratic primary for Florida's 7th District on August 18, 2026, with about 46 percent of the vote, and faces Republican [[Ryan Elijah]], who ousted Rep. Cory Mills in the Republican primary. Dalton is running on an anticorruption plan that would ban congressional stock trading. The race is covered at [[FL-07-2026]]. ## Connections - [[FL-07-2026]] · [[Ryan Elijah]] · [[Bill Nelson]] · [[NASA]]