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Naval Aviator, NASA Exec: Bale Dalton's Anti Corruption Campaign
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September 5, 2026
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25:38Now PlayingJames Carville and Albert Hunt sit down with Bale Dalton — a 24-year Navy Reserve helicopter pilot, former NASA chief of staff, and the Democratic nominee for Florida's 7th Congressional District. Dalton opens by weighing in on scandal-plagued incumbent Cory Mills' primary loss to TV anchor Ryan Elijah, arguing Congress has "completely lost any capability it might have had to police itself," before laying out an anti-corruption platform: banning individual stock trading and prediction-market betting for elected officials and staffers, and closing the lobbying revolving door.
The conversation moves through his contrast with Elijah (an election denier who Dalton says calls tariffs "working" and backs the current approach to the Iran war), his path from the Naval Academy through special operations, NASA leadership, and a Senate staffer role for Bill Nelson, and why he's part of a wave of veteran Democratic candidates running this cycle. Carville presses him on framing the affordability crisis as a "cost of living" issue rather than "affordability," and Dalton details Florida's exceptionally high property insurance and utility rates driving out retirees. He also addresses the Iran war's toll on deployed troops and morale, changes at the Naval Academy under Trump and Hegseth, and voices support for raising the minimum wage. The episode closes with Dalton's take on running alongside Jason Crow's DCCC support and gubernatorial candidate David Jolly.
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