Renier Díaz de la Portilla (born April 29, 1971) was a member of the

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as a Republican from 2000 to 2002 for District 115. In January 2000, he replaces his brother,

Alex Díaz de la Portilla Alejandro Díaz de la Portilla (born August 25, 1964) is an American political consultant and former politician from Florida. A Republican, Díaz de la Portilla was a City of Miami commissioner for District 1 and a member of the Florida Senate ...

, in the Florida House. He ran for the State House again in 2012, but lost the Republican primary to

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. He previously served two stints on the Miami-Dade County School Board (1996–1998 and 2006–2012). Díaz de la Portilla earned an undergraduate degree from

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, a masters from

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, and a law degree from

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. In 2022, he ran for Judge of the Miami-Dade County Court, but lost the primary.

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