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Maria Elvira Salazar

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Maria Elvira Salazar is a Republican candidate for U.S. House in FL-27 in the 2026 election and the incumbent.

American journalist and politician (born 1961)

IncumbentU.S. House — FL-27RepublicanRunning nowVugol ID VM-9VB-11FV FEC H8FL27185

Running for U.S. House, FL-27, 2026

Link: vugol.me/p/maria-elvira-salazar

Roster source: FEC filing (2026-08-26)

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Races

  • 2026 · U.S. House, FL-27 · General · Republican · on the ballot · incumbent
  • 2024 · U.S. House, FL-27 · General · Republican · result not on file · incumbent · source
  • 2020 · U.S. House, FL-27 · General · Republican · won · 176,141 votes (51.4%) · source
  • 2018 · U.S. House, FL-27 · General · Republican · lost · 115,588 votes (45.8%) · source

Background

María Elvira Salazar is an American journalist, author, and politician serving as the U.S. representative for Florida's 27th congressional district since 2021. She is a Republican assistant whip.

More

Before entering politics, Salazar worked for the Spanish-language network Telemundo for three decades, after serving as a news anchor for Miami-based WSBS TV. She has also worked for CNN Español and Univision.

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15 · https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mar%C3%ADa_Elvira_Salazar

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  • At the Races: Seeing red in Minnesota?Roll Call · Oct 15
  • How Trump’s Deportation Policies Have Rocked a South Florida House RaceNew York Times · Oct 3
  • ICE confusion ignites MAGA backlash: ‘I would have called for impeachment’Fox News · Sep 29
  • At the Races: Unleash ObamaRoll Call · Oct 8
  • Homan defends ICE crackdown: "Give me an example of where we went too far"CBS News · Oct 1

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Campaign finance

$2,368,783total raised (2026 cycle)
$1,772,150total spent (2026 cycle)
$2,007,460cash on hand (2026 cycle)

As of 2026-09-30 · Source: FEC

Website and social

Campaign site

Campaign contact: info@salazar27.com · source

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  • Official portrait — public-domain congressional image set (unitedstates project)
  • Background — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0, retrieved 2026-10-15 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mar%C3%ADa_Elvira_Salazar
  • Official social accounts — congress-legislators dataset (unitedstates project)
  • Roster — FEC filing — https://www.fec.gov/data/candidate/H8FL27185/
  • photo_gallery — https://salazar.house.gov/about
  • photo_headshot — https://unitedstates.github.io/
  • photo_gallery — https://salazar.house.gov

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