Maria Elvira Salazar
American journalist & politician (born 1961)
Illustration by Vugol.me, adapted from Official U.S. Congress portrait · Public domain
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.
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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.
In the news
- ICE confusion ignites MAGA backlash: ‘I would have called for impeachment’
- As Republicans break with Trump, one gets a brushback: From the Politics Desk
- Trump is moving fast and breaking things. He could pay in November.
- Read full episode transcripts of "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan" from 2026
- Trump Promotes Criticism of Republican Who Broke With Him on Immigration
- Republicans dump cash into red states as they try to hold the line against Democrats in the midterms
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Campaign finance
As of 2026-07-29 · Source: FEC
Website and social
Sources
- Official portrait — public-domain congressional image set (unitedstates project)
- Background — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0, retrieved 2026-09-26 — 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_headshot — https://unitedstates.github.io/
- photo_gallery — https://salazar.house.gov/about
- photo_gallery — https://salazar.house.gov
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