Candidate · November 3, 2026

Maria Elvira Salazar

On the ballot for U.S. House · Florida's 27th District

RepublicanIncumbent
raised through Oct 14, 2026
$2.5M
cash on hand
$1.7M
issues with public statements
8
outside spending for or against
$175K

§1On the ballot

Why this matters: This is exactly how the candidate appears on your ballot, from the state's official candidate list.

OfficeU.S. House · Florida's 27th District1,2,3
Party on the ballotRepublican1,2,4
StatusIncumbent — Currently represents Florida's 27th District in the U.S. House.5
Also on the ballot

§2Who they are

Why this matters: Background and experience help you judge how someone might do the job. These come from public records and the candidate's own materials.

Drafted by AI from the public sources cited. Each sentence links to its source.

Maria Elvira Salazar was born in Miami and studied at Miami Dade College, then earned a bachelor of arts in communications from the University of Miami and a master of public administration from Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy School of Government.6 She worked as a journalist for Spanish-language networks including Telemundo, Univision, AmericaTeve, MegaTV and CNN en Español, and has won five Emmy Awards.6,7 She was elected to the U.S. House in November 2020.7 She serves on the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, where she chairs the Western Hemisphere Subcommittee, and on the House Committee on Financial Services.6

Why they say they're running

Her campaign website says she fights for South Florida families by strengthening the economy, improving health care, supporting public safety and defending freedom, and that she is in Congress to stop socialism from coming to the United States.7,8

Service in Congress since 2023

  • 2025–nowU.S. Representative, FL-275
  • 2023–2025U.S. Representative, FL-275

Websites and accounts

§3What they've said on the issues

Why this matters: These are positions the candidate has stated publicly — on their campaign website or in public statements — summarized in plain words with a link to where they said it. Issues they haven't spoken about publicly are left out.

Drafted by AI from the public sources cited. Each sentence links to its source.

Each issue has its own range of views. A position is marked on that range only when the candidate's own statement clearly matches one option; there is no overall left–right score.

Elections and Government Reform

Term limits for Congress

Her campaign website says there should be limits on how long people can serve in Washington, and describes public service as something the country’s founders intended not to be a career.11

Economy, Jobs and Trade

Small business loans and programs

Her campaign website says she supports small businesses by cutting red tape, improving access to capital and increasing competition with larger corporations, and lists among her accomplishments an amendment expanding federal contracting opportunities for small businesses and a law giving small business owners more time to repay COVID-19 relief loans.12

Taxes and Budget

Business tax breaks

Her campaign website lists among her accomplishments co-sponsoring the Main Street Tax Certainty Act, which it says would permanently extend the 20% tax deduction for small businesses.12

Fraud and improper payments in federal programs

Her campaign website says she has worked to recover billions of taxpayer dollars lost to fraud and waste during the pandemic, and lists among her accomplishments her RECLAIM Taxpayer Funds Act, which it says was implemented by the SBA and recovers billions of dollars from fraudulent government loans.11,12

Federal spending levels

Her campaign website says she is focused on reducing unnecessary federal spending, and lists among her accomplishments backing the Fiscal Responsibility Act, which it says cuts over $2 trillion in spending.12

Technology, Privacy and AI

Rules for artificial intelligence

Her campaign website lists among her accomplishments leading passage of the TAKE IT DOWN Act, which it says protects victims of non-consensual intimate images and AI-generated deepfake pornography by holding online predators accountable while upholding free speech.13,14

  1. Require government testing or licenses for the most powerful AI systems before they are released
  2. Set rules for specific risks and uses, such as deepfakes, hiring decisions and safety disclosures
  3. Rely mainly on existing laws, without new rules written for AI
Marked: the option their statement matches.

Crime, Policing and Prisons

Police funding

Her campaign website lists among her accomplishments federal funding she secured for local law enforcement, including $2.1 million for City of Miami police cruisers, $3.75 million for a Miami-Dade Police Department technology upgrade and $1.25 million for a Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office violence reduction initiative.13

Social Security and Medicare

Medicare coverage of new tests and services

Her campaign website lists among her accomplishments introducing the John W. Walsh Alpha-1 Home Infusion Act, which it says would let Medicare beneficiaries with alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency receive essential treatments at home.14

  1. Add more services by law, such as permanent telehealth from home and testing and treatment by pharmacists
  2. Leave new coverage mainly to Medicare's own reviews of the medical evidence
  3. Add services only when savings elsewhere in Medicare cover their cost
Marked: the option their statement matches.

§4Popular bills that never got a vote

Why this matters: Many bills with wide support from both parties never reach a vote, so no member of Congress is ever on record for or against them. Signing on as a sponsor or cosponsor is the only public record of support.

While Maria Elvira Salazar served, these bills had broad support from both parties but never reached a floor vote. No officeholder ever had to vote on them. Maria Elvira Salazar sponsored or cosponsored 34 of the 52. How bills die without a vote.

See all 52

§5Money

Why this matters: Campaigns report where their money comes from and how much they have left. Outside groups that spend on their own, without coordinating with the campaign, report that too.

Reported to the Federal Election Commission for the 2025–2026 election cycle, through October 14, 2026.67

Raised$2,519,401
Spent$2,249,750
Cash on hand$1,680,478
Debts owed by the campaign$14,300

Where the money came from

Individual donors$639K · 25%
PACs and other political committees$743K · 29%
The candidate's own money (gifts and loans)$2,493 · 0%
Transfers from the candidate's other committees$1.1M · 42%
Other receipts (other loans, refunds, interest)$66K · 3%

Outside spending

Groups spending independently reported $125,472 supporting and $49,091 opposing Maria Elvira Salazar this cycle, primary and general combined, in the 24- and 48-hour reports the law requires for larger expenditures, filed through October 24, 2026.68

Largest independent spenders, as named in their FEC filings.
GroupSupportingOpposing
National Association of Realtors Political Action Committee$53,835—
SAVE AMERICAN FREEDOM$36,580—
SEIU COPE (Service Employees International Union Committee On Political Education)—$28,000
Cedar Key Progress—$20,000
CIVIC RENEWAL FUND INC.$16,206—
LATINO VOTE FOR AMERICA PAC$10,000—
WFW ACTION FUND INC$8,851—
WORKERS VOTE—$1,091

Smaller expenditures that appear only on a group's regular monthly or quarterly report aren't in these totals, so the full amounts can be somewhat higher. When a group amends a report, only its latest version is counted.

§6Financial disclosures

Why this matters: Federal candidates and members of Congress must report their assets, income, debts and outside jobs, and members must report stock trades. These filings show possible conflicts of interest.