RepublicanIn office since Jan 2021

María Elvira Salazar

U.S. Representative, FL-27 since 2021. Ran for re-election in 2026; the count goes on.

U.S. Representative, FL-27Born 1961Journalist

Official website Wikipedia Congress.gov FEC filings

In office: 5 yrs; Since 2021
Bills became law: 0; 17 sponsored, 119th Congress
Votes missed: 13.3%; Chamber median 2.1%
With party: 96%; On votes splitting the parties
Last margin: +20.8; Won 2024

Source: Wikidata, congress-legislators and Open States; 99chambers legislative recordsUpdated Nov 7, 2026, 3:00 PM ET

Committees

119th Congress.

House Committee on Financial ServicesNational Security, Illicit Finance, and International Financial InstitutionsCapital MarketsHousing and Insurance
House Committee on Foreign AffairsAfricaWestern Hemisphere · Chair

Source: congress-legislators committeesUpdated Nov 7, 2026, 3:00 PM ET

Legislation

119th Congress · 17 sponsored · 0 became law

BillIntroCmteHouseSenateLaw

HR 633 TAKE IT DOWN Act
Science, Technology, Communications · In committee Apr 2025

HR 10505 Tropical Forest and Coral Reef Conservation Reauthorization Act of 2026
Public Lands and Natural Resources · Introduced Sep 2026

HR 9039 PANA Act of 2026
International Affairs · Introduced May 2026

HR 8915 NO FAKES Act of 2026
Commerce · Introduced May 2026

HR 7777 Protecting America’s Medical Supply Chains Act of 2026
Government Operations and Politics · Introduced Mar 2026

Source: Congress.gov billsUpdated Nov 6, 2026, 3:27 PM ET

Voting record

119th Congress · placement by roll-call votes

Where Salazar sits in the U.S. House

Salazar is closer to the center than 92% of the chamber's Republicans.

Closest: Dan Newhouse, Mario Díaz-Balart, Ryan Mackenzie

Source: 99chambers roll-call scalingUpdated Nov 6, 2026, 5:06 PM ET

With Salazar’s party

Votes with the chamber's Republicans96%
Cosponsorships of the other party's bills34%

Black tick: the average of Republicans in the U.S. House.

Source: 99chambers legislative scores from roll calls and cosponsorships

Key votes

Votes chosen for their effect, not their side: Salazar’s vote, each party’s majority, and the result. An orange vote differs from most Republicans.

Date	Bill	Salazar	Rep. majority	Dem. majority	Result
Sep 16, 2026	HR 5334: Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia and Iran Act of 2026	Not voting	Yes	No	Passed 262–159
Jun 30, 2026	HCONRES 108: Directing the President pursuant to section 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution to…	No	No	Yes	Failed 189–235
Jun 9, 2026	S 2: Secure America Act	Yes	Yes	No	Passed 214–212
May 13, 2026	HR 1346: To amend the Clean Air Act with respect to the ethanol waiver for Reid Vapor Pressure…	Yes	Yes	No	Passed 218–203
Feb 12, 2026	HR 2189: To modernize Federal firearms laws to account for advancements in technology and…	Yes	Yes	No	Passed 233–185

Source: 99chambers key votes from Congress.gov, Voteview and Open States roll calls

Career

Offices held, and every time Salazar was on a ballot. Filled marks are general elections won; hollow marks are primaries; an orange outline is a loss.

201820192020202120222023202420252026202720282029U.S. House, FL-27

Source: 99chambers results archive (MEDSL, Klarner, state election offices)

Elections

Margin against the seat’s presidential baseline: how the seat voted for president in the same or nearest year.

Year	Race	Result	Margin	Seat	+/−
2026	Florida's 27th District	Counting	R+0.4	R+14.9	−14.5
2024	U.S. House, FL-27	Won	R+20.8	—	—
2022	U.S. House, FL-27	Won	R+14.6	—	—
2020	U.S. House, FL-27	Won	R+2.7	—	—
2018	U.S. House, FL-27	Lost	D+6.0	—	—