María Elvira Salazar
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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

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

No bills in this list for the 119th Congress.

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.

Dem. medianRep. medianSalazarMore liberalMore conservative

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.

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.

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.

YearRaceResultMarginSeat+/−
2026Florida's 27th DistrictCountingR+0.4R+14.9−14.5
2024U.S. House, FL-27WonR+20.8——
2022U.S. House, FL-27WonR+14.6——
2020U.S. House, FL-27WonR+2.7——
2018U.S. House, FL-27LostD+6.0——

Source: 99chambers results archive; 2026: Florida Department of State, Division of Elections (unofficial)Updated Nov 7, 2026, 3:01 PM ET

Campaign money, 2025–26

Raised
$2.5M
Spent
$2.2M
Cash
$1.7M

Source: FEC filings through Oct 14, 2026Updated Nov 3, 2026, 2:14 AM ET

Campaign committees

Open committees can still raise and spend money.

SALAZAR FOR CONGRESS
FEC
Active—

Source: FEC filings through Oct 14, 2026Updated Nov 3, 2026, 2:14 AM ET

Seats Salazar has held

Source: 99chambers results archive

Who Salazar has run against

Source: 99chambers results archive; 2026: Florida Department of State, Division of Elections (unofficial)

In the polls

Included in 2 polls; Salazar’s best result was 47% (Florida's 27th District).

Salazar’s polls in the database →

Source: Polls: The New York Times and Wikipedia poll lists

How we know Salazar

One person, matched across every source we use.

Source: Identity links: Wikidata, congress-legislators, Open States, FECUpdated Nov 7, 2026, 3:00 PM ET