2020Flipped from DemocraticFinal results
2020 election for Florida's 27th District
U.S. House · Florida
María Elvira Salazar (R) won with 51.3% of the vote, defeating Donna E. Shalala (D) by 2.7 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
María Elvira SalazarRepublican · winner
51.3%176,141
Donna E. ShalalaDemocrat
48.6%166,758
343,356 votes
Source: MIT Election Data and Science LabUpdated Oct 1, 2026, 10:09 AM ET
The seat over time
D − R margin in this seat's races around 2020
Races before and after
Source: MIT Election Data and Science LabUpdated Oct 1, 2026, 10:09 AM ET
Money in this race
Each line compares the two campaigns on one scale.
Donna E. ShalalaMaría Elvira Salazar
$3.9M
Raised by the campaign
$3.7M
$3.8M
Spent by the campaign
$3.7M
$169.7K
Cash on hand
$21.3K
Campaign money: FEC, through Dec 31, 2020.
Source: FEC campaign filingsUpdated Dec 31, 2020