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Maria Elvira Salazar

Maria Elvira Salazar

Republican · FL U.S. RepresentativeCandidate 2026

6 years in the U.S. Congress · since 2021

  • background Born November 1, 1961; journalist and author
  • background News anchor for Miami WSBS TV; worked for Telemundo (3 decades), CNN Español, Univision
  • achievement Republican nominee 2018 for Florida's 27th; lost to Donna Shalala
  • achievement Defeated Donna Shalala in 2020 rematch
  • role U.S. representative for Florida's 27th district (since 2021)
  • role Re-elected 2022 and 2024; Republican assistant whip

Track record

Assembled from Congress.gov · FEC · official disclosures — each fact links its own source

These are verifiable facts from the public record, assembled in one place and presented without judgment. They are not a score, a grade, or a ranking. Context matters: a missed vote may be excused, on leadership or committee duty, or paired; a party-unity rate reflects agenda alignment, not virtue or independence; a disclosed trade or a documented relationship is a required public filing, not evidence of wrongdoing. Each fact links to its full source below.

  • 100.0%
    Roll-call participation →

    voted in 17 recorded roll calls

    Missing a vote is not inherently negative — an absence can be excused, reflect leadership or committee duty, or a recorded pairing.

  • 20
    Bills sponsored →

    plus 379 cosponsored

    A count of bills introduced as the primary sponsor; most legislation never advances, regardless of who sponsors it.

  • 0
    Sponsored bills enacted →

    of 20 bills sponsored

    Whether a bill becomes law depends on the whole Congress, not the sponsor alone; substantive provisions often pass folded into other vehicles.

  • 100%
    Party-unity voting

    votes with the party majority · on 8 party-line votes

    Party-unity is how often a member votes with their own party's majority on party-line votes — it reflects agenda alignment, not loyalty, independence, or virtue.

  • 0%
    Cross-party voting

    votes with the other party's majority on those same votes

    The share of the same party-line votes cast with the OTHER party's majority — a descriptive rate, not a measure of principle.

  • 0
    Documented positions →

    no positions documented yet

    Documented, sourced positions we have on record — the absence of a documented position is not the absence of a view.

  • 7
    Committee assignments →

    committees and subcommittees

    Committee seats are assignments made by party leadership — a measure of role and jurisdiction, not an achievement or a conflict in itself.

  • 96
    Disclosed stock trades →

    45 tickers · 13 in a sector a committee they sit on oversees

    Disclosed trades are legally required public filings (STOCK Act), not evidence of wrongdoing; trades may be executed by a manager or held in a blind trust.

  • 1
    Documented relationships →

    neutral overlap signals (e.g., committee oversight of a traded sector)

    A documented relationship is a factual overlap in the public record — NOT evidence of wrongdoing.

Assembled from CivicGate's ingested public records for Maria Elvira Salazar. A fact shown as “—” means we don't yet hold that data — not that the value is zero.

Voting record

Data from Congress.gov roll-call records

100.0%
of House roll calls voted

Full voting record (17 roll calls) → · Congress 119 · based on 17 of 676 recorded roll calls

See the participation leaderboard →

Issue positions (3)

Documented + CivicGate vote-derived — stated positions link their source; derived positions come from votes on direction-tagged bills

Campaign finance

2022 cycle

Incumbent for U.S. House FL-27 · 2026 General Election

  • $5,647,044 raised
  • $5,636,404 spent
  • $29,880 cash on hand
$5.65M
$4.93M
$3.87M
Itemized (≥ $200)$2.90M
Unitemized (< $200)$968.18K
Other committees (PACs)$1.05M
Transfers from other committees$714.77K
Offsets to expenditures$6.72K
Other receipts$532.19
$5.64M
Operating expenditures$5.29M
Loan repayments$182.00K
Contribution refunds$81.58K
Transfers to other committees$49.00K
Other disbursements$38.00K
Cash on hand$29.88K
Debts owed by committee$39.64K

Through December 31, 2022 · FEC

Data from FEC (through Dec 31, 2022)

Finance updated: not yet pulled

Over time

Data from FEC per-cycle campaign finance

Money raised, spent, and cash on hand across every election cycle on record — toggle a series in the legend.

Maria Elvira Salazar campaign finance by election cycle
Cycle RaisedSpentCash on hand
2020$3,640,053$3,620,813$19,240
2022$5,647,044$5,636,404$29,880
2024$3,230,464$1,849,517$1,410,827
2026$1,951,030$1,095,254$2,266,603

Top contributors (FEC)

Data from FEC, itemized campaign receipts

Top contributors — 2024 cycle

Organizations whose employees gave the most — itemized individual contributions grouped by the donor's reported employer (FEC Schedule A).

  • LEON MEDICAL CENTERS $31,700
  • TECNOGLAS $19,800
  • KASEYA $15,950
  • Employer not reported $15,227
  • STARKEY HEARING TECHNOLOGIES $13,200
  • GRUSS & CO. LLC $13,200
  • INVESTMENTS LIMITED $13,200
  • VETERANS GUARDIAN $13,200
  • LEFRAK $13,200
  • ES WINDOWS $13,200

Outside spending on this race

Data from FEC, Schedule E independent expenditures

Independent expenditures are money outside groups (PACs / super-PACs) spend to support or oppose a candidate without coordinating with their campaign. What's this? →

  • 2026 cycle $71,252 supporting · $0 opposing · 1 outside group

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Sponsored / cosponsored bills (200)

Data from Congress.gov

200
Page 1 of 8 · 200 bills
  • HR 10693To amend title 38, United States Code, to increase flexibility in the transferability of Post-9/11 Educational Assistance, and for other purposes.cosponsoredSep 30, 2026
  • HRES 1589Expressing support for the designation of October 1 as "National Latino and Latina Physician Day".cosponsoredSep 27, 2026
  • HR 10505Tropical Forest and Coral Reef Conservation Reauthorization Act of 2026sponsoredSep 16, 2026
  • HRES 1552Supporting the designation of the week of September 20 through September 26, 2026, as "Gold Star Families Remembrance Week".cosponsoredSep 15, 2026
  • HR 10350Protecting Elders from Wire Fraud ActcosponsoredSep 9, 2026
  • HR 10312SBA Spanish Resource Report ActcosponsoredSep 7, 2026
  • HRES 1511Recognizing the 25th anniversary of the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, honoring the memory of the victims, recognizing the courage and sacrifice of the heroes who answered the call to serve, acknowledging the charitable organizations that continue to support survivors and victims' families, and reaffirming the enduring commitment of the United States to never forget.cosponsoredSep 2, 2026
  • HR 10282Stronger Start for Working Families ActcosponsoredSep 2, 2026
  • HR 10223End Tuberculosis Now Act of 2026cosponsoredSep 1, 2026
  • HR 10184Consumer Financial Protection Accountability and Reform Act of 2026cosponsoredAug 30, 2026
  • HR 10096Task Force on the Impact of the Affordable Housing Crisis Act of 2026cosponsoredAug 12, 2026
  • HR 10106VISITOR ActcosponsoredAug 12, 2026
  • HR 9893Stop Support for UNRWA Act of 2026cosponsoredJul 22, 2026
  • HR 9899Afghanistan TPS Act of 2026cosponsoredJul 22, 2026
  • HR 9858STRATA Act of 2026cosponsoredJul 21, 2026
  • HRES 1445Condemning the attack on the Argentine Jewish Mutual Association Jewish Community Center in Buenos Aires, Argentina, in July 1994, and encouraging accountability for the attack.cosponsoredJul 20, 2026
  • HR 9760National Coordination on Adaptation and Resilience for Security Act of 2026cosponsoredJul 15, 2026
  • HR 9557Ounce of Prevention ActcosponsoredJun 29, 2026
  • HR 9569Making Condos Safer and Affordable Act of 2026cosponsoredJun 29, 2026
  • HR 9535Securing Agriculture's Workforce Act of 2026cosponsoredJun 29, 2026
  • HR 9268Stop Crypto ATM Scams ActcosponsoredJun 10, 2026
  • HRES 1350Expressing support of the goal of celebrating a "National Day of Honor and Respect" in conjunction with "Constitution Day and Citizenship Day".cosponsoredJun 8, 2026
  • HR 9214TSP Modernization ActcosponsoredJun 8, 2026
  • HR 9211Jewish American Security ActcosponsoredJun 8, 2026
  • HCONRES 109Allowing Emancipation Hall to be used for a ceremony to dedicate the Semiquincentennial Congressional Time Capsule on Wednesday, June 24, 2026.sponsoredJun 8, 2026
Page 1 of 8 · 200 bills

Committee assignments (7)

Frequent co-sponsors

Data from Congress.gov

The members Salazar most often co-sponsors bills with — their legislative coalition.

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Documented relationships

Documented facts about Salazar, aggregated from public records. A documented relationship is not evidence of wrongdoing — it is context, not a conclusion.

  • Committee oversight & trading — finance coverage: high

    Sits on the House Committee on Financial Services, which oversees the finance sector, and disclosed 3 finance-sector trades (disclosed amounts up to $115,000) in Mar 2026.

    Counts only disclosed trades we could tag to a sector; sector coverage is partial, so the real total may be higher.

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Stock trades (STOCK Act)

Data from Stock Watcher / official disclosures

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Data from Congress.gov · FEC

How Salazar connects to other members, committees, and PACs — drawn only from ingested records.

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