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Maria Elvira Salazar

Maria Elvira Salazar

Republican · FL U.S. RepresentativeCandidate 2026

Service history

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

  • Representative FL-27 2021–present

Background

  • 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

Campaign finance

2026 cycle

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

  • $1,951,030 raised
  • $1,095,254 spent
  • $2,266,603 cash on hand
$1.95M
$1.05M
$539.87K
Itemized (≥ $200)$522.51K
Unitemized (< $200)$17.36K
Other committees (PACs)$506.68K
Candidate self-funding$2.49K
Transfers from other committees$855.57K
Offsets to expenditures$90.61
Other receipts$46.33K
$1.10M
Operating expenditures$1.07M
Other disbursements$23.00K
Cash on hand$2.27M
Debts owed by committee$14.30K

Through June 30, 2026 · FEC

Data from FEC (through Jun 30, 2026)

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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

Contributions received — 2026 cycle

Data from FEC

Recorded individual contributions in the 2026 cycle: $196,282 ·

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 3 recorded roll calls · chamber median 100.0%

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

  • 19
    Bills sponsored →

    plus 368 cosponsored

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

  • 0
    Sponsored bills enacted →

    of 19 bills sponsored

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

  • 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.

  • 87
    Disclosed stock trades →

    42 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 House median 100.0%

Full voting record (3 roll calls) → · Congress 119 · based on 3 of 645 recorded roll calls

See the participation leaderboard →

Committee assignments (7)

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
  • NULL $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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Issue positions (1)

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

Stock trades (STOCK Act)

Data from Stock Watcher / official disclosures

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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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Frequent co-sponsors

Data from Congress.gov

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

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Connections network

Data from Congress.gov · FEC

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

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Sponsored / cosponsored bills (200)

Data from Congress.gov

200
Page 1 of 8 · 200 bills
  • HR 10106VISITOR ActcosponsoredAug 12, 2026
  • HR 10096To establish the Task Force on the Impact of the Affordable Housing Crisis, and for other purposes.cosponsoredAug 12, 2026
  • HR 9899Afghanistan TPS Act of 2026cosponsoredJul 22, 2026
  • HR 9893Stop Support for UNRWA 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 9569Making Condos Safer and Affordable Act of 2026cosponsoredJun 29, 2026
  • HR 9557Ounce of Prevention ActcosponsoredJun 29, 2026
  • HR 9535Securing Agriculture's Workforce Act of 2026cosponsoredJun 29, 2026
  • HR 9268Stop Crypto ATM Scams ActcosponsoredJun 10, 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
  • 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 9147Abraham Accords Expansion Act of 2026cosponsoredJun 3, 2026
  • HR 9094Florida Freeze Disaster Assistance Act of 2026cosponsoredJun 1, 2026
  • HR 9052Small Business Workforce Pipeline Act of 2026cosponsoredMay 28, 2026
  • HR 9056Community Flood Resilience ActcosponsoredMay 28, 2026
  • HR 9039PANA Act of 2026sponsoredMay 25, 2026
  • HR 9043Sex Trafficking Demand Reduction ActcosponsoredMay 25, 2026
  • HR 8957American Reserve Modernization Act of 2026cosponsoredMay 20, 2026
  • HR 8974To authorize the Development Finance Corporation to invest in Venezuela.cosponsoredMay 20, 2026
  • HR 8915NO FAKES Act of 2026sponsoredMay 19, 2026
  • HR 8898End Government Pensions for Sexual Abusers Act of 2026cosponsoredMay 18, 2026
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Committee activity

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