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Maria Elvira Salazar

Republican · FL-27 · U.S. House

On the ballot in 2026

FL-27 — U.S. House

Likely R 88%

Maria Elvira Salazar is on the ballot. Eliott Rodriguez vs. María Elvira Salazar. Runs on a newly enacted district map.

R +20 points of win probability since March.

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Bio

María Elvira Salazar is an American journalist, author, and politician serving as the U.S. representative for Florida's 27th congressional district since 2021. She is a Republican assistant whip. Before entering politics, Salazar worked for the Spanish-language network Telemundo for three decades, after serving as a news anchor for Miami-based WSBS TV. She has also worked for CNN Español and Univision.

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Record of service

In office
5.7 years
First took office
2021 (3 terms)
Seniority
252 of 439 by time served
Age
64
District offices
  • Miami, FL · 305-668-2285
  • Palmetto Bay, FL · 305-668-2285
  • Cutler Bay, FL · 305-668-2285
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Service history, offices and identifiers from unitedstates/congress-legislators (public domain). Years served sum each term rather than subtracting the first start date, so a break in service is not counted as time in office.

Reported net worth

2021
$2.2M
2022
$8.9M
2023
$8.7M
2024
$2.0M
2025
$2.7M
Most recent filing (2025)
Assets
$1.2M – $4.1M
Liabilities
$0 – $0
Net worth
$1.2M – $4.1M
Since 2021
+$482k
Largest holdings in the 2025 filing · 59 assets reported
MES Home Distributors, 100% Interest$100k – $1.0M
Merrill IRA 2 ⇒ Vanguard S&P 500 ETF (VOO)$100k – $250k
Merrill Lynch Non-Retirement Investment Account ⇒ Invesco QQQ Trust, Series 1 (QQQ)$100k – $250k
Merrill Lynch Non-Retirement Investment Account ⇒ Vanguard S&P 500 ETF (VOO)$100k – $250k
Principal Investment Plus Variable Annuity ⇒ Principal Global Investors Bond Market Index $100k – $250k
Principal Investment Plus Variable Annuity ⇒ Principal Global Investors Large Cap S&P 500 $100k – $250k
Merrill IRA 2 ⇒ Bank of America, NA RASP$50k – $100k
Merrill IRA 2 ⇒ Invesco QQQ Trust, Series 1 (QQQ)$50k – $100k
Merrill Lynch Non-Retirement Investment Account ⇒ Bank of America, NA$50k – $100k
Merrill Lynch Non-Retirement Investment Account ⇒ iShares Russell 2000 ETF (IWM)$50k – $100k
Merrill Lynch Non-Retirement Investment Account ⇒ SPDR S&P 500 (SPY)$50k – $100k
Merrill IRA 2 ⇒ AB Large Cap Growth Fund$15k – $50k
Merrill IRA 2 ⇒ Goldman Sachs GQG Partners International Opportunities Fund Institutional $15k – $50k
Merrill IRA 2 ⇒ Invesco S&P 500 Equal Weight ETF (RSP)$15k – $50k
Merrill IRA 2 ⇒ iShares Russell 2000 Growth ETF$15k – $50k
Merrill IRA 2 ⇒ iShares Short Treasury Bond ETF (SHV)$15k – $50k
Merrill IRA 2 ⇒ Loomis Sayles Growth Fund$15k – $50k
Merrill IRA 2 ⇒ MFS Value Fund$15k – $50k
Merrill IRA 2 ⇒ SPDR Select Sector Fund - Energy Select Sector (XLE)$15k – $50k
Merrill Lynch Non-Retirement Investment Account ⇒ AB Large Cap Growth Fund, Inc. - Advisor$15k – $50k
Merrill Lynch Non-Retirement Investment Account ⇒ Allspring Fd, Municipal Bond Inst (WMBIX$15k – $50k
Merrill Lynch Non-Retirement Investment Account ⇒ Fidelity Advisor Municipal Income Fund: $15k – $50k
Merrill Lynch Non-Retirement Investment Account ⇒ Invesco S&P 500 Equal Weight ETF (RSP)$15k – $50k
Merrill Lynch Non-Retirement Investment Account ⇒ iShares 0-1 Year Treasury Bond ETF (SHV)$15k – $50k
Merrill Lynch Non-Retirement Investment Account ⇒ iShares 3-7 Year Treasury Bond ETF (IEI)$15k – $50k
Merrill Lynch Non-Retirement Investment Account ⇒ Loomis Sayles Funds - Growth Fund Class $15k – $50k
Merrill Lynch Non-Retirement Investment Account ⇒ Lord Abbett Intermediate Tax- Free Cl I $15k – $50k
Merrill Lynch Non-Retirement Investment Account ⇒ MFS Municipal Income Fund Cl I (MIMIX)$15k – $50k
Merrill Lynch Non-Retirement Investment Account ⇒ State Street Energy Select Sector SPDR E$15k – $50k
Miracle TV, Inc. ⇒ OrthoFX Investor II LLC$15k – $50k
Principal Investment Plus Variable Annuity ⇒ Principal Global Investors International Equi$15k – $50k
Principal Investment Plus Variable Annuity ⇒ Principal Global Investors Mid Cap S&P 400 In$15k – $50k
Principal Investment Plus Variable Annuity ⇒ Principal Global Investors Small Cap S&P 600 $15k – $50k
Google, Inc.$5k – $15k
Merrill Lynch Bank Account$1k – $15k
Prudential Financial, Inc. (PRU)$1k – $15k
Storm Shield of Miami, Inc.$1k – $15k
FL UTMA ACCT - DC ⇒ Cash$1k – $15k
Merrill IRA 1 ⇒ Bank of America, NA RASP$1k – $15k
Merrill IRA 2 ⇒ Clearbridge Large Cap Growth Fund$1k – $15k

Largest first, capped at 40 line items. Each is the asset's reported value bracket, not the income it produced.

From annual financial disclosures, which report every asset and debt as a bracket — so these are ranges, and the figure shown is their midpoint. A primary residence is not a reportable asset while its mortgage is a reportable debt, which pushes some members negative. How this is calculated →

Overall lean (DW-NOMINATE)

LeftCenterRight

Issue profile

FiscalHealthImmig.GunsAbortionEnviron.CrimeDefenseEconomyForeignCivil R.Educ.GovtJudicial
Taxes & Fiscal
R+0.88
Healthcare
R+0.46
Immigration & Border
R+0.89
Guns
R+0.31
Abortion & Reproductive Rights
R+0.81
Environment & Energy
R+0.79
Crime & Policing
R+0.83
Defense & Veterans
R+0.79
Economy & Labor
R+0.55
Foreign Policy & Trade
R+0.69
Civil Rights & Social
R+0.22
Education
R+0.93
Government & Democracy
R+0.78
Judicial & Executive Nominations
R+0.35

Each issue runs left ↔ right, scored from how the member voted on bills tagged to that issue (−1…+1). Issues with too few votes are blank. Overall lean uses DW-NOMINATE.

How they score against the parties

Maria Elvira Salazar's voting record compared with each party's national platform, issue by issue — the same similarity score used across the site.

Republican Party
89%
Libertarian Party
64%
Democratic Party
35%
Green Party
25%
Democratic Socialists (DSA)
21%
Communist Party USA
20%

On the political map

Maria Elvira Salazar (the large ringed dot) among every current member of Congress and the party platforms.

Socially conservativeSocially progressiveEconomic leftEconomic rightSalazar
Party platforms:Communist Party USADemocratic Socialists (DSA)Green PartyDemocratic PartyRepublican PartyLibertarian Party

Each small dot is a current member (Dem · Rep); the larger dots are party platforms — click one for its closest members. Economic axis: taxes, healthcare, labor, energy. Social axis: abortion, guns, immigration, civil rights, crime.

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Caucuses & committees

Where Salazarsits in Congress's own organization — each group's lean is computed from its members' voting records. Explore them all on the caucuses and committees pages.

Caucuses

Committees

Most and least aligned members

Treating Salazar's 14 issue scores as a vector, cosine similarity measures whether two voting records point the same way (+100%) or in opposite directions (−100%) — the colleagues whose records align most and least with theirs.

Most aligned

Thomas H. Kean, Jr.
R · NJ-7 · House
+99%
Nicole Malliotakis
R · NY-11 · House
+99%
Andrew R. Garbarino
R · NY-2 · House
+98%
Carlos A. Gimenez
R · FL-28 · House
+98%
Blake D. Moore
R · UT-1 · House
+98%

Least aligned

Greg Casar
D · TX-35 · House
−97%
Delia C. Ramirez
D · IL-3 · House
−96%
Summer L. Lee
D · PA-12 · House
−96%
Becca Balint
D · VT · House
−95%
Maxwell Frost
D · FL-10 · House
−95%

Recent notable votes

YEA
Whistleblower Protection Act of 2025
2026-09-15 · Passed · Government & Democracy
YEA
Fostering the Use of Technology to Uphold Regulatory Effectiveness in Supervision Act
2026-09-15 · Passed · Economy & Labor, Government & Democracy
YEA
Diesel Emissions Reduction Act of 2025
2026-09-15 · Passed · Environment & Energy, Economy & Labor
NAY
Directing the President, pursuant to section 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution, to remove United States Armed Forces from hostilities with Iran.
2026-09-15 · Passed · Foreign Policy & Trade, Defense & Veterans, Government & Democracy
YEA
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 9576) to establish the National Fraud Enforcement Division of the Department of Justice; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 10326) to enhance information-sharing capabilities between Federal law enforcement and State agencies to detect, investigate, and prosecute fraud in certain Federal programs, and to protect individual privacy; providing for consideration of the joint resolution (H.J. Res. 210) providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to ‘‘California State Nonroad Engine Pollution Control Standards; Ocean-Going Vessels At-Berth; Notice of Decision''; providing for consideration of the joint resolution (H.J. Res. 213) providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule issued by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to the ‘‘California State Nonroad Engine Pollution Control Standards; Commercial Harbor Craft Regulations; Notice of Decision''; and providing for consideration of the Senate amendments to the bill (H.R. 5334) to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow early childhood educators to take the educator expense deduction, and for other purposes.
2026-09-15 · Passed · Government & Democracy, Crime & Policing, Environment & Energy, Taxes & Fiscal, Education
YEA
GUARD Act
2026-09-15 · Passed · Crime & Policing, Economy & Labor
YEA
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 9576) to establish the National Fraud Enforcement Division of the Department of Justice; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 10326) to enhance information-sharing capabilities between Federal law enforcement and State agencies to detect, investigate, and prosecute fraud in certain Federal programs, and to protect individual privacy; providing for consideration of the joint resolution (H.J. Res. 210) providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to ‘‘California State Nonroad Engine Pollution Control Standards; Ocean-Going Vessels At-Berth; Notice of Decision''; providing for consideration of the joint resolution (H.J. Res. 213) providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule issued by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to the ‘‘California State Nonroad Engine Pollution Control Standards; Commercial Harbor Craft Regulations; Notice of Decision''; and providing for consideration of the Senate amendments to the bill (H.R. 5334) to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow early childhood educators to take the educator expense deduction, and for other purposes.
2026-09-15 · Passed · Government & Democracy, Crime & Policing, Environment & Energy, Taxes & Fiscal, Education
YEA
Local Communities & Bird Habitat Stewardship Act of 2026
2026-09-14 · Passed · Environment & Energy
YEA
National Wildlife Refuge System Invasive Species Strike Team Act of 2025
2026-09-14 · Passed · Environment & Energy
YEA
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to require that the Supreme Court of the United States be composed of nine justices.
2026-09-02 · Failed · Judicial & Executive Nominations
YEA
Protecting Domestic Mining Act of 2025
2026-09-02 · Passed · Environment & Energy, Economy & Labor
YEA
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to require that the Supreme Court of the United States be composed of nine justices.
2026-09-02 · Failed · Judicial & Executive Nominations

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