Maria
Salazar

Who they are, where they came from

María Elvira Salazar represents Florida's 27th congressional district in the U.S. House of Representatives, a seat she has held since January 2021. She serves as a Republican assistant whip. Before entering elected office, Salazar spent three decades as a journalist for the Spanish-language network Telemundo, having begun her broadcast career as a news anchor at Miami-based WSBS TV. She also worked for CNN Español and Univision. Her legislative record spans immigration policy, including the DIGNIDAD Act (HR.4393), a comprehensive immigration proposal she has reintroduced across multiple Congresses, as well as healthcare access measures such as the John W. Walsh Alpha-1 Home Infusion Act (HR.2343, HR.4438), which would expand Medicare coverage for home infusion therapy. Salazar has also sponsored measures on foreign policy and historical recognition, including a resolution opposing one-sided pressure on Israel regarding Gaza (HRES.1117), a concurrent resolution denouncing socialism (HCONRES.9), and the Forgotten Heroes of the Holocaust Congressional Gold Medal Act (HR.537). Additional legislative work includes the Panama Canal Zone Veterans Act (HR.2447), the Crucial Communism Teaching Act (HR.2080), the NO FAKES Act addressing AI-generated likenesses (HR.2794), the Flight Refund Fairness Act (HR.5556), the Shelter Act (HR.6763), and the FORCE Act (HR.450). She also sponsored the Migratory Birds of the Americas Conservation Enhancements Act of 2023 (HR.4389), which was enacted into law.

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Where the campaign funds come from

Salazar raised $1.4M this cycle, with PACs and individuals contributing roughly equal shares — 30.7% and 29.5%, respectively — while 39.7% came from other sources. The top PAC contributor is SALAZAR VICTORY COMMITTEE, a joint fundraising committee, at $236,377; other named PACs include GOP WINNING WOMEN 2026, HISPANIC LEADERSHIP TRUST, and AMERICAN SOCIETY OF TRAVEL ADVISORS INC. PAC. Top employer concentrations among itemized individual donors include ES WINDOWS, SOUTH MIAMI OBGYN ASSOCIATES, TECNOGLASS, and CRESCENT HEIGHTS. Outside spending in the cycle totaled $1.1M supporting Salazar — led by AMERICANS FOR PROSPERITY ACTION, INC. (AFP ACTION) DBA CVA ACTION AND DBA LIBRE ACTION at $897K and LATINO VOTE FOR AMERICA PAC at $127K — and $86K opposing her, primarily from UNITED FOR SOUTH FLORIDA.