Maria Elvira Salazar
Republican · FL · U.S. Representative for Florida's 27th congressional district
Maria Elvira Salazar has represented Florida's 27th congressional district since 2021. A former journalist, she serves on the House Financial Services and Foreign Affairs committees.
Where Maria Elvira Salazar stands, based on their records
Supports
AI Regulation (1 record), Environment and Public Health (2 records), Reduce Wealth Gap (2 records),
Mixed record
Healthcare Affordability (3 support · 1 oppose), Government Spending Reduction (1 support · 1 oppose), Social Programs and Welfare (2 support · 1 oppose),
Campaign Finance Information — United States Representative, Congressional District 27
Campaign Finance Information
Data last updated September 21, 2026
- Raised
- $1,999,399
- Spent
- $1,150,679
- Cash on hand
- $2,259,547
- Debts
- $14,300
Top disclosed occupations of direct donors
- RETIRED$1,966,640
- CEO$677,140
- PRESIDENT$382,342
- HOMEMAKER$308,434
- ATTORNEY$285,038
PAC money by interest
Finance and investment · 33 PACs$102,000
Insurance · 17 PACs$39,500
- NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF INSURANCE AND FINANCIAL ADVISORS POLITICAL ACTION COMM$5,000
- WHOLESALE & SPECIALTY INSURANCE ASSOCIATION (WSIA) PAC$5,000
- AMERICAN PROPERTY CASUALTY INSURANCE ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (INSURING AMERICA PAC)$3,000
- ENACT HOLDINGS, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (ENACT PAC)$3,000
- THE COUNCIL OF INSURANCE AGENTS & BROKERS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$3,000
- and 12 more
Construction · 7 PACs$33,598
- AMERICAN COUNCIL OF ENGINEERING COMPANIES (ACEC/PAC)$10,000
- ASSOCIATED GENERAL CONTRACTORS OF AMERICA POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$7,500
- NATIONAL ROOFING CONTRACTORS ASSOCIATION ROOF PAC$7,500
- BUILD POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE OF THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF HOME BUILDERS (BUILDPAC)$3,500
- WOOLPERT, INC. PAC$2,598
- and 2 more
Accounting and consulting firms · 6 PACs$28,000
Hospitality · 11 PACs$26,500
- AMERICAN SOCIETY OF TRAVEL ADVISORS, INC. PAC$5,000
- ASIAN AMERICAN HOTEL OWNERS ASSOCIATION PAC (AAHOA PAC)$5,000
- OUTDOOR AMUSEMENT BUSINESS ASSOCIATION INC POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$5,000
- NATIONAL RESTAURANT ASSOCIATION PAC (RESTAURANT PAC)$2,500
- AMERICAN RESORT DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION RESORT OWNERS COALITION PAC (ARDA-ROC PAC)$2,000
- and 6 more
Donations sent through groups
Pro-Israel group that lobbies for U.S. military aid to Israel. It backs pro-Israel candidates from both parties. · aipac.org · aipac.org · fec.gov
Jewish Republican group. It backs Republicans and pushes for a hard line on Iran, support for Israel and action on antisemitism. · rjchq.org · rjchq.org · fec.gov
Source: FEC · 2026 cycle · fec.gov
Track record
Track record — AI Regulation
AI Regulation · 1 support
Led the TAKE IT DOWN Act in the House; the law criminalizes intentional distribution of nonconsensual intimate images, including deepfakes, and requires online platforms to remove reported material.
May 19, 2025Supports AI Regulation
Source: salazar.house.gov · researched September 20, 2026
Track record — Healthcare Affordability
Healthcare Affordability · 3 support · 1 oppose
Co-introduced the bipartisan End Tuberculosis Now Act of 2026 to strengthen U.S. global prevention, diagnosis, and treatment programs.
September 4, 2026Supports Healthcare Affordability
Source: salazar.house.gov · researched September 20, 2026
Introduced the bipartisan H1Bs for Physicians and the Healthcare Workforce Act to exempt health professionals from a proposed $100,000 H-1B petition fee.
March 17, 2026Supports Healthcare Affordability
Source: salazar.house.gov · researched September 20, 2026
Voted for final passage of H.R. 1, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act reconciliation package; the House passed the Senate amendment 218-214.
July 3, 2025Opposes Healthcare Affordability
Source: clerk.house.gov · researched September 20, 2026
Sponsored the Summer Barrow Prevention, Treatment, and Recovery Act to reauthorize mental-health and substance-use programs; it became law.
December 29, 2022Supports Healthcare Affordability
Source: salazar.house.gov · researched September 20, 2026
Track record — Environment and Public Health
Environment and Public Health · 2 support
Sponsored the Migratory Birds of the Americas Conservation Enhancements Act, reauthorizing habitat, research, monitoring, and education grants; it became law.
April 24, 2024Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: salazar.house.gov · researched September 20, 2026
Sponsored the REEF Act, which facilitates use of retired Navy vessels as artificial reefs; it became law.
December 22, 2023Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: salazar.house.gov · researched September 20, 2026
Track record — Reduce Wealth Gap
Reduce Wealth Gap · 2 support
Reintroduced the bipartisan Making Condos Safer and Affordable Act to expand federally backed financing for structural and life-safety repairs.
July 2, 2026Supports Reduce Wealth Gap
Source: salazar.house.gov · researched September 20, 2026
Introduced the bipartisan RESIDE Act to fund conversion of vacant buildings into affordable housing through a budget-neutral federal pilot program.
September 29, 2025Supports Reduce Wealth Gap
Source: salazar.house.gov · researched September 20, 2026
Track record — Labor Rights
Labor Rights · 4 support
Introduced two bipartisan bills allowing family caregivers to make retirement contributions and catch-up contributions for time spent outside the paid workforce.
April 20, 2026Supports Labor Rights
Source: salazar.house.gov · researched September 20, 2026
Introduced the bipartisan H1Bs for Physicians and the Healthcare Workforce Act to exempt health professionals from a proposed $100,000 H-1B petition fee.
March 17, 2026Supports Labor Rights
Source: salazar.house.gov · researched September 20, 2026
Introduced a bipartisan 2023 Dignity Act with border, asylum, workforce, legal-immigration, and earned-status provisions for eligible undocumented residents.
May 23, 2023Supports Labor Rights
Source: salazar.house.gov · researched September 20, 2026
Introduced the Dignity Act, combining border enforcement, asylum and legal-immigration changes, workforce provisions, and renewable legal status for eligible undocumented residents.
February 8, 2022Supports Labor Rights
Source: salazar.house.gov · researched September 20, 2026
Track record — Anti-Corruption
Anti-Corruption · 1 support
Introduced the bipartisan Protect Honduran Democracy Act to support international election observation and sanction officials involved in election fraud.
June 26, 2025Supports Anti-Corruption
Source: salazar.house.gov · researched September 20, 2026
Track record — Government Efficiency
Government Efficiency · 2 support
Had the bipartisan Passport System Reform and Backlog Prevention Act pass the House to modernize processing and reduce passport wait times.
March 19, 2024Supports Government Efficiency
Source: salazar.house.gov · researched September 20, 2026
Sponsored the PRICE Act to improve small businesses' access to federal contracting opportunities; it became law.
February 22, 2022Supports Government Efficiency
Source: salazar.house.gov · researched September 20, 2026
Track record — Immigration
Immigration · 6 support
Signed a discharge petition seeking a House vote on the American Dream and Promise Act for Dreamers and Temporary Protected Status recipients.
July 21, 2026Supports Immigration
Source: salazar.house.gov · researched September 20, 2026
Voted to extend Temporary Protected Status for Haitian nationals, citing unsafe conditions in Haiti and effects on South Florida's workforce.
April 16, 2026Supports Immigration
Source: salazar.house.gov · researched September 20, 2026
Co-led the Venezuela TPS Act to grant eligible Venezuelans 18 months of Temporary Protected Status, work authorization, and protection from deportation.
May 9, 2025Supports Immigration
Source: salazar.house.gov · researched September 20, 2026
Co-led the American Dream and Promise Act to create permanent-residence pathways for eligible Dreamers and Temporary Protected Status or Deferred Enforced Departure beneficiaries.
February 28, 2025Supports Immigration
Source: salazar.house.gov · researched September 20, 2026
Introduced a bipartisan 2023 Dignity Act with border, asylum, workforce, legal-immigration, and earned-status provisions for eligible undocumented residents.
May 23, 2023Supports Immigration
Source: salazar.house.gov · researched September 20, 2026
Introduced the Dignity Act, combining border enforcement, asylum and legal-immigration changes, workforce provisions, and renewable legal status for eligible undocumented residents.
February 8, 2022Supports Immigration
Source: salazar.house.gov · researched September 20, 2026
Track record — Government Spending Reduction
Government Spending Reduction · 1 support · 1 oppose
Secured $25.6 million for Florida's 27th District in the enacted fiscal-year 2026 appropriations law for infrastructure, water, public safety, housing, and community projects.
February 20, 2026Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: salazar.house.gov · researched September 20, 2026
Voted for final passage of H.R. 1, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act reconciliation package; the House passed the Senate amendment 218-214.
July 3, 2025Supports Government Spending Reduction
Source: clerk.house.gov · researched September 20, 2026
Track record — Social Programs and Welfare
Social Programs and Welfare · 2 support · 1 oppose
Introduced two bipartisan bills allowing family caregivers to make retirement contributions and catch-up contributions for time spent outside the paid workforce.
April 20, 2026Supports Social Programs and Welfare
Source: salazar.house.gov · researched September 20, 2026
Voted for final passage of H.R. 1, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act reconciliation package; the House passed the Senate amendment 218-214.
July 3, 2025Opposes Social Programs and Welfare
Source: clerk.house.gov · researched September 20, 2026
Sponsored the Summer Barrow Prevention, Treatment, and Recovery Act to reauthorize mental-health and substance-use programs; it became law.
December 29, 2022Supports Social Programs and Welfare
Source: salazar.house.gov · researched September 20, 2026
Track record — National Defense
National Defense · 2 support
Sponsored the REEF Act, which facilitates use of retired Navy vessels as artificial reefs; it became law.
December 22, 2023Supports National Defense
Source: salazar.house.gov · researched September 20, 2026
Reintroduced the FORCE Act to keep Cuba on the State Sponsors of Terrorism list until statutory democratic and human-rights conditions are met.
January 13, 2023Supports National Defense
Source: salazar.house.gov · researched September 20, 2026
Track record — Foreign Trade
Foreign Trade · 1 support
Voted for H.R. 4795, which would cut off federal student aid to colleges that boycott Israel. The House passed it 237-169.
September 3, 2026Supports Foreign Trade
Source: clerk.house.gov · researched September 20, 2026
Track record — Data Privacy
Data Privacy · 1 support
Led the TAKE IT DOWN Act in the House; the law criminalizes intentional distribution of nonconsensual intimate images, including deepfakes, and requires online platforms to remove reported material.
May 19, 2025Supports Data Privacy
Source: salazar.house.gov · researched September 20, 2026
Track record — Civil Rights
Civil Rights · 7 support
Signed a discharge petition seeking a House vote on the American Dream and Promise Act for Dreamers and Temporary Protected Status recipients.
July 21, 2026Supports Civil Rights
Source: salazar.house.gov · researched September 20, 2026
Voted to extend Temporary Protected Status for Haitian nationals, citing unsafe conditions in Haiti and effects on South Florida's workforce.
April 16, 2026Supports Civil Rights
Source: salazar.house.gov · researched September 20, 2026
Introduced a bipartisan bill creating a national commission to investigate antisemitic violence, improve data collection, and recommend federal action.
June 3, 2025Supports Civil Rights
Source: salazar.house.gov · researched September 20, 2026
Co-led the Venezuela TPS Act to grant eligible Venezuelans 18 months of Temporary Protected Status, work authorization, and protection from deportation.
May 9, 2025Supports Civil Rights
Source: salazar.house.gov · researched September 20, 2026
Co-led the American Dream and Promise Act to create permanent-residence pathways for eligible Dreamers and Temporary Protected Status or Deferred Enforced Departure beneficiaries.
February 28, 2025Supports Civil Rights
Source: salazar.house.gov · researched September 20, 2026
Sponsored the Forgotten Heroes of the Holocaust Congressional Gold Medal Act honoring diplomats who saved Jews from Nazi persecution; it became law.
December 23, 2024Supports Civil Rights
Source: salazar.house.gov · researched September 20, 2026
Sponsored the RENACER Act, which authorized sanctions and other measures responding to repression and election abuses by Nicaragua's Ortega government; it became law.
November 10, 2021Supports Civil Rights
Source: salazar.house.gov · researched September 20, 2026
Track record — Corporate Accountability
Corporate Accountability · 2 support
Led the TAKE IT DOWN Act in the House; the law criminalizes intentional distribution of nonconsensual intimate images, including deepfakes, and requires online platforms to remove reported material.
May 19, 2025Supports Corporate Accountability
Source: salazar.house.gov · researched September 20, 2026
Sponsored the PRICE Act to improve small businesses' access to federal contracting opportunities; it became law.
February 22, 2022Supports Corporate Accountability
Source: salazar.house.gov · researched September 20, 2026
Track record — Public Infrastructure
Public Infrastructure · 2 support
Secured $25.6 million for Florida's 27th District in the enacted fiscal-year 2026 appropriations law for infrastructure, water, public safety, housing, and community projects.
February 20, 2026Supports Public Infrastructure
Source: salazar.house.gov · researched September 20, 2026
Introduced the bipartisan RESIDE Act to fund conversion of vacant buildings into affordable housing through a budget-neutral federal pilot program.
September 29, 2025Supports Public Infrastructure
Source: salazar.house.gov · researched September 20, 2026
Track record — Peaceful Foreign Policy
Peaceful Foreign Policy · 3 support · 2 oppose
Co-introduced the bipartisan End Tuberculosis Now Act of 2026 to strengthen U.S. global prevention, diagnosis, and treatment programs.
September 4, 2026Supports Peaceful Foreign Policy
Source: salazar.house.gov · researched September 20, 2026
Introduced the bipartisan Protect Honduran Democracy Act to support international election observation and sanction officials involved in election fraud.
June 26, 2025Supports Peaceful Foreign Policy
Source: salazar.house.gov · researched September 20, 2026
Sponsored the Forgotten Heroes of the Holocaust Congressional Gold Medal Act honoring diplomats who saved Jews from Nazi persecution; it became law.
December 23, 2024Supports Peaceful Foreign Policy
Source: salazar.house.gov · researched September 20, 2026
Reintroduced the FORCE Act to keep Cuba on the State Sponsors of Terrorism list until statutory democratic and human-rights conditions are met.
January 13, 2023Opposes Peaceful Foreign Policy
Source: salazar.house.gov · researched September 20, 2026
Sponsored the RENACER Act, which authorized sanctions and other measures responding to repression and election abuses by Nicaragua's Ortega government; it became law.
November 10, 2021Opposes Peaceful Foreign Policy
Source: salazar.house.gov · researched September 20, 2026
Track record — U.S.-Israel Ties
U.S.-Israel Ties · 5 support
Voted for H.R. 4795, which would cut off federal student aid to colleges that boycott Israel. The House passed it 237-169.
September 3, 2026Supports U.S.-Israel Ties
Source: clerk.house.gov · researched September 20, 2026
Voted for H.R. 8369, which would have ordered delivery of weapons shipments to Israel that the president had paused. It would have frozen some Pentagon, State Department and White House funds until delivery. The House passed it 224-187.
May 16, 2024Supports U.S.-Israel Ties
Source: clerk.house.gov · researched September 20, 2026
Voted for H.R. 8034, which approved $26 billion in U.S. taxpayer money: military aid for Israel and funds for U.S. forces nearby. About $9 billion of it was humanitarian aid, and none could go to the U.N. agency for Palestinian refugees. It passed 366-58 and became law in April 2024.
April 20, 2024Supports U.S.-Israel Ties
Source: clerk.house.gov · researched September 20, 2026
Voted for H.R. 6126, which would have sent Israel $14.3 billion in U.S. taxpayer money as military aid. To pay for it, the bill would have taken the same amount from extra funding Congress gave the IRS. The House passed it 226-196.
November 2, 2023Supports U.S.-Israel Ties
Source: clerk.house.gov · researched September 20, 2026
Voted for H.R. 5323, which gave Israel $1 billion in U.S. taxpayer money to restock its Iron Dome rocket-defense system. The House passed it 420-9. The money later became law inside a 2022 spending bill.
September 23, 2021Supports U.S.-Israel Ties
Source: clerk.house.gov · researched September 20, 2026
Track record — General
General · 4 records
Received CIVPAC's endorsement in the Republican primary for Florida's 27th Congressional District.
August 5, 2026
Source: centristindependentvoter.com · researched September 20, 2026
Had the Crucial Communism Teaching Act pass the House 327-62 to direct development of educational materials on the history and effects of communism.
December 6, 2024
Source: salazar.house.gov · researched September 20, 2026
Voted for H.R. 6090, which would have told the Education Department to use a set definition of antisemitism in campus discrimination cases. The definition's examples include some statements about Israel. The House passed it 320-91.
May 1, 2024
Source: clerk.house.gov · researched September 20, 2026
Voted for H.Res. 894, a House resolution that condemned antisemitism and stated that anti-Zionism is antisemitism. The House adopted it 311-14, with 92 members voting present.
December 5, 2023
Source: clerk.house.gov · researched September 20, 2026
Track record — Candidate Ethics
Candidate Ethics · 2 records
The Federal Election Commission accepted a conciliation agreement imposing a $22,800 civil penalty on Salazar for Congress and affiliated committees for campaign-finance reporting and depository violations.
November 30, 2023
Source: fec.gov · researched September 20, 2026
The Federal Election Commission assessed Maria Elvira Salazar for Congress an $11,799 civil penalty for untimely 48-hour contribution notices; the committee paid it in full.
June 29, 2020
Source: fec.gov · researched September 20, 2026
Race Maria Elvira Salazar is in:
- United States Representative, Congressional District 27 · November 3, 2026 · Congressional District 27 (120th Congress), Florida · incumbent
Profile last researched September 20, 2026.