Maria Elvira Salazar

U.S. Representative, FL-27

FL House · Republican

María Elvira Salazar (born November 1, 1961) 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. Salazar was the Republican nominee for Florida's 27th congressional district in 2018, losing to Donna Shalala. In 2020, she defeated Shalala in a rematch. Salazar was re-elected in 2022 and 2024.

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Voting Summary

Votes recorded: 31
Ballots cast: 27
Participation: 87.1%
Yea / Nay: 17 / 10

Yea17

Nay10

Absent4

Abstain0

31 total ballots recorded.

Participation counts yea and nay ballots votes where a position was taken as a share of all roll calls on file.

Voting Record

4 votes recorded as “Absent”

Bill	Chamber	Roll call	Vote
Ratepayer Protection Act	house	—	Absent
Retire through Ownership Act	senate	—	Absent
American Battlefield Protection Program Amendments Act of 2026	house	—	Absent
Clergy Act	house	—	Absent

Bill title and chamber are the only bill details held locally for these votes. Bill number, status, summary and sponsor are not part of this dataset see Bills for the fuller bill record. “Roll call” is the upstream roll-call identifier, not a date; no vote date is recorded in this dataset.