Incumbent Rep.Maria Elvira Salazar advanced Tuesday against Michael Arias in Florida’s 27th Congressional District.Miami attorney Arias is a former state prosecutor and SEC enforcement attorney who ran as a political outsider focused on fiscal responsibility, affordability and government accountability.He campaigned on reducing the federal deficit and inflation, lowering South Florida’s cost of living — including housing and property-insurance costs — and increasing funding for public safety.Trump-backed Salazar has held the seat for more than five years after defeating Democratic incumbent Donna Shalala in 2020 and flipping the district red.TRUMP ADMINISTRATION ORDERS GREEN CARD APPLICANTS TO LEAVE THE US, APPLY FROM THEIR HOME COUNTRIESRep.
María Elvira Salazar, R-Fla., leaves a news conference in the U.S.Capitol on developments regarding Cuba, including the indictment of former Cuban President Raul Castro, May 20, 2026.
(Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)The Cuban American, who chairs the House Foreign Affairs Western Hemisphere Subcommittee, emerging as a key congressional ally of the Trump administration’s Latin America agenda.Salazar pushed to cut off Venezuelan oil revenue and later backed the administration’s capture of Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro.While she supports the majority of Trump’s major priorities, she differs when it comes to immigration.SOCIALIST IN TRUMP COUNTRY GIVES KARL MARX VISION THUMBS-UP BEFORE DUCKING KEY TAX QUESTIONU.S.Rep Maria Elvira Salazar, R-Fla., asks questions of Secretary of State Antony Blinken as he testifies before the House Committee on Foreign Affairs on The Biden Administration's Priorities for U.S.
Foreign Policy on Capitol Hill in Washington March 10, 2021. (Ken Cedeno/Pool via Reuters )Salazar has taken a more moderate approach to immigration than some of her hardline GOP colleagues, pairing strong border enforcement with a pathway to legal status for qualifying immigrants living...