2020 general election
Florida 27th District
The winner was outraised and won anyway. The incumbent lost.
$8.0M was spent on the 2020 Florida 27th District race: $7.6M raised by the campaigns, $1.0M of it from PACs, plus $426K from outside groups (FEC filings through Dec 31, 2020). Maria Elvira Salazar (Republican) won despite being outraised.
Total money
$8.0M
Raised by campaigns
$7.6M
PAC checks
$1.0M
Outside money
$426K
Candidates
Raised by the campaign Outside money supportingOutside money attacking Democrat Republican Other
Donna ShalalaDemocrat, incumbent
✗ Lost- Raised
- $3.9M
- Spent
- $3.8M
- From individuals
- $2.9M
- From PACs
- $812K
- From party
- $951
- Own money & loans
- $52K
- Outside money for
- $93K
- Outside money against
- $198K
Who paid: 21% of Shalala's money came from PACs
Corporate $266K (34%)Trade group $107K (14%)Leadership PAC $86K (11%)Membership $95K (12%)Union $114K (15%)Super PAC $22K (3%)Party $1K (0%)Other $89K (11%)
- Elect Democratic Women Other$13K
- Mednax, Inc. Corporate$10K
- Humana Inc. Corporate$10K
- National Air Traffic Controllers Association Union$10K
- Ameripac: the Fund for a Greater America Leadership PAC$10K
- District Council 37, Afscme Public Employees Organized for Pol & Leg Equality Union$10K
- American Hospital Association Trade group$10K
- International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Political Action Committee Union$10K
Biggest outside spenders
- Latino Vote for America PAC · $133K attacking
- American Association of Nurse Anesthetists Separate Segregated Fund (Crna-PAC) · $86K supporting
- Leadership for a Strong America · $65K attacking
- Seiu Cope (Service Employees International Union Committee On Political Education) · $6K supporting
- Aft Solidarity · $500 supporting
Maria Elvira SalazarRepublican
✓ Won- Raised
- $3.7M
- Spent
- $3.7M
- From individuals
- $3.2M
- From PACs
- $238K
- From party
- $5K
- Own money & loans
- $183K
- Outside money for
- $135K
- Outside money against
- $0
Who paid: 6% of Salazar's money came from PACs
Corporate $34K (12%)Trade group $19K (7%)Leadership PAC $96K (33%)Membership $30K (10%)Union $8K (3%)Super PAC $48K (17%)Party $10K (3%)Other $43K (15%)
- Winred Super PAC$33K
- Republican Mainstreet Partnership PAC Other$11K
- Mccarthy Victory Fund Leadership PAC$10K
- Stefanik Leadership PAC$10K
- Scalise Leadership PAC$10K
- Mcmorris Rodgers Win the Future Fund Super PAC$10K
- Huck PAC Other$10K
- National Automobile Dealers Association Trade group$8K
Biggest outside spenders
- Leadership for a Strong America · $80K supporting
- American Liberty Fund · $19K supporting
- Freedomworks for America · $17K supporting
- Miami-Dade Jewish Alliance for Positive Leadership · $12K supporting
- The Guardian Fund · $7K supporting
Questions people ask
- How much money was spent on the 2020 Florida 27th District race?
- $8.0M was spent on the 2020 Florida 27th District race: $7.6M raised by the campaigns, $1.0M of it from PACs, plus $426K from outside groups (FEC filings through Dec 31, 2020). Maria Elvira Salazar (Republican) won despite being outraised.
- Who raised the most money in the 2020 Florida 27th District race?
- Donna Shalala (Democrat) raised $3.9M and had $93K in outside spending on their side.
- Which outside groups spent the most on the 2020 Florida 27th District race?
- Leadership for a Strong America ($146K), Latino Vote for America PAC ($133K), American Association of Nurse Anesthetists Separate Segregated Fund (Crna-PAC) ($86K).
- Which PACs gave the most to candidates in the 2020 Florida 27th District race?
- Winred gave $33K to Maria Elvira Salazar; Elect Democratic Women gave $13K to Donna Shalala; Republican Mainstreet Partnership PAC gave $11K to Maria Elvira Salazar.