Politician
María Elvira Salazar
Republican · Florida · ran 4 times since 2020, won 3 · incumbent
FEC candidate H8FL27185
María Elvira Salazar (Republican) raised $2.5M for the 2026 Florida 27th District race, $743K of it from PACs, and outside groups spent $132K for and $2.4M against them (FEC filings with varying coverage dates; the most common larger-campaign cutoff is Oct 14, 2026). The race has not been called yet.
Raised, all cycles
$15M
2026, 2024, 2022, 2020; counted once per cycle
From PAC checks
20%
$3.0M from corporations, trade groups, unions and politicians
Outside money for
$1.3M
Super PACs and party groups helping
Outside money against
$2.4M
Spent attacking them
Every run
Each election and its result. Campaign receipts cover the whole cycle and can appear in both regular and special contests; they count once in the totals above.
| Cycle | Race | Raised | PAC share | Outside for / against | Google ads | All money | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Florida 27th District | $2.5M | 29% | $132K / $2.4M | – | $5.0M | … Counting |
| 2024 | Florida 27th District | $3.2M | 31% | $0 / $0 | – | $3.2M | ✓ Won |
| 2022 | Florida 27th District | $5.6M | 19% | $1.1M / $70K | $56K | $6.8M | ✓ Won |
| 2020 | Florida 27th District | $3.7M | 6% | $135K / $0 | $10K | $3.8M | ✓ Won |
Who wrote the checks
The PACs that gave the most across every run, and what kind of money it is.
Leadership PAC $793KCorporate $607KOther $520KTrade group $436KMembership $151KSuper PAC $137KUnion $103KParty $15K
- Salazar Victory CommitteeOther$55K
- WinredSuper PAC$32K
- Hispanic Leadership TrustOther$20K
- E-PACLeadership PAC$20K
- Comcast Corporation & Nbcuniversal Political Action Committee - FederalCorporateLobbyist PAC$20K
- Majority Committee PAC--Mc PACLeadership PAC$20K
- Hispanic Leadership Trust PartnershipOther$16K
- New York Life Insurance Company Political Action CommitteeCorporateLobbyist PAC$15K
- Republican Mainstreet Partnership PACOther$11K
- Ubs Americas Inc. Political Action Committee (Ubs PAC)CorporateLobbyist PAC$10K
- Ernst & Young Political Action CommitteeOtherLobbyist PAC$10K
- American Seniors Housing Association (Seniors Housing PAC)Trade groupLobbyist PAC$10K
Outside money, for and against
Super PACs and party groups that spent the most on these races.
- House Majority PACagainst $2.3M
- Americans for Prosperity Actionfor $837K
- Latino Vote for America PACfor $127K
- Leadership for a Strong Americafor $115K
- United for South Floridaagainst $70K
- National Association of Realtors Political Action Committeefor $54K
- Save American Freedomfor $37K
- America for Everyonefor $35K
- Seiu Cope (Service Employees International Union Committee On Political Education)against $28K
- Cedar Key Progressagainst $20K
Funding and votes
How their votes align with industry funding
Across 25 industry-vote comparisons with at least $10K in traced funding, they voted the industry's way 21 times (84%). This is a retrospective comparison using covered 2020–2026 runs; some money arrived after the vote. A vote can appear for multiple industries. Unknown coverage is excluded. “With industry” means its stated preferred side, and does not establish causation.
| Vote | Industry | Their money from it | Voted |
|---|---|---|---|
| NDAA FY2027House · 2026 · 216–212 | Defense contractors wanted yea | $9K | Yea · with industry |
| Stop Insider Trading ActHouse · 2026 · 232–198 | Reported household trades wanted nay | $5.2M | Yea · against |
| Faster Labor Contracts ActHouse · 2026 · 230–193 | Labor unions wanted yea | $111K | Yea · with industry |
| Veterans 2nd Amendment Protection ActHouse · 2026 · 216–201 | Gun lobby wanted yea | $2K | Yea · with industry |
| Year-round E15House · 2026 · 218–203 | Agriculture, food and retail wanted yeaOil, gas and coal wanted nay | $111K$19K | Yea · with industryYea · against |
| Farm, Food, and National Security ActHouse · 2026 · 224–200 | Agriculture, food and retail wanted yea | $111K | Yea · with industry |
| Affordable HOMES ActHouse · 2026 · 263–147 | Real estate and construction wanted yea | $102K | Yea · with industry |
| Protect America's Workforce ActHouse · 2025 · 231–195 | Labor unions wanted yea | $111K | Present / not voting |
| ANWR coastal plain leasingHouse · 2025 · 217–209 | Oil, gas and coal wanted yea | $19K | Yea · with industry |
| NDAA FY2026House · 2025 · 231–196 | Defense contractors wanted yea | $9K | Yea · with industry |
| GENIUS Act (stablecoins)House · 2025 · 308–122 | Crypto wanted yea | $3 | Yea · with industry |
| CLARITY Act (crypto market structure)House · 2025 · 294–134 | Crypto wanted yea | $3 | Yea · with industry |
| One Big Beautiful Bill ActHouse · 2025 · 218–214 | Oil, gas and coal wanted yeaWall Street and hedge funds wanted yea | $19K$160K | Yea · with industryYea · with industry |
| OCC bank merger rule repealHouse · 2025 · 220–207 | Wall Street and hedge funds wanted yea | $160K | Yea · with industry |
| California clean cars waiver repealHouse · 2025 · 246–164 | Oil, gas and coal wanted yea | $19K | Present / not voting |
| CFPB overdraft rule repealHouse · 2025 · 217–211 | Wall Street and hedge funds wanted yea | $160K | Yea · with industry |
| IRS DeFi broker rule repealHouse · 2025 · 292–132 | Crypto wanted yea | $3 | Yea · with industry |
| Methane waste emissions charge repealHouse · 2025 · 220–206 | Oil, gas and coal wanted yea | $19K | Yea · with industry |
| FIT21 (crypto market structure)House · 2024 · 279–136 | Crypto wanted yea | $3 | Yea · with industry |
| Israel Security Assistance Support ActHouse · 2024 · 224–187 | Pro-Israel groups wanted yea | $45K | Yea · with industry |
| SAB 121 repealHouse · 2024 · 228–182 | Crypto wanted yea | $3 | Yea · with industry |
| Antisemitism Awareness ActHouse · 2024 · 320–91 | Pro-Israel groups wanted yea | $45K | Yea · with industry |
| Israel security supplemental (Apr 2024)House · 2024 · 366–58 | Pro-Israel groups wanted yea | $45K | Yea · with industry |
| Ukraine security supplementalHouse · 2024 · 311–112 | Defense contractors wanted yea | $9K | Yea · with industry |
| Protecting Health Care for All Patients ActHouse · 2024 · 211–208 | Pharma and health care wanted yea | $100K | Yea · with industry |
| Joint-employer rule repealHouse · 2024 · 206–177 | Labor unions wanted nay | $111K | Yea · against |
| NDAA FY2024House · 2023 · 310–118 | Defense contractors wanted yea | $9K | Yea · with industry |
| Israel aid (Nov 2023)House · 2023 · 226–196 | Pro-Israel groups wanted yea | $45K | Yea · with industry |
| Pistol brace rule repealHouse · 2023 · 219–210 | Gun lobby wanted yea | $2K | Yea · with industry |
| Lower Energy Costs ActHouse · 2023 · 225–204 | Oil, gas and coal wanted yea | $19K | Yea · with industry |
| Strategic Production Response ActHouse · 2023 · 221–205 | Oil, gas and coal wanted yea | $19K | Yea · with industry |
| Merger Filing Fee Modernization ActHouse · 2022 · 242–184 | Tech and AI wanted nay | $54K | Yea · against |
| Inflation Reduction ActHouse · 2022 · 220–207 | Oil, gas and coal wanted nayPharma and health care wanted nayWall Street and hedge funds wanted nay | $19K$100K$160K | Nay · with industryNay · with industryNay · with industry |
| Assault Weapons Ban of 2022House · 2022 · 217–213 | Gun lobby wanted nay | $2K | Nay · with industry |
| Safer Communities Act (post-Uvalde)House · 2022 · 234–193 | Gun lobby wanted nay | $2K | Yea · against |
| Affordable Insulin Now ActHouse · 2022 · 232–193 | Pharma and health care wanted nay | $100K | Nay · with industry |
| Bipartisan Background Checks ActHouse · 2021 · 227–203 | Gun lobby wanted nay | $2K | Yea · against |
| PRO Act (union organising)House · 2021 · 225–206 | Labor unions wanted yea | $111K | Nay · against |
Household disclosures
165 reported transactions, with volume $5.2M–$13M
Reconciled electronic STOCK Act reports from 26 filings since 2021, covering all reported asset types and transactions by a spouse or dependent child. 99 buys, 64 sells. Heaviest in pharma and health care ($397K+), oil, gas and coal ($246K+), tech and ai ($204K+).
Most traded
- CANO Cano Health, Inc. Class A$265K+2 trades
- ET Energy Transfer LP Common Units$165K+3 trades
- TYG Tortoise Energy Infrastructure Corporation$165K+3 trades
- BIIB Biogen Inc. - Common Stock$68K+5 trades
- LNG Cheniere Energy, Inc.$50K+1 trades
- CB Chubb Limited Common Stock$46K+4 trades
- GLW Corning Incorporated Common Stock$35K+7 trades
- IBM International Business Machines Corporation Common Stock$34K+6 trades
Latest trades
- sellBRK.B2026-09-24 · stock$1K–$15K
- sellBIIB2026-09-24 · stock$1K–$15K
- sellBA2026-09-24 · stock$1K–$15K
- sellBEP2026-09-24 · stock$1K–$15K
- sellCB2026-09-24 · stock$1K–$15K
- sellCSCO2026-09-24 · stock$15K–$50K
- sellCSCO2026-09-24 · stock$1K–$15K
- sellC2026-09-24 · stock$1K–$15K
Filings on the House Clerk's site.
The revolving door
1 former aide now lobbying
Lobbyists who list a job in María Elvira Salazar's office among the government positions they held, and who they now work for. A listed former position does not establish contact with that office.
Maria LeonFormer congressional staff
Special Assistant, Department of Commerce; Legislative Intern, Rep. Maria Salazar; Intern, Rep. Delia Ramirez
Now lobbies for Charter Communications, INC., T-Mobile USA, INC. · via Intersect Public Affairs, LLC
Figures are the candidate's principal committees as filed with the FEC, cycle by cycle. See About the data.
Questions people ask
- Who funded María Elvira Salazar's 2026 campaign?
- María Elvira Salazar (Republican) raised $2.5M for the 2026 Florida 27th District race, $743K of it from PACs, and outside groups spent $132K for and $2.4M against them (FEC filings with varying coverage dates; the most common larger-campaign cutoff is Oct 14, 2026). The race has not been called yet.
- Which PACs gave the most to María Elvira Salazar?
- Ubs Americas Inc. Political Action Committee (Ubs PAC) ($10K), Hispanic Leadership Trust ($10K), Ernst & Young Political Action Committee ($10K), American Seniors Housing Association (Seniors Housing PAC) ($10K), American Institute of Certified Public Accountants Political Action Committee ($10K) in 2026.
- Which super PACs spent on María Elvira Salazar's race?
- House Majority PAC ($2.3M against), National Association of Realtors Political Action Committee ($54K for), Save American Freedom ($37K for) in 2026.
- How much has María Elvira Salazar raised across elections?
- $2.5M in 2026, $3.2M in 2024, $5.6M in 2022, $3.7M in 2020. Receipts are counted once per candidate and cycle.