María Elvira Salazar Wins Florida Seat After 1-Week Recount as GOP Holds Hispanic District
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Updated · The New York Times · Nov 10
María Elvira Salazar Wins Florida Seat After 1-Week Recount as GOP Holds Hispanic District
3 articles · Updated · The New York Times · Nov 10
Summary
A week after Election Day, The Associated Press called Florida’s 27th District for Republican María Elvira Salazar, giving the three-term incumbent another term after a recount.
The result preserved a heavily Hispanic Miami-area seat that Republicans had feared could flip amid backlash to President Trump’s immigration crackdown and record deportations of Cubans.
Salazar, a former Spanish-language TV anchor, made immigration central to the race, publicly telling Trump in a September ad that the White House had “gone too far.”
She still defeated Democrat Eliott Rodriguez by a slimmer margin than expected, even though Trump had carried the district with about 57% in 2024.
The win reinforced Florida’s resistance to broader Republican midterm losses, while underscoring how immigration pressure has complicated GOP politics in Hispanic communities.