Maria Elvira SalazarIncumbent

Candidate for U.S. Representative, Florida District 27

Maria Elvira Salazar represents Florida's 27th Congressional District and was first elected in 2020. She chairs the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere, also sits on its Subcommittee on Africa, and serves on the House Financial Services Committee. A five-time Emmy Award-winning journalist, she worked for Telemundo, Univision, AmericaTeve, MegaTV and CNN en Español, and says she was the only U.S. Spanish-language journalist to interview Fidel Castro one-on-one. Her education includes a bachelor's degree in Communications from the University of Miami and a Master of Public Administration from Harvard Kennedy School. Born in Miami's Little Havana neighborhood to Cuban exile parents, she lives in Coral Gables.

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