The November ballot
Raised so far, filed with the FEC
Official candidate list: Florida Division of Elections. Not a prediction.
The seat
Maria Elvira Salazar
Republican · Holds the seat now
First took office 2021 · Age 64
From the member's own disclosures and congress.gov. Not cosponsoring is not a vote against a ban.
How to vote in Florida
- General electionNovember 3, 2026
Register 29 days before the election.
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How they won the primary
The primary · 32,388 votes
- Eliott Rodriguez Won: 53.5% 17,332
- Robin Peguero: 46.5% 15,056
The primary · 35,936 votes
- Maria Elvira Salazar Won: 81.3% 29,233
- Vincent Michael Arias: 18.7% 6,703
Primary results as recorded October 11, 2026, ordered by votes. Source: Florida Division of Elections certified primary results. Certified August 27, 2026. A primary result is a recorded fact about a past contest, not a prediction of November.
The money on this race
- Raised by candidates
- $3.9M
- Outside money
- $671K
Outside money, for and against
Independent expenditures; direction is each filer's own declared filing.
Where each candidate's money comes from
Small donors give $200 or less; PACs are political action committees. Shares of each candidate's own receipts on file with the FEC. Outside money is not part of these figures.
Other includes money transferred in from committees the candidate authorized, such as a joint fundraising committee, which reports its own donors to the FEC: Maria Elvira Salazar $863K.
Who is spending on this race
The largest groups spending independently here, ranked; open a row for whose race the money went into.
Independent expenditures reported to the FEC; direction is each group's own declared filing.
Not on the November ballot
5 filedPrimary candidates who did not advance, committees still on file, and candidacies that ended. Being here is a filing fact, not a mark against anyone.
The district
Census context- People
- 765K
- Median household income
- $79K
- Unemployment
- 3.8%
- Living below the poverty line
- 13.0%
- Without health insurance
- 11.0%
U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2024 5-year estimates. Context about the district, not a statement about any candidate. These figures describe the district as drawn before its lines changed for 2026; estimates for the new lines are not yet published.
How this seat voted last time
R+21 in 2024
- Maria Elvira Salazar Won: 60.4%
- Lucia Baez-Geller: 39.6%
329,867 votes for candidates. The district's lines have changed since this result. A past result is a filed fact, not a prediction of November.
Certified returns via MIT Election Data and Science Lab, from the House Clerk's election statistics and state canvasses.
Candidates and financing from the FEC, public domain. Candidate totals are reported to the FEC through July 29, 2026. Outside money is the FEC's processed total of independent expenditures plus the 24- and 48-hour reports filed since each group's latest regular report. It covers this two-year cycle, the same as the candidate totals. Dataset built 2026-10-12. Nothing here is a forecast, a grade, or a ranking of candidates.