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'''Maria Elvira Salazar''', born November 1, 1961 (age {{age|1961|11|1}}), is a [[Miami]] television journalist currently serving as the U.S. representative for [[Florida]]'s 27th congressional district in the [[House of Representatives]]. She was elected in [[2020 U.S. House elections|2020]], defeating Democrat [[Donna Shalala]] in a major upset.<ref name="Salazar upsets Shalala in rematch">Two references:
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'''Maria Elvira Salazar''', born November 1, 1961 (age {{age|1961|11|1}}), is a popular [[Miami]] television journalist currently serving as the U.S. representative for [[Florida]]'s 27th congressional district in the [[House of Representatives]]. She was elected in [[2020 U.S. House elections|2020]], defeating Democrat [[Donna Shalala]] in a major upset.<ref name="Salazar upsets Shalala in rematch">Two references:
 
*Daugherty, Alex (November 3, 2020). [https://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics-government/election/article246867257.html Maria Elvira Salazar defeats Donna Shalala in Florida’s 27th Congressional District]. ''Miami Herald''. Retrieved January 24, 2021.
 
*Daugherty, Alex (November 3, 2020). [https://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics-government/election/article246867257.html Maria Elvira Salazar defeats Donna Shalala in Florida’s 27th Congressional District]. ''Miami Herald''. Retrieved January 24, 2021.
 
*Fineout, Gary (November 3, 2020). [https://www.politico.com/states/florida/story/2020/11/03/salazar-upsets-shalala-in-rematch-1333638 Salazar upsets Shalala in rematch]. ''Politico''. Retrieved January 24, 2021.</ref> She previously lost to Shalala in the [[2018 Midterms]] in her bid then to replace retiring [[RINO]] [[Ileana Ros-Lehtinen]].
 
*Fineout, Gary (November 3, 2020). [https://www.politico.com/states/florida/story/2020/11/03/salazar-upsets-shalala-in-rematch-1333638 Salazar upsets Shalala in rematch]. ''Politico''. Retrieved January 24, 2021.</ref> She previously lost to Shalala in the [[2018 Midterms]] in her bid then to replace retiring [[RINO]] [[Ileana Ros-Lehtinen]].

Revision as of 18:27, January 24, 2021

Maria Elvira Salazar
MariaElviraSalazar.jpg
U.S. Representative from Florida's 27tgh Congressional District
From: January 3, 2021 – present
Predecessor Donna Shalala
Successor Incumbent (no successor)
Information
Party Republican
Religion Protestant

Maria Elvira Salazar, born November 1, 1961 (age 65), is a popular Miami television journalist currently serving as the U.S. representative for Florida's 27th congressional district in the House of Representatives. She was elected in 2020, defeating Democrat Donna Shalala in a major upset.[1] She previously lost to Shalala in the 2018 Midterms in her bid then to replace retiring RINO Ileana Ros-Lehtinen.

United States House of Representatives

2018 election

After longtime RINO Ileana Ros-Lehtinen announced in late April 2017 that she would retire rather than seek re-election in the 2018 Midterms,[2] Elvira Salazar declared her run for the open seat. The district was carried by Hillary Clinton in the 2016 U.S. presidential election by a twenty-point margin.[3]

Elvira Salazar won the Republican primary to face Democrat nominee Donna Shalala, a former president of the corrupt Clinton Foundation, in the general election.[4] While backed by Ros-Lehtinen, who was popular in the majority-Hispanic district, she lost in what was expected to be a likely flip for the Democratic Party.[5] However, Shalala's inability to speak Spanish in the heavily Cuban-American district proved to be a weakness compared to Elvira Salazar's popularity as a television host and her ability to speak Spanish well.[6]

2020 election

Elvira Salazar announced in August 2019 her run against incumbent Rep. Shalala in the 2020 elections.[7] She easily won the Republican primary to face the former Clinton crony in the general election.[8] Several "expert" election ratings sites including the Cook Political Report rated the race as "Likely Democrat".[9]

In a debate held on October 25, 2020, Elvira Salazar called out Shalala for being a career politician and focused heavily on local issues.[10]

Elvira Salazar, again being able to connect with voters better in an election cycle that was more favorable for Republicans,[11] won the general election narrowly over Shalala.[1]

Tenure

After testing positive for the CCP virus days before being expected to take office,[12] Elvira Salazar announced that she would miss the swearing-in ceremony held on January 3, 2021.[13]

In one of her first roll call votes, Elvira Salazar voted against the sham Democrat impeachment against President Trump over the false presumption that he's supposedly responsible for the 2021 attack of the Capitol.[14]

In mid-January 2021, House Minority Whip Steve Scalise named Elvira Salazar as one of his assistant whips.[15]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Two references:
  2. ↑ Lush, Tamara (April 30, 2017). Rep. Ros-Lehtinen, 1st Cuban-American in Congress, to retire. Associated Press. Retrieved January 24, 2021.
  3. ↑ Wasserman, David; Flin, Ally (April 7, 2017). Introducing the 2017 Cook Political Report Partisan Voter Index. Cook Political Report. Retrieved January 24, 2021.
  4. ↑ Two references:
  5. ↑ Rivero, Daniel (November 6, 2018). Maria Elvira Salazar Loses Race But Keeps Her Head High. WLRN. Retrieved January 24, 2021.
  6. ↑ Clark, Leslie (October 7, 2018). Everybody knows her name, but Donna Shalala is finding it difficult to get to Congress. McClatchy DC Bureau. Retrieved January 24, 2021.
  7. ↑ Daugherty, Alex; Smiley, David (August 1, 2019). Salazar seeks 2020 rematch with Shalala, mistakenly directs voters to opponent’s website. Miami Herald. Retrieved January 24, 2021.
  8. ↑ Bikales, James (August 18, 2020). Shalala to face Salazar in Florida rematch. The Hill. Retrieved January 24, 2021.
  9. ↑ 2020 House Race Ratings. Cook Political Report. Retrieved January 24, 2021.
  10. ↑ Facing South Florida: Rep. Donna Shalala Debates Challenger Maria Elvira Salazar. CBS Miami via YouTube. Retrieved January 24, 2021.
  11. ↑ Longtime Health Advocate Donna Shalala Loses House Reelection Race. Physician's Weekly. Retrieved January 24, 2021.
  12. ↑ Axelrod, Tal (December 31, 2020). Florida Rep.-elect Elvira Salazar tests positive for COVID-19. The Hill. Retrieved January 24, 2021.
  13. ↑ Maria Elvira Salazar to miss swearing-in ceremony after testing positive for coronavirus. local10.com. Retrieved January 24, 2021.
  14. ↑ South Florida Reps. Split Along Party Lines on Trump Impeachment Vote. NBC 6. Retrieved January 24, 2021.
  15. ↑ Nicol, Ryan (January 19, 2021). Maria Elvira Salazar named assistant whip for House GOP. Florida Politics. Retrieved January 24, 2021.

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