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Who funds Maria Elvira Salazar?

Florida U.S. House District 27RepublicanFiled as incumbentFEC H8FL27185
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What they did in office.

Sitting member of Congress · Maria Elvira Salazar

In the U.S. House (FL-27) since 2021 · current term ends Jan 3, 2027

  • Recorded yea or nay on 22 of the 24 key House floor votes captured in Hugin's snapshot
  • 2 committees: Financial Services, Foreign Affairs · 5 subcommittees
  • 165 committees reported contributions to them this cycle · 1 committee reported outside spending for or against them

Linked to this filing by its exact FEC candidate ID (H8FL27185) in the congress-legislators roster of Oct 21, 2026. Votes are one key floor vote per bill on bills named in contractor lobbying reports (Oct 29, 2026); committee seats are the roster as of Oct 24, 2026; money counts are FEC reports for 2026 as of Oct 24, 2026. These are what Hugin's snapshots captured, not complete records, and none of them is a score or evidence of motive.

The money.

Maria Elvira SalazarFEC filing: Maria Elvira Salazar · H8FL27185 ↗
Raised
$1.5M
Spent
$2.2M
Cash on hand
$1.7M
Debts
$14K
  • Individuals 44% $639K
  • PACs & other committees 51% $743K
  • Candidate's own money & loans 0.2% $2,493
  • Other receipts 5% $66K

Campaign totals through Oct 14, 2026. Excludes $1.1M moved between the candidate's own committees.

Outside groups: $71K supporting · $0 opposing

Biggest spenders supporting

  1. LATINOS FOR CONSERVATIVE VALUESSuper PACAll of its general-election spending helped Republicans or opposed Democrats $71K

Largest direct PAC contributions

  1. AMERICAN COUNCIL OF ENGINEERING COMPANIES (ACEC/PAC)Trade association PAC · American Council Of Engineering Companies $10K
  2. UBS AMERICAS INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (UBS PAC)Corporate PAC · Ubs Americas Inc. $10K
  3. ENGINEERS POLITICAL EDUCATION COMMITTEE (EPEC)/INTERNATIONAL UNION OF OPERATING ENGINEERSUnion PAC · International Union Of Operating Engineers Local 965 Pef $10K
  4. AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEEMembership group PAC · American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants $10K
  5. ERNST & YOUNG POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEEPAC with no sponsoring organization $10K

Who gave.

Who gives $639K from individuals

3% in small-dollar gifts

$21K of $639K came unitemized: from donors whose gifts to the campaign this cycle total $200 or less, whom the campaign does not have to name.

The itemized gifts below add up to $527K of the $619K the campaign reported itemizing through Oct 14, 2026. The FEC has not yet processed the rest into its bulk file, which runs to Jul 29, 2026 for this campaign.

75% from Florida · 25% from elsewhere

Of itemized gifts, by the state on each donor's mailing address. Giving from other states is lawful and common.

63% of itemized dollars came earmarked through a conduit such as ActBlue or WinRed; each gift is counted once.

Top states

  1. Florida $397K
  2. Virginia $31K
  3. Texas $20K
  4. New York $15K
  5. California $11K
  6. Maryland $9,500
  7. District of Columbia $8,500
  8. Indiana $6,500

Retired, self-employed, not employed or not given: $119K. Employers named by fewer than three donors, or filed as a person's name: $408K, not listed so no one donor is singled out.

Summary through Oct 14, 2026. Itemized gifts dated Jan 3, 2025 to Jul 29, 2026, net of refunds (547 entries). Every itemized contribution on FEC.gov ↗

From the principal campaign committee's FEC reports; joint-fundraising transfers and later reports are not included, and no donor is named here. A contribution is not evidence of a vote, favor or wrongdoing.

Outside money in the final weeks.

Outside spending including late reports: $203K for / $2.4M against · $2.4M in the final two weeks

That is $2.5M more than the $71K in regular reports alone. Source: FEC regular reports plus 24- and 48-hour reports they do not yet cover. The final two weeks run Oct 21, 2026 to Nov 3, 2026, by the date each ad or mailing went out.

$2.3M of the $2.5M on late reports was filed as an estimate. A 24- or 48-hour report is due within a day or two of the spending; the spender's later regular report carries the final cost.

What it bought, per the late reports

  • TV, radio & streaming TV 67% $1.7M
  • Digital ads 29% $717K
  • Mail, print & signs <0.1% $102
  • Phones & texts 2% $46K
  • Ad production 3% $66K
  • Other or unclassified 0.1% $1,800

Largest late spenders for

  1. NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $54K
  2. SAVE AMERICAN FREEDOM $37K
  3. CIVIC RENEWAL FUND INC. $16K
  4. WFW ACTION FUND INC $15K
  5. LATINO VOTE FOR AMERICA PAC $10K

Largest late spenders against

  1. HMP $2.3M
  2. SEIU COPE (SERVICE EMPLOYEES INTERNATIONAL UNION COMMITTEE ON POLITICAL EDUCATION) $28K
  3. CEDAR KEY PROGRESS $20K
  4. BUILDING TOGETHER $13K
  5. WORKERS VOTE $1,515

Latest dissemination on these reports: November 1, 2026. FEC 24- and 48-hour independent-expenditure reports read November 4, 2026, with amended and re-filed reports counted once (22 entries). These reports on FEC.gov ↗

Outside spending is, by law, made without coordinating with the candidate and is not the candidate's money. Purposes are grouped from each spender's own description, so the groups are approximate. A dollar figure is not evidence of a vote, favor or wrongdoing.

Where it went.

Where the money went $1.1M in itemized spending

These itemized payments cover $1.1M of the $2.2M the campaign reported spending through Oct 14, 2026. The FEC has not yet itemized the rest in its bulk file, which runs to Jul 29, 2026.

  • Advertising & outreach 2% $21K
  • Consultants & strategy 38% $432K
  • Fundraising & processing fees 12% $130K
  • Polling, research & data 4% $46K
  • Travel, meals & events 1% $16K
  • Office, technology & overhead 3% $32K
  • Legal & compliance 21% $242K
  • Other or unclassified 19% $208K

Largest payees

  1. AMERICAN EXPRESS $201K
  2. SMART VOTERS USA INC. $141K
  3. V V ACCOUNTING SERVICES INC. $140K
  4. LUMINA COUNSEL GROUP $100K
  5. THE STANTON GROUP LLC $72K

Paid to individuals: $116K, such as staff, contractors and reimbursements. People who were paid are not named here.

Payments dated Jan 2, 2025 to Jul 29, 2026, as itemized by the principal campaign committee in FEC reports (448 entries). Every payment on FEC.gov ↗

Grouped by each campaign's own description of the payment, so the groups are approximate. Payments of $200 or less to one payee need not be itemized, detail filed only as memo entries counts under other or unclassified, and spending by the candidate's other committees or by outside groups is not included. A payment is not evidence of a favor or wrongdoing.

Others who filed for this seat.

Questions worth asking.

Money shows who backed a campaign, not how a person will act. Compare it with what they did and said: their votes or official actions if they have held office, their own statements, and their answers to a finding. Use the same questions for every candidate.

FEC bulk data read November 4, 2026. Campaign totals come from each filing's own FEC summary through its latest processed report. Outside spending is independent expenditures itemized in committee reports in the FEC bulk files, primaries included; late 24- and 48-hour reports, party coordinated spending, communication costs and groups that do not report to the FEC are not included. Outside spending is, by law, made without coordinating with the candidate, and it is not the candidate's money. A contribution or expenditure is not evidence of a vote, favor or wrongdoing. This page identifies the filing by its FEC candidate ID; a person can hold more than one filing.