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Midterms 2026 · US House

FL-27 House race: María Elvira Salazar vs Eliott Rodriguez

How the candidates in the Florida's 27th district race are arguing their case, read the same way for each of them. Updated every 15 minutes until election day, 3 November 2026.

Cook Political Report rating: Lean R

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María Elvira Salazar

Republican · incumbent

Threat & fear0.3
Leverage0.1
Us vs. them0.1

Not enough statements this week for a hostility reading.

Audience impact, 30 days: +4.3 reassures or unites

2 Oct 2026 · Office of Rep. Salazar

Trust in medical care is essential. Physicians that understand their community and are a reflection of it are critical when building and establishing that trust. As our nation faces a healthcare workforce shortage, I am proud to co-lead this resolution that…

Audience impact +4 reassures or unites

1 Oct 2026 · Congressional Record

There is no better place to celebrate entrepreneurship than in Miami. Small businesses are an essential part of our local economy. According to the United States Small Business Administration, small businesses accounted for 98.5 percent of employers and 53.6…

Audience impact +5 reassures or unites

28 Sept 2026 · Office of Rep. Salazar

Quality healthcare has to be both accessible and affordable. That means having excellent care close to home, enough doctors to see patients, access to the treatments people need, and costs families can actually afford. I am proud to join Mount Sinai for this…

Audience impact +4 reassures or unites

16 Sept 2026 · Office of Rep. Salazar

Leadership means seeing a problem before it becomes a crisis and doing the work to solve it. When our streets flood and our coastline is threatened, families feel the consequences. In Congress, my job is to turn those challenges into action: secure the…
Threat & fearLeverage

Audience impact −1 leans negative

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Absolutes0.6
Threat & fear0.1
Vague promise0.1

Hostility this week 0.6 / 10, 0.4 above their usual 0.2.

Audience impact, 30 days: +0.9 leans reassuring

21 Oct 2026 · Local 10 (Miami)

She voted to fund ICE, she was silent when Alligator Alcatraz was here. We need somebody in Congress who will be focused on bringing funds to this district for affordable housing, for infrastructure, for mass transit, to return the healthcare benefits that…

Audience impact +2 reassures or unites

20 Oct 2026 · floridianpress.com

I am far from that. I am the product of capitalism, free enterprise and hard work.

Audience impact +1 leans reassuring

19 Oct 2026 · miaminewtimes.com

Local businesses are hurting, and María Elvira Salazar’s goon squad is trying to destroy a small business in her district with a modern-day ‘acto de repudio’ (‘organized mob intimidation’), just like the communists they pretend to hate.
Threat & fear

Audience impact −2 alarms or divides

16 Oct 2026 · Local 10 (Miami)

Es simplemente una manera fácil de evitar defender el historial de lo que está ocurriendo ahora, llamando a alguien socialista o comunista. Pasaron de ser propietarios de una empresa un día a ser empleados del Estado al día siguiente. Así que conozco muy bien…

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