{"id":375339,"date":"2026-08-19T05:48:50","date_gmt":"2026-08-19T05:48:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/375339\/"},"modified":"2026-08-19T05:48:50","modified_gmt":"2026-08-19T05:48:50","slug":"maria-elvira-salazar-wins-republican-primary-in-floridas-congressional-district-27","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/375339\/","title":{"rendered":"Maria Elvira Salazar wins Republican primary in Florida&#8217;s Congressional District 27"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>U.S. Rep. Maria Elvira Salazar has won the Republican primary in Florida&#8217;s 27th Congressional District, defeating attorney V. Michael Arias and advancing to the November general election, according to projections.<\/p>\n<p>Salazar, who is seeking another term in Congress, represents the Miami-Dade County-based district, which includes parts of the City of Miami, Coral Gables, Kendall, Key Biscayne, Pinecrest and surrounding communities.<\/p>\n<p>The primary put Salazar&#8217;s record in Congress and her approach to immigration at the center of the Republican contest. She has supported temporary protections for some migrants and worked on legislation that would provide a path to legal status for certain undocumented immigrants.<\/p>\n<p>Arias challenged Salazar from within the Republican Party, criticizing Congress&#8217; handling of issues including housing, immigration and presidential oversight.<\/p>\n<p>Salazar has sought to balance support for stronger border security and enforcement with calls for changes to the nation&#8217;s immigration system. Her position has at times distinguished her from other Republicans as immigration remains a major issue for the party.<\/p>\n<p>With the Republican nomination secured, Salazar will move on to the November general election, where Democrats are seeking to flip the South Florida congressional seat.<\/p>\n<p class=\"content__tags__label\">In:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"U.S. Rep. Maria Elvira Salazar has won the Republican primary in Florida&#8217;s 27th Congressional District, defeating attorney V.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":375340,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[2811,60036,123,125,124],"class_list":["post-375339","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-miami","tag-election","tag-florida-primary","tag-miami","tag-miami-headlines","tag-miami-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/375339","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=375339"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/375339\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/375340"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=375339"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=375339"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=375339"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}