{"id":375396,"date":"2026-08-19T07:12:09","date_gmt":"2026-08-19T07:12:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/375396\/"},"modified":"2026-08-19T07:12:09","modified_gmt":"2026-08-19T07:12:09","slug":"rep-maria-elvira-salazar-faces-off-against-former-cbs-miami-journalist-eliott-rodriguez-for-district-27-seat-wsvn-7news-miami-news-weather-sports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/375396\/","title":{"rendered":"Rep Maria Elvira Salazar faces off against former CBS Miami journalist Eliott Rodriguez for District 27 seat &#8211; WSVN 7News | Miami News, Weather, Sports"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">(WSVN) &#8211; A new face looks to unseat GOP Rep. Maria Elvira Salazar following the 2026 primary election in Florida\u2019s 27th congressional district.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Democrat Eliott Rodriguez will face off against the Republican incumbent in November\u2019s general election.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Both Rodriguez and Salazar previously worked as broadcast journalists before venturing into politics.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Salazar has been a strong voice on immigration policy and supporter of President Donald Trump while Rodriguez has emphasized focusing on bipartisan efforts in Congress while maintaining opposition to the president.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">She previously won in 2020, after unseating former Democratic Rep. Donna Shalala by three points.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Salazar easily fended off a primary challenge from Miami-based attorney V. Michael Arias on Tuesday night, cruising to her re-nomination victory. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Rodriguez defeated former prosecutor and author Robin Peguero by approximately 2,000 votes in the Democratic primary.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">District 27 encompasses Coral Gables, South Miami, Kendall, Palmetto Bay and Key Biscayne.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2026 Sunbeam Television Corp. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.<\/p>\n<p>\tJoin our Newsletter for the latest news right to your inbox<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"(WSVN) &#8211; A new face looks to unseat GOP Rep. Maria Elvira Salazar following the 2026 primary election&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":375397,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[225,227,226],"class_list":["post-375396","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-hialeah","tag-hialeah","tag-hialeah-headlines","tag-hialeah-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/375396","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=375396"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/375396\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/375397"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=375396"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=375396"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=375396"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}