Maria Elvira Salazar
What this job does: Your district's one vote in the U.S. House. House members write and vote on federal laws, taxes and spending, and every bill to raise taxes has to start in the House. A term is two years.
- Holds this seat now
- Yes
- Office
- U.S. Representative, Florida's 27th District
- Occupation
- U.S. Representative
- Lives in
- Coral Gables
Background
- Bachelor's degree in communications from the University of Miami; Master of Public Administration from Harvard's Kennedy School. source: salazar.house.gov
- Emmy Award-winning journalist who worked for Telemundo, Univision, CNN en Español, AmericaTeVe and MegaTV. source: salazar.house.gov
- Member of the House Foreign Affairs and Small Business committees. source: salazar.house.gov
- Co-authored the Dignity Act on immigration (Local 10, as cited by The Ballot Brief). source: theballotbrief.com
In their own words
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- Immigration reform through the Dignity Act source: theballotbrief.com
- Small business and the economy source: theballotbrief.com
- Public safety source: theballotbrief.com
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