Maria Elvira Salazar

Overview

Maria Elvira Salazar represents Florida in the U.S. House as a Republican who tends toward the moderate wing of her party. Her ideology score of 0.277 places her significantly to the left of the average House Republican (0.520), indicating she may take more centrist positions on some issues. Her voting record shows engagement across multiple policy areas, with particular activity in healthcare legislation where she has voted on 25 bills with a relatively even split between yes and no votes. On defense matters, she has shown consistent support, voting yes on all recorded defense-related measures. On budget-related legislation, Representative Salazar has voted yes only 14% of the time, suggesting she has opposed many spending or fiscal measures that came before the House. Her procedural votes consistently align with Republican positions, opposing Democratic procedural motions while supporting Republican alternatives.

Key Positions

• •Moderate conservative positioning within the Republican caucus
• •Strong support for defense-related legislation
• •Mixed voting record on healthcare measures
• •Generally opposes Democratic procedural motions
• •Conservative approach to budget and spending bills