Maria Elvira Salazar
Republican
· FL-27 · 119th Congress
House Committee on Financial Services · Illicit Finance · and International Financial Institutions · House Committee on Foreign Affairs · North Africa · and Global Counterterrorism · Civilian Security · and International Economic Policy · House Committee on Small Business · and Workforce Development · and Rural Business Development
Influence Score
67.7
Moderately exposed
↑ +2.9
vs 118th (64.8)
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This score measures financial influence across twelve categories. Each bar shows how this member compares to all others in Congress. Longer bars mean more exposure.
Score breakdown — twelve categories
Contributionsmoney from PACs (political action committees) and individual donors
6.0
/ 12
Outside spendingmoney spent by groups to help elect them
2.9
/ 6
Spent to help elect them
$2,386,994
Outside groups that spent to help elect this member — this drives the outside-spending bar above
Spent to defeat this member
$152,509
Outside groups that spent to defeat this member (not counted in this score)
Lobbyinghow hard lobbyists push the committees this member sits on
4.2
/ 10
Vote alignmenthow often they vote the way their donors want
6.2
/ 12
Contribution timingmoney arriving near key votes
2.5
/ 6
Stock tradesbuying stocks in industries they regulate
0.1
/ 1
Dark moneyfunding from groups that hide their donors
< 0.1
/ 2
Outbound money distributionmoney this member sends out to the party and to colleagues
10.6
/ 16
Cluster network breadthhow many coordinated funding networks back this member
8.7
/ 10
Committee jurisdiction powerthe legislative reach of the committees this member sits on
4.4
/ 10
Foreign interestforeign-interest money — Israel-policy PACs and FARA-registered institutional lobbying allocated by committee jurisdiction
7.4
/ 12
Israel-policy PACs behind this score
AMERICAN ISRAEL PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE
$14,056 direct
REPUBLICAN JEWISH COALITION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (RJC-PAC)
$41 direct
FARA institutional lobbying
This member’s committees are targeted by $21.84M in lobbying from FARA-registered firms representing South Korea, Japan, China. This exposure is weighted at 0.2% of face value in the score — $44K.
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Score across four congresses
Score and tier for each Congress. Members are ranked against others in the same Congress, so tiers are comparable across rows. Raw scores reflect different data availability per Congress.
| Congress | Score | Tier |
|---|---|---|
| 116th · 2019-2021 | — | — |
| 117th · 2021-2023 | 59.2 | Moderately exposed |
| 118th · 2023-2025 | 64.8 | Moderately exposed |
| 119th · 2025-2027 | 67.7 | Moderately exposed |
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Biggest funding source
The single network behind the most money and influence
Network
SLF PAC
Total money from this network
$771,073
Number of funding networks contributing
1
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Where most of the money comes from
What share of their combined contributions and outside spending comes from a single network. Party committees are excluded.
Network
LATINOS FOR CONSERVATIVE VALUES
Share from this one network
2.9%
Amount from this network
$71,252
Total from all networks
$2,471,487
Networks contributing
438
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Who funds Salazar
Every funding network we can measure, ranked by influence
$3,438,685
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Does the money match their power?
Whether their money comes from the industries their committees actually oversee
Money from industries they regulate
2.0%
Extra weight when money matches their committees
2.00×
Share of outside spending tied to their policy areas
1.0%
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Money timed to key votes
Donations arriving near key votes in the policy areas this member regulates
Times money arrived near a vote
17
Money that arrived near votes
$78K
Distinct donors
27
Distinct employers
16
Share of their total fundraising
2.04%
Biggest clusters of timed money
CANTOR FITZGERALD
$7K
CHARLES SCHWAB
$7K
FISHER INVESTMENTS
$7K
FOUNDERS FUND
$7K
J W CHILDS ASSOCIATES
$7K
PAYROLL AND INSURANCE
$7K
STEPHENS
$7K
HAMILTON POINT INVESTMENTS
$5K
EVERCORE
$3K
BLACKSTONE
$3K
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Top Donors
Biggest sources of contributions, grouped by employer, this cycle
HOMEMAKER
$214K
HOMEMAKER
$135K
ES WINDOWS
$42K
HOMEMAKER
$37K
LEON MEDICAL CENTERS
$32K
BOMNIN AUTOMOTIVE
$29K
TECNOGLASS
$28K
L R STRUCTURAL
$25K
INFORMATION REQUESTED PER BEST EFFORTS
$24K
ES WINDOWS
$23K
CRESCENT HEIGHTS
$21K
SOUTH MIAMI OBGYN ASSOCIATES
$21K
MURGADO AUTOMOTIVE
$20K
TECNOGLAS
$20K
MT POOL DISTRIBUTOR
$20K
VRM COMPANIES
$19K
DEASON CAPITAL SERVICES
$17K
GRUSS
$17K
IDEAL DENTAL
$17K
J W CHILDS ASSOCIATES
$17K
Where the outside money comes from
How much of the outside spending for and against Maria Elvira Salazar comes from groups that disclose their donors versus groups that hide them
Total outside spending received
$1.54M
Disclosed outside spending
$630K
Dark-money outside spending
$907K
Share that is dark money
59.02%
Dark money tied to their policy areas
$3K
Groups hiding their donors
3
By funding network
DCCC
$2.06M
AMERICANS FOR PROSPERITY ACTION, INC. (AFP ACTION) DBA CVA ACTION AND DBA LIBRE ACTION
$1.85M
HOUSE MAJORITY PAC NETWORK
$1.27M
WOMEN VOTE
$279K
LATINO VOTE FOR AMERICA PAC
$255K
LEADERSHIP FOR A STRONG AMERICA
$235K
CHANGE NOW
$198K
FREEDOMWORKS FOR AMERICA
$151K
UNITED FOR SOUTH FLORIDA
$120K
AFT SOLIDARITY
$105K
SOS AMERICA PAC
$95K
LATINOS FOR CONSERVATIVE VALUES
$71K
NATIONAL HORIZON
$64K
AMERICAN LIBERTY FUND
$44K
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS CONGRESSIONAL FUND
$37K
Groups that hide their donors
1 smaller group under $500
$8
Likely donors behind the dark money supporting this member
Inferred
Donors who fund the disclosed PACs in the same network as the hidden groups above. "Coverage" is how many of that network's disclosed groups a donor funds — the more they fund, the more likely they also back the hidden group.
JEFFREY J KOLOZE
$8K
GEORGE ERBACHER
$3K
THOMAS MORRIS
$2K
EDWIN BOTERO
$300
NEVADANS FOR STEVEN HORSFORD
$80K
TITUS FOR CONGRESS
$80K
SUSIE LEE FOR CONGRESS
$79K
GEORGE SOROS
$525.74M
SMP
$81.00M
BLACKPAC
$47.25M
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Pro-Israel network donors
This counts contributions to this member from individuals whose FEC filings also show contributions to one of the 16 pro-Israel political action committees tracked by the Index. It is a measure of donor overlap — not a claim about why any individual gave, and not part of the influence score.
71 individuals who also gave to pro-Israel PACs contributed $629K to Maria Elvira Salazar across 250 contributions.
Total from shared contributors
$629K
Shared contributors
71
Contributions
250
By cycle
| Cycle | Shared donors | Gifts | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 55 | 171 | $330K |
| 2024 | 30 | 71 | $283K |
| 2026 | 5 | 8 | $16K |
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Revolving Door
2 former staff members
who worked for Maria Elvira Salazar or the committees they serve are now registered lobbyists.
| Lobbyist | Former position | Firm | Clients | Filings | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SYD TERRY | COS, Rep. Jan Schakowsky; Policy Coordinator for Energy & Commerce; LD, Rep. Jan… | BGR GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS | 40 | 232 | 2023–2025 |
| DANIEL JATIVA | Comms Director, Rep. Maria Elvira Salazar; Senior Comms Advisor, House Budget Co… | BRUNSWICK CORPORATION | 1 | 1 | 2025–2025 |
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Maria Elvira Salazar sits in the middle of this Congress on the index. There is a measured sponsor relationship, but the vote-alignment signal is weaker — money flows; the votes do not follow in lockstep.
Data: FEC (Federal Election Commission) filings · 118th–119th Congress · lobbying disclosures · VoteView recorded votes
All findings derived programmatically from public records · No prior knowledge required
All findings derived programmatically from public records · No prior knowledge required