María Elvira Salazar nears $3M raised to defend her CD 27 seat
By now, Republican U.S. Rep. María Elvira Salazar has more than likely crossed the $3 million mark in fundraising to defend her seat representing Florida’s 27th Congressional District.
In the last reporting period, running from Aug. 1 to Sept. 30, Salazar’s campaign reported raising $415,000, bringing her total haul this cycle to $2.98 million.
She also spent $181,500, a small portion of the $1.2 million she’s raised since she won re-election by a landslide two years ago.
Heading into October, she had $1.9 million left — roughly 18 times the sum held by her Democratic challenger, Miami-Dade School Board member Lucia Báez-Geller.
Salazar’s campaign reported 669 contributions last period, thou...
