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NBC projects Salazar wins re-election in Miami after breaking with Trump on deportations

Rep. María Elvira Salazar, a Florida Republican, held her Miami seat a week after Election Day. She had publicly criticized Trump's deportation crackdown in a district with many Hispanic voters.

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María Elvira Salazar
María Elvira Salazar. Photo: LogCabinRepublicanFL, Public domain

NBC News projects that Republican Rep. María Elvira Salazar has won re-election in her Miami-based district. It is one of the last House races to be called. She won after clashing with President Donald Trump over his immigration policy 1.

Salazar drew national attention in September with an ad criticizing Trump's aggressive deportation policy. She said many Hispanics felt "betrayed" and that the administration's tactics had "gone too far." She noted that many of those deported had no criminal records 1.

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A close race in a Trump district

Trump carried Florida's 27th District by 15 points in the 2024 presidential election. The district is heavily Hispanic 1. A Spanish-language report from Nov. 4 said Salazar led Democrat Eliott Rodríguez by 1,325 votes with 99% counted, or 50.27% to 49.73%. That report said a recount was possible and the figures were preliminary 2.

Those Nov. 4 numbers are not the final result. The NBC projection is the latest word on the race 12.

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Trump responded to Salazar's ad by amplifying social media posts that called her a "backstabber" and urged that she be replaced as the district's GOP candidate. He never officially rescinded his endorsement of her 1.

Rodríguez, a former local news anchor, tried to use the split. He said Salazar had become "so politically toxic that now even Daddy Trump appears to be distancing himself from his problem child" 1.

María Elvira Salazar
Señor presidente, algunas de sus medidas de control migratorio han ido demasiado lejos
María Elvira Salazar, U.S. Representative, R-Florida2

Why Miami is at the center

Miami has more than 130,000 pending removal cases, the most of any county in the nation. Salazar's district covers working-class, largely Hispanic neighborhoods as well as some of the wealthiest ZIP codes in the country 1.

Trump in 2024 became the first Republican presidential candidate to carry Miami-Dade County in 36 years. The district is also set to be home to Trump's presidential library, and Secretary of State Marco Rubio lives there 1.

In the Nov. 4 report, Salazar said, in Spanish, that her party must correct course on the economy and on immigration. She also said some of the president's immigration enforcement measures had gone too far 2.

Salazar was first elected in 2020, when she upset former Health Secretary Donna Shalala 1.

What it means

That matters because the pattern is clear in one of the most closely watched Latino districts in the country. A Republican who publicly broke with Trump on deportations held the seat, and the margin was still very thin 12.

One race does not prove a trend. It does show that immigration enforcement was a live political risk for Republicans in heavily Hispanic areas 1.

What happens next is unclear. The sources do not say whether a recount was requested, and Salazar has not said whether she will keep pressing the White House on deportations 12.

The Record

  1. Salazar was first elected to the seat, upsetting Donna Shalala 1.
  2. Salazar released an ad criticizing Trump's deportation policy; Trump amplified posts calling her a 'backstabber' 1.
  3. A Spanish-language report said Salazar led Eliott Rodríguez by 1,325 votes with 99% counted and that a recount was possible 2.
  4. NBC News projected that Salazar won re-election 1.
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Sources

  1. NBC News, “GOP Rep. María Elvira Salazar wins re-election in Florida after clashing with Trump” (2026-11-10). nbcnews.com/politics/2026-election/maria-elvira-salazar-gop-
  2. TuNota, “María Elvira Salazar reelección Florida estrecho margen demócrata Eliott Rodríguez” (2026-11-04). tunota.com/politica/maria-elvira-salazar-reeleccion-florida-

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