Riding profile

FL-27

US House district — FL · Mixed · us fl

The question

FL-27: who wins this toss-up?

Current forecast

Republican

Toss-up

Probability
96%
Mean margin (pts)
2.6
P(close race)
95%

Projected vote share

Projection by party

  • Republican 51.3%

    Maria Elvira Salazar incumbent

  • Democrat 48.7%

    Eliott Rodriguez

Watch list

The tightest races

Smallest projected margin. Open one for the numbers.

  1. FL-22Democrat68 %1.1 pt margin
  2. AZ-2Republican57 %1.1 pt margin
  3. OH-10Democrat60 %1.1 pt margin

In context

How this riding stacks up

Republican Democrat
HereFL-27 51.3%48.7%
National averageUnited States 44.9% +6.3 54.3% −5.6

Nationwide averages computed across the 435 riding-level projections (unweighted mean).

Projection track

How the projection has moved

District polls

Polls in this district

7 polls

Pollster Field dates Sample Pop. Topline Source
Bendixen & Amandi International 25–Aug 30 600 LV
Democrat 45 Republican 45
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Blueprint Polling 6–Mar 8 451 RV
Republican 47 Democrat 40
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Blueprint Polling 6–Mar 8 451 RV
Republican 46 Democrat 43
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Kaplan Strategies 25–Jul 27 804 LV
Republican 45 Democrat 34
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Kaplan Strategies 25–Jul 27 804 LV
Republican 45 Democrat 35
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Kaplan Strategies 25–Jul 27 804 LV
Republican 45 Democrat 38
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Kaplan Strategies 25–Jul 27 804 LV
Democrat 44 Republican 42
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District-level polls, topline only. Vote-Scope reports each published poll as the pollster released it; figures are not the Vote-Scope projection.

Editorial read

FL-27, a mixed riding in FL, elected a member with the Republicans in the previous cycle, with a 21-point margin. The Vote-Scope model projects the Republicans ahead at 51% vote share, against 49% for the Democrats, and the race could swing.

Sitting member

SALAZAR, MARIA ELVIRA

Sits with Republican

Primary race

Primary results

Held Aug 18, 2026 · Official count — not yet certified

Democratic primary

Winner

Eliott Rodriguez 53.5%

17,324 votes

Republican primary

Winner

Maria Elvira Salazar 81.3%

29,225 votes

Official source →

Who's running

The candidates

Declared and on-ballot candidates for the upcoming election.

  • Republican Incumbent

    Salazar, Maria Elvira

  • Democrat Challenger

    Rodriguez, Eliott

Previous election · 2024

Won by
Republican
Margin
20.9 pts
Margin shift vs current projection
-18.3 pts
Last model run
Cycle
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