Florida's 27th congressional district is an electoral district for the U.S. Congress and was created in South Florida during 2012, effective January 2013, as a result of the 2010 Census.[6] The first candidates ran in the 2012 House elections, and the winner was seated for the 113th Congress on January 3, 2013.
Florida's 27th congressional district | |||
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![]() Florida's 27th congressional district since January 3, 2017 | |||
Representative |
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Area | 344[1] sq mi (890 km2) | ||
Distribution |
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Population (2021) | 727,882[3] | ||
Median household income | $64,863[4] | ||
Ethnicity |
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Cook PVI | D+4[5] |
The 27th district is located in far South Florida, entirely within Miami-Dade County. This district includes all or part of Miami, Miami Beach, Coral Gables, and Kendall. The heavily Cuban American neighborhood of Little Havana is situated in this district.[7]
The district is currently represented by Republican Maria Elvira Salazar, serving since January 12, 2021. She was first elected in 2020 after defeating Representative Donna Shalala in a rematch of the 2018 race. It was one of nine districts in the country that voted for Joe Biden in the 2020 presidential election while being held or won by a Republican.
Results from previous presidential elections
Year | Office | Results |
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2012 | President | Barack Obama 53% - Mitt Romney 46% |
2016 | President | Hillary Clinton 58% - Donald Trump 39% |
2020 | President | Joe Biden 51% - Donald Trump 48% |
Results from previous non-presidential statewide elections
Year | Office | Results |
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2016 | Senate | Patrick Murphy 49.2% - Marco Rubio 48.6% |
2018 | Senate | Bill Nelson 55.9% - Rick Scott 44.1% |
2018 | Governor | Andrew Gillum 54.6% - Ron DeSantis 44.4% |
2018 | Attorney General | Sean Shaw 53.5% - Ashley Moody 44.6% |
Member | Party | Years | Cong ress |
Electoral history | Geography |
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District created January 3, 2013. | |||||
![]() Ileana Ros-Lehtinen |
Republican | January 3, 2013 – January 3, 2019 |
113th 114th 115th |
Redistricted from the 18th district and re-elected in 2012. Re-elected in 2014. Re-elected in 2016. Retired.[8] |
2013–2017![]() Miami-Dade |
2017–present![]() Miami-Dade | |||||
![]() Donna Shalala |
Democratic | January 3, 2019 – January 3, 2021 |
116th | Elected in 2018. Lost re-election. | |
![]() María Elvira Salazar |
Republican | January 12, 2021 – Present |
117th | Elected in 2020 Re-elected in 2022. |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Republican | Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (incumbent) | 138,488 | 60.2 | ||
Democratic | Manny Yevancey | 85,020 | 36.9 | ||
Independent | Thomas Joe Cruz-Wiggins | 6,663 | 2.9 | ||
Total votes | 230,171 | 100.0 | |||
Republican hold |
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen ran unopposed.[10]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Republican | Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (incumbent) | 100.0 | |||
Total votes | 100.0 | ||||
Republican hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Ileana Ros-Lehtinen | 157,917 | 54.9 | |
Democratic | Scott Furhman | 129,760 | 45.1 | |
Total votes | 287,677 | 100.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Donna Shalala | 130,743 | 51.8 | |
Republican | Maria Elvira Salazar | 115,588 | 45.8 | |
Independent | Mayra Joli | 6,255 | 2.5 | |
Total votes | 252,586 | 100.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Maria Elvira Salazar | 176,141 | 51.4 | |
Democratic | Donna Shalala (incumbent) | 166,758 | 48.6 | |
Write-in | Frank E. Polo | 76 | 0.0 | |
Total votes | 342,975 | 100.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Maria Elvira Salazar (incumbent) | 136,016 | 57.3 | |
Democratic | Annette Taddeo | 101,370 | 42.7 | |
Total votes | 237,371 | 100.0 |
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