Maria Elvira Salazar wins re-election in Miami, defeating Annette Taddeo in battle for House seat
MIAMI -- After a pitched battle to flip a red seat blue, incumbent Maria Elvira Salazar managed to hold off challenger Annette Taddeo after a spirited contest.
With 99 percent of the votes counted, Salazar had garnered 131,890, or 57 percent of the votes, to Taddeo, who had 98,322 or 42 percent of the vote, according to the Associated Press.
The race for Florida's 27th Congressional District was marked by heavy political spending as both candidates took to television airwaves to pitch their candidate as being a Socialist.
Salazar is a former Spanish-language TV journalist who won her first election in 2020, ousting Democrat Donna Shalala.
