自2021年以来一直代表迈阿密第27选区的共和党众议员玛丽亚·埃尔维拉·萨拉查看来很可能赢得连任，击败她的民主党挑战者埃利奥特·罗德里格斯。她是本轮选举周期中少数公开反对总统唐纳德·特朗普移民政策的共和党议员之一。截至周三上午，在超过24.7万张选票中，她的领先优势不足1500票，差距极其微弱，因此未来几天内很可能需要重新计票。
María Elvira Salazar, the Republican Congresswoman who has represented District 27 in Miami since 2021 and is one of the few GOP lawmakers this election cycle who spoke out against President Donald Trump’s immigration policies, appears likely to win reelection, defeating her Democratic challenger Eliott Rodriguez. As of Wednesday morning, she had a razor thin margin of fewer than 1,500 votes of the more than 247,000 cast, so a recount may be likely in the coming days.
萨拉查是古巴裔美国人，在进入国会之前曾是一名资深电视记者。她获得唐纳德·特朗普的背书，在2024年轻松以20个百分点的领先优势赢下自己的选区。但今年的选情证明竞争更为激烈，因为特朗普的支持率持续下滑，而他的反移民政策重创了她所在选区的家庭。
A Cuban American, Salazar was a veteran TV journalist before joining Congress. Endorsed by Donald Trump, she handily won her district in 2024 with a 20-point lead. But this year’s race proved to be a tighter one, as Trump’s popularity continued to tank and his anti-immigrant policies devastated families in her district.
这场竞选中最引人注目的时刻，大概是萨拉查的一则广告，她在广告中抨击了特朗普的移民议程。“你们的一些移民执法行动已经走得太远，”萨拉查说，并指出7月被移民及海关执法局逮捕的人中有一半没有犯罪记录。“那些在2024年帮助你入主白宫的拉美裔人，如今感到被背叛了。”这则广告引发了民主党人的反弹，比如她的对手罗德里格斯，后者称她是特朗普移民政策的同谋。
Likely the most notable moment of the race was Salazar’s ad in which she called out Trump for his immigration agenda. “Some of your immigration enforcement efforts have gone too far,” Salazar said, noting that half of the people arrested by ICE in July had no criminal records. “The same Hispanics that helped you get to the White House in 2024 feel betrayed today.”The ad sparked a backlash from Democrats, such as her opponent Rodriguez, who said she was complicit in Trump’s immigration policies.
这则广告也招致了一些共和党人和国土安全部的不满。“不管萨拉查众议员喜不喜欢，移民及海关执法局的男男女女都在执行国会通过的法律，”该机构在一份声明中说。致特朗普总统关于移民的讯息 | 玛丽亚·埃尔维拉·萨拉查 2026年9月17日 我在9月报道过，许多专家将这场竞选视为对特朗普在拉美裔群体中支持率下滑程度的检验，而拉美裔群体曾在2024年给予他大力支持。
The ad also drew the ire of some Republicans and the Department of Homeland Security. “Whether Congresswoman Salazar likes it or not, the men and women of ICE are enforcing the laws passed by Congress,” the agency said in a statement A Message to President Trump on Immigration | María Elvira Salazar September 17, 2026 I reported in September many experts have viewed this race as a test of how far Trump’s popularity has cratered with the Latino community, which gave him significant support in 2024.
但在这次选举中，该选区居民对民主党人的支持率比总统选举时高出14个百分点，据报道。尽管如此，转向蓝色的变化仍不足以让罗德里格斯击败她。正如我上个月所写：佛罗里达国际大学政治学教授兼拉丁裔民意论坛主任爱德华多·加马拉表示，萨拉查“陷入了两难：一方面要捍卫自己作为总统坚定支持者的立场，另一方面又要证明自己是所在选区移民的忠实捍卫者。这两个目标一直截然对立。”
But in this election, residents of this district voted 14 points more in favor of the Democrats than in the presidential race, the reported Still, the shift toward blue was not enough for Rodriguez to defeat her. As I wrote last month: Eduardo Gamarra, political science professor and director of the Latino Public Opinion Forum at Florida International University, said Salazar is “trapped between trying to defend her position as somebody who is very supportive of the president, and at the same time trying to demonstrate that she is a dedicated defender of immigrants in her district. Those two things have been diametrically opposed objectives.”
同样对萨拉查不利的是，她的对手埃利奥特·罗德里格斯正如佩雷斯对我所说，在南佛罗里达“为人们所熟悉”。他是古巴移民的儿子，在纽约市出生和长大。12岁时，全家搬到了迈阿密。他从事记者工作近50年，职业生涯的后半段在哥伦比亚广播公司迈阿密分台度过，在那里担任新闻主播多年，直到去年退休。
Also working against Salazar is that her opponent, Eliott Rodriguez, is, as Pérez told me, “familiar to people” in South Florida. The son of Cuban immigrants, he was born and raised in New York City. His family moved to Miami when he was 12. He worked for nearly 50 years as a journalist, spending the latter half of his career at CBS News Miami, where he spent many years as a news anchor before retiring last year.
罗德里格斯还可以在可负担性危机这一议题上竞选，而不必背负执政党成员的政治包袱，因为过去一年汽油价格和家庭日常开支都已上涨。“埃利奥特可以在可负担性问题上竞选；他可以作为移民的真正捍卫者参选，”加马拉说。“而且他也可以在不付出任何代价的情况下与特朗普划清界限。”
Rodriguez can also run on the affordability crisis unencumbered by the political baggage of being in the governing party while gas and everyday costs for families have risen in the last year. “Eliott can run on affordability; he can run as the real defender of immigrants,” Gamarra said. “And he can also differentiate himself from Trump without any penalty.”
罗德里格斯获得了比尔·克林顿的背书，其竞选重点集中在可负担性、保护医疗保健、制定人道的移民政策以及对抗特朗普。在迈阿密参选的民主党人通常必须面对古裔美国共和党人的指控，后者因逃离菲德尔·卡斯特罗的共产主义政权而指责民主党人与社会主义有联系。萨拉查试图采用这种策略，将罗德里格斯与民主党社会主义者、联邦参议员候选人安吉·尼克松联系在一起，后者周二败给了现任参议员阿什利·穆迪。
Rodriguez, who was endorsed by Bill Clinton focused his campaign on affordability, protecting healthcare, creating humane immigration policies, and standing up to Trump. Democrats running in Miami typically must confront accusations of socialist ties from Cuban-American Republicans who fled the island due to Fidel Castro’s communist regime. Salazar tried this approach, linking Rodriguez to Democratic socialist and US Senate candidate Angie Nixon who was defeated on Tuesday by incumbent Sen. Ashley Moody.
据《佛罗里达政治》报道，萨拉查的竞选资金总计240万美元，也超过了罗德里格斯筹集的134万美元。
Salazar’s campaign funding, which totaled $2.4 million, also outpaced Rodriguez’s $1.34 million in fundraising, Florida Politics reported“Tonight, the people of Florida’s 27th District have spoken, and I am deeply honored to have earned your trust once again!”
“今晚，佛罗里达州第27选区的选民已经表达了意愿，我非常荣幸能再次赢得你们的信任！”萨拉查周二晚在社交媒体上写道。“感谢每一位投我票的共和党人、民主党人和无党派人士：谢谢你们。你们的信任是我绝不会视为理所当然的责任。”
Salazar wrote on on Tuesday night. “To every Republican, Democrat, and Independent who placed their confidence in me: THANK YOU. Your trust is a responsibility I will never take for granted.”