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Florida U.S. House District 27 2026: where the candidates stand on data centers

2 candidates on the November 3, 2026 ballot, from the Florida Department of State's list (opens in a new tab). The officeholder comes first, then the Republican and Democratic nominees together by last name, then everyone else by last name; in each group a candidate with a statement or vote on the record comes first (how the order works). Each has the same space. The list: Florida Department of State, Division of Elections, Candidate Tracking System: Candidate Listing for 2026 General Election (The listing states no certification or as of date; it is the Division's live Candidate Tracking System read on October 9, 2026).

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The candidates

  1. Maria Elvira Salazar, Republican candidate for U.S. House District 27, Florida

    Maria Elvira Salazar

    Republican · In office

    No sourced statement on the record as of October 21, 2026. Silence is not a position.

    What they said

    No statement on the record

    What they did

    0 votes in favor of data centers 0 votes against

    0 statements · 1 vote on the record

    Photo: Office of Congresswoman Maria Elvira Salazar, public domain (opens in a new tab), via Wikimedia Commons (opens in a new tab), cropped.

    Maria Elvira Salazar's page · In their own words

  2. Eliott Rodriguez

    Democratic

    No sourced statement on the record as of October 10, 2026. No vote on a data center measure either. Silence is not a position.

    0 statements · 0 votes on the record

    Eliott Rodriguez's page · In their own words

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In their own words

Where does Maria Elvira Salazar stand on data centers?

No public statement on data centers is on the record yet for Maria Elvira Salazar.

Statements 0 statements

No public statement on data centers is on the record yet for Maria Elvira Salazar.

Votes 1 vote

1 vote on data center measures: 0 in favor of data centers, 0 against.

  1. Did not vote on a measure that limited data centers: H.R. 9340, U.S. House of Representatives, September 16, 2026

Where does Eliott Rodriguez stand on data centers?

No public statement on data centers is on the record yet for Eliott Rodriguez.

Statements 0 statements

No public statement on data centers is on the record yet for Eliott Rodriguez.

Votes 0 votes

No vote on a data center measure on the record.

Candidates and their order come from the Florida Department of State's list (opens in a new tab), verified October 9, 2026. Every candidate, by state · How the record reads leaders.

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