V. Michael Arias

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V. Michael Arias

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Republican Party

V. Michael Arias (Republican Party) ran for election to the U.S. House to represent Florida's 27th Congressional District. He did not appear on the ballot for the Republican primary on August 20, 2024.

Elections

2024

See also: Florida's 27th Congressional District election, 2024

Florida's 27th Congressional District election, 2024 (August 20 Republican primary)

Florida's 27th Congressional District election, 2024 (August 20 Democratic primary)

General election

General election for U.S. House Florida District 27

Incumbent Maria Elvira Salazar defeated Lucia Baez-Geller in the general election for U.S. House Florida District 27 on November 5, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Maria Elvira Salazar (R)	60.4	199,159
		Lucia Baez-Geller (D)	39.6	130,708

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 329,867
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Florida District 27

Lucia Baez-Geller defeated Mike Davey in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Florida District 27 on August 20, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Lucia Baez-Geller	54.2	18,591
		Mike Davey	45.8	15,738

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 34,329
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Florida District 27

Incumbent Maria Elvira Salazar defeated Royland Lara in the Republican primary for U.S. House Florida District 27 on August 20, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Maria Elvira Salazar	88.7	38,493
	Submit photo	Royland Lara	11.3	4,908

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 43,401
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• V. Michael Arias (R)
• Frank Polo Sr. (R)

Endorsements

Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Arias in this election.

Campaign themes

2024

Ballotpedia survey responses

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Campaign finance summary

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V. Michael Arias campaign contribution history

Year	Office	Status	Contributions	Expenditures
2024*	U.S. House Florida District 27	Withdrew primary	$0	N/A**
Grand total			$0	N/A**
Sources: OpenSecrets,  Federal Elections Commission ***This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC).
* Data from this year may not be complete
** Data on expenditures is not available for this election cycle
Note: Totals above reflect only available data.

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Footnotes

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Florida's current delegation to the United States Congress

Senators

Ashley Moody (R)

Rick Scott (R)

Representatives

District 1

Jimmy Patronis (R)

District 2

Neal Dunn (R)

District 3

Kat Cammack (R)

District 4

Aaron Bean (R)

District 5

John Rutherford (R)

District 6

Randy Fine (R)

District 7

Cory Mills (R)

District 8

Mike Haridopolos (R)

District 9

Darren Soto (D)

District 10

Maxwell Frost (D)

District 11

Daniel Webster (R)

District 12

Gus Bilirakis (R)

District 13

Anna Luna (R)

District 14

Kathy Castor (D)

District 15

Laurel Lee (R)

District 16

Vern Buchanan (R)

District 17

Greg Steube (R)

District 18

Scott Franklin (R)

District 19

Byron Donalds (R)

District 20

Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (D)

District 21

Brian Mast (R)

District 22

Lois Frankel (D)

District 23

Jared Moskowitz (D)

District 24

Frederica Wilson (D)

District 25

Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D)

District 26

Mario Diaz-Balart (R)

District 27

Maria Elvira Salazar (R)

District 28

Carlos Gimenez (R)

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