Maria Elvira Salazar defeats Donna Shalala in Florida’s 27th Congressional District

MIAMI — Republican Maria Elvira Salazar defeated incumbent Democratic Rep. Donna Shalala in Florida’s 27th Congressional District in an upset that neither party anticipated heading into Election Day. Salazar, a former TV journalist, won her race against one of Miami’s most well-known politicians by successfully tying Shalala to left-leaning Democrats such as Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, a …