Tight rematch in Miami-area congressional race featuring former HHS Secretary Donna Shalala draws big money

Despite favoring Hillary Clinton in 2016, Florida’s 27th Congressional District has a history of electing Republicans down-ballot, and the GOP is hoping it turns back to red this fall. Clinton beat Trump by 20 points in the district four years ago, but a recent poll from 1892 Polling showed freshman Rep. Donna Shalala (D-Fla.) trailing Republican nominee Maria Elvira Salazar 43 percent to 46 percent. The poll was sponsored by Salazar and has a margin-of-error of 4.9 percent.