Republican Rep. Maria Elvira Salazar won her party primary in Florida's 27th Congressional District on Tuesday, defeating Miami attorney Michael Arias. Salazar has Donald Trump's backing but had previously broken with him over his hardline deportation policies, and her primary victory suggests this divergence did not cost her significant support among Republican voters in the district.

The 27th District covers parts of Miami-Dade County, an area with a large Cuban-American and broader Hispanic population where immigration policy carries particular weight. Salazar will now proceed to the general election as the Republican nominee, with the seat's outcome likely to be watched as a signal of how deportation issues are playing with Florida's Hispanic electorate ahead of the midterms.