Seven checks, totaling $4,115, were dinged for possibly not being made to influence the result of her election.
| Made to Influence Election? | |
| Escambia Federated Republican Women | $ 35.00 |
| Escambia Co. Public School Foundation | $ 500.00 |
| Escambia Federated Republican Women | $ 500.00 |
| Foundation of Greater FWB Chamber | $ 450.00 |
| Escambia Co. Public School Foundation | $ 600.00 |
| Walton Republican Women Federated | $ 30.00 |
| Republican Party of Florida | $ 2,000.00 |
| Total | $ 4,115.00 |
Another 18 checks, totaling $9,421, are being audited because the campaign failed to provide explanations.
| Explanation of Transaction Required | |
| Junior Achievement Pensacola | $ 150.00 |
| Pensacola Breast Cancer Association | $ 100.00 |
| Pensacola Chamber | $ 360.00 |
| Marcus Pointe Baptist Church | $ 1,500.00 |
| Beulah Church | $ 200.00 |
| AMI Kids Pensacola | $ 1,000.00 |
| Alpha Center | $ 500.00 |
| AMI Kids Pensacola | $ 400.00 |
| Freedom Foundation of Valley Forge | $ 100.00 |
| Temple Beth-EL | $ 100.00 |
| AMI Kids Pensacola | $ 103.20 |
| Ascension Sacred Heart Foundation | $ 100.00 |
| Boy Scouts of America | $ 1,300.00 |
| Gulf Coast Veterans Advocacy Council | $ 50.00 |
| Pensacola Little Theatre | $ 208.00 |
| Seville Rotary | $ 600.00 |
| Veterans Memorial Park | $ 1,649.95 |
| Pensacola Beach Songwriters Festival | $ 1,000.00 |
| Total | $ 9,421.15 |
Several of the expenditures may pass muster if Salzman lists them as sponsorships, not donations. If the campaign does not comply with the request, the Florida Elections Commission can impose civil penalties of up to $1,000 per violation.
Meanwhile, Salzman’s Political Action Committee, Committee to Protect Northwest Florida, has been sent nine letters for failure to file reports since September 2020. The PAC has paid $2,275 in fines and received in July 2023 a final notice for $625 in fines that is still outstanding.
Last year, the PAC spent $158,021 – $25,836 in reimbursements to Salzman. She has only one opponent that has pre-filed, Franscine Mathis, who has not raised any money for her campaign.
Her campaign spent $83,967 – bringing her total expenditures in 2023 to $241,988. She has less than a year to go before the November 2024 general election.
In the 2022 election cycle, she faced Mike Hill in the GOP primary and Mathis in the general. Salzman spent $350,359 – only $108,371 more than in the 2023 off-year.