Congresswoman Maria Elvira Salazar admits election night in Key Biscayne was long.
Carl Juste
A recount for Florida’s District 27 race will begin Monday following Miami Republican Rep. María Elvira Salazar’s narrow lead over Democratic challenger Eliott Rodriguez, according to Miami-Dade Elections Supervisor Alina Garcia.
As ordered by Florida’s secretary of state, the recount is scheduled to begin at 10 a.m. Monday at Miami-Dade elections headquarters in Doral, Garcia said in a statement Sunday. The recount comes after Salazar won 50.22% of the vote to Rodriguez’s 49.78%, a victory of 1,090, according to Miami-Dade general election results.
“Regardless of the final result, I will respect the will of the voters,” Rodriguez said in a statement Sunday, adding that he appreciated the legally required automatic recount. “It’s what our democracy demands, and it’s what the people of Congressional District 27 deserve.”
Ana Carbonell, a spokeswoman for the Salazar campaign, did not immediately respond to a request for comment Sunday.
The recount is expected to begin immediately after a hearing in Rodriguez’s recently filed federal lawsuit seeking to bar Miami-Dade’s Republican supervisor of elections from participating in the process. Friday’s complaint accused the elections official of being biased in favor of Salazar.
In federal court in Miami, the parties are scheduled to hold a motion hearing at 9 a.m. before Judge David S. Leibowitz, according to court records.
Rodriguez is also seeking records from the Miami-Dade Elections Department for “a list of all overseas voters in Florida’s 27th Congressional District who requested a ballot, including overseas military voters, with records indicating whether each ballot was mailed, returned, counted, rejected or remains pending, and any recorded reason for rejection,” his statement said.
“A recount does not constitute a rejection of the outcome of an election or a challenge to democracy,” Rodriguez said. “This is an important safeguard established by Florida law to ensure accuracy and public confidence when an election is exceptionally close – as this one is now.”
This story was originally published November 8, 2026 at 5:52 p.m..
Gn usa
