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FLORIDA Florida’s 27th District remains undecided and may head to a recount
Republican incumbent Maria Elvira Salazar holds a very narrow lead over Democrat Eliott Rodriguez in one of Florida’s unresolved House races. The margin falls within the threshold that, according to U.S. election rules cited by local media, can trigger an automatic recount.
Florida’s 27th Congressional District, which includes Miami, was still undecided on Wednesday, with incumbent Republican Maria Elvira Salazar leading Democrat Eliott Rodriguez by 1,116 votes, according to figures cited by Miami New Times and The Associated Press.
Those totals put Salazar at 124,474 votes, or 50.23%, and Rodriguez at 123,358, or 49.77%. Miami New Times reported that the 0.46-point gap falls within the range that, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures, can trigger an automatic recount in Florida when the margin is 0.5 percentage points or less.
The outlet added that such a recount must take place within nine days and said the Miami-Dade County supervisor of elections did not reply to an email seeking comment.
Salazar, who first won the seat in 2020, posted on X as if the race had already been settled, saying she would continue representing her community in the United States Congress. Miami New Times reported that neither she nor Rodriguez had responded to the publication’s requests for comment by the time the story was published.
The Associated Press, as cited by Miami New Times, also noted that Rodriguez, a journalist and political newcomer, was nearing 50% of the vote. NBC News, also cited by the outlet, listed District 27 among five Florida seats that had not yet been called, along with District 26 and three others in Central Florida.
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About this piece. Written by El Notero with AI assistance, from reporting published by the outlet cited above. El Notero did no original reporting on this story.
