A Recount in Florida's 27th Congressional District Confirms Salazar Holding Her Seat by 1,086 Votes: 124,519 to 123,433, a 50.2 Percent to 49.8 Percent Split, After Winning by Nearly 20 Points Two Years Ago
MIAMI, Miami-Dade County, Florida — Representative Maria Elvira Salazar, a Miami Republican, kept her seat in Florida's 27th Congressional District, NBC News projected on Tuesday, after a recount left her roughly 1,086 votes ahead of Democrat Eliott Rodriguez in one of the closest House contests of the midterms.
Election workers at Miami-Dade headquarters recounted close to 250,000 ballots overnight, NBC 6 South Florida reported. Unofficial totals gave Salazar 124,519 votes to 123,433 for Rodriguez, a split of 50.2 percent to 49.8 percent. Salazar celebrated with a short message on social media: Thank you, Miami.
The result is a sharp drop from two years ago, when she won the seat by nearly 20 percentage points. Her campaign was shaped by an unusual public break with President Donald Trump. In September she released an ad criticizing the administration's deportation push, saying many Hispanics felt betrayed and that its tactics had gone too far, with many of those removed having no criminal records. Trump, who carried the heavily Hispanic district by 15 points in the 2024 presidential election, responded by sharing posts that branded Salazar a backstabber and urged Republicans to replace her on the ballot, NBC News reported. He never formally pulled his endorsement, however.
Rodriguez, a former local television anchor, tried to exploit the feud during the race. After Election Day he also went to court, suing Miami-Dade elections supervisor Alina Garcia and asking that she step aside from the recount. He argued that her son-in-law was representing Salazar and pointed to remarks Garcia made to The Miami Herald suggesting Salazar would win regardless. A federal judge threw out the suit on Monday, finding the claims insufficient while calling Garcia's comments perhaps unwise.
Speaking to NBC 6 on election night, Salazar said the tight margin came down to immigration and that the outcome would strengthen her hand inside her party. She said Republicans need to deliver on affordability, the economy and gas prices while also correcting course on immigration.
The district stretches across working class Hispanic neighborhoods as well as some of the country's wealthiest ZIP codes, and Miami-Dade has more than 130,000 pending deportation cases, the most of any county, according to NBC News. Marco Rubio, now secretary of state, lives in the district, which is also slated to host Trump's presidential library. Salazar, a former Telemundo journalist and the daughter of Cuban exiles, first won the seat in 2020 by defeating Donna Shalala. Her victory secures her a fourth term. Florida's statewide results are set to be certified by the state Elections Canvassing Commission on November 17.
Source: QNC News
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