Rodriguez asks Miami’s elections chief to recuse herself from US House recount

Miami Herald · Olivia Lloyd · 2026-11-06 02:04 UTC

Democratic candidate Eliott Rodriguez, running against Maria Elvira Salazar, asked the Miami Supervisor of Elections to recuse from a congressional recount.

Miami-Dade Supervisor of Elections Alina Garcia is rebuffing demands that she recuse herself from the oversight of the tight race for Republican U.S. Rep. María Elvira Salazar’s seat representing Florida’s 27th Congressional District, which appears headed for a recount.

With the counting of final ballots and certification of unofficial results scheduled to take place Friday morning, an attorney representing Democratic candidate Eliott Rodriguez sent a letter to Garcia’s office Thursday demanding that the elections chief bow out of matters involving the race when it comes before the county’s Canvassing Board, which oversees the inspection of ballots and certification of results.

Garcia, a Republican, is one of three members.

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