A recount for Florida’s District 27 race will begin Monday following Miami Republican Congresswoman María Elvira Salazar’s narrow lead over Democratic challenger Eliott Rodriguez, according to Miami-Dade Supervisor of Elections Alina Garcia.
As ordered by the Florida Secretary of State, the recount is scheduled to start 10 a.m. Monday at Miami-Dade Elections Headquarters in Doral, Garcia said in a Sunday statement. The re-tally comes after Salazar won 50.22% of the vote to Rodriguez’s 49.78% — a 1,090 victory, according to Miami-Dade general election results.
“Whatever the final outcome, I will respect the will of the voters,” Rodriguez said in a Sunday statement, adding he appreciated the legally required machine recount. “That is what our democracy requires, and that is what the people of Congressional District 27 deserve.”…