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Florida CD-27 election results: Salazar leads Rodriguez as recount threshold met

By Biscayne Bay Beacon staff · November 4, 2026 · 1 min read

Florida Election Watch’s latest unofficial results show Rep. María Elvira Salazar leading Eliott Rodriguez in Florida’s 27th Congressional District race. Salazar has 124,474 votes (50.23%) to Rodriguez’s 123,358 (49.77%), a margin of 1,116 votes among 247,832 votes. All 230 precincts are reporting.

The 0.45 percentage-point margin falls within Florida’s 0.5% threshold for an automatic machine recount. The state labels the totals unofficial; canvassing, any required recount and certification remain ahead.

Salazar, the Republican incumbent, and Rodriguez, a Democratic former television journalist, ran for the Miami-Dade County seat. Axios reported Wednesday morning that the Associated Press had not projected a winner.

Results: https://floridaelectionwatch.gov/CompareStateToCounty/140270

AP status reported by Axios Nov. 4: https://www.axios.com/newsletters/axios-miami-53657812-76ff-4d89-862a-e4ed7c21ac79

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