Florida Conducts Machine Recounts for Two Narrow Races
Florida election officials are conducting machine recounts for one congressional race and one state House contest following narrow margins in the recent elections.
Florida is conducting machine recounts this week for two contested races where margins fell below the 0.5% threshold for automatic review. In the 27th Congressional District, Republican Maria Salazar holds a 0.44% lead over Democrat Eliot Rodriguez. In Brevard County, Democrat Daniel R. McDow leads Republican incumbent Monique Miller by 0.4% in the race for House District 33.
The recount in the 27th District has been marked by legal disputes. A federal judge recently denied a motion from the Rodriguez campaign to remove Miami-Dade County Supervisor of Elections Alina Garcia from the canvassing board. The campaign had alleged a conflict of interest involving Garcia's son-in-law, but Garcia refused to recuse herself.
If these machine recounts result in a margin of 0.25% or less, state officials will order manual recounts. Other congressional races in the 7th, 9th, 13th, and 26th districts were declared final because their margins exceeded the required threshold for a recount.
