Florida’s election results are final except for two races that will go to machine recounts this week. Both margins fall inside the 0.5% threshold that triggers an automatic recount.
In Miami-Dade County, the recount in Florida’s 27th Congressional District begins Monday at 10 a.m. Republican U.S. Rep. Maria Salazar leads Democrat Eliot Rodriguez by 1,090 votes, or 50.22% to 49.78%, according to Supervisor of Elections Alina Garcia.
The Rodriguez campaign has filed a federal lawsuit asking Garcia to step off the three-member county canvassing board that will oversee the count. The campaign cites several conflicts, including that her son-in-law, Robert Fernandez, represents Salazar in the recount. Garcia has said she will not recuse herself. A federal judge denied the motion to remove her after a hearing Monday, NBC 6 South Florida reported.
In Brevard County, Democrat Daniel R. McDow leads Republican incumbent Monique Miller in House District 33 by 289 votes. McDow has 36,430 votes to Miller’s 36,141. That recount starts Tuesday at 9 a.m. at the Brevard County Election Support Center in Melbourne.
If either machine recount shows a margin of 0.25% or less, a manual recount will follow.
Several other close congressional races, including districts 7, 9, 13 and 26, fell just outside the recount threshold and will not be recounted.
