A congressional race in South Florida that national observers are watching is heading to a recount and a court fight. Republican U.S. Rep. Maria Salazar leads Democratic challenger Eliott Rodriguez by less than 1,100 votes out of nearly 248,000 cast, a margin of 0.44%. That is tight enough to trigger an automatic machine recount, which began this week.
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Salazar-Rodriguez race heads to recount amid recusal lawsuit
A close race between Rep. Maria Salazar and Eliott Rodriguez is headed to an automatic machine recount, and Supervisor of Elections Alina Garcia faces a lawsuit seeking her recusal.
