Maria Elvira Salazar

Rodriguez’s campaign said Garcia publicly declared Salazar the winner before the recount was complete, citing the Miami Herald's coverage of Salazar's election night watch party. They also allege that Garcia's son-in-law is representing his opponent in the recount.

Only days before Tuesday's midterm elections, a local union group brought Cuban and Venezuelan voters to Little Havana for a rally Thursday to denounce U.S. Rep. Maria Elvira Salazar, accusing the Republican congresswoman of abandoning her immigrant and working-class constituents.

With the Nov. 3 election near and early voting underway in South Florida, candidates from both major parties along with voter mobilization groups are rallying voters to get to the polls.

“María Elvira Salazar has become the poster child for Washington’s culture of corruption, political hypocrisy, and contempt for accountability,” Rodriguez said in a statement late Friday.

Miami Republican Rep. María Elvira Salazar’s largest campaign donor this election cycle is Lenir Pérez, an industrial titan in Central America charged with environmental crimes in Honduras.

Rep. María Elvira Salazar filmed an ad warning the president that he's "gone too far" on immigration. It reflected concern among some Republicans that their gains with Latino voters could be at risk.

The Miami visit — coming just two and a half weeks before Election Day—underscores national Democrats' strategy to challenge Republicans even in traditionally conservative strongholds like Miami-Dade.

With President Donald Trump's approval rating at an all-time low, a large enough swing of independents or Republicans toward a Democrat could push Eliott Rodriguez past GOP incumbent Rep. Maria Elvira Salazar on Nov. 3 — a seat that has twice traded parties over the last decade. Immigration, cost of living and U.S.-Cuba policy have emerged as key issues.

The race for Florida’s 27th Congressional District flared up over the weekend when President Donald Trump reposted on his Truth Social account more than a dozen posts excoriating incumbent Miami Republican Congresswoman María Elvira Salazar.

On Friday, the non-partisan Cook Political Report, one of the nation's most respected and closely followed election year analysts, moved the Salazar-Rodriguez race from 'Likely Republican" to "Lean Republican." That means the race is considered "competitive."

Trump won the Florida district held by Rep. Maria Elvira Salazar by 15 points less than two years ago. Now she says his immigration agenda is risking her chance at reelection.

In an interview broadcast Sunday on CBS’s Face the Nation with host Margaret Brennan, the Cuban-American lawmaker said she warned the president that his immigration enforcement tactics risk alienating Hispanic voters who helped propel his 2024 victory.