Ex-reporter Eliott Rodriguez announces challenge to Rep. Maria Elvira Salazar

By: Liv Caputo

Outlets: Florida Phoenix

Published: March 10, 2026

Words: 523

Last Updated: 2 hours, 58 minutes ago

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Eliott Rodriguez, an Emmy-winning South Florida journalist, announced Tuesday a challenge to incumbent Republican U.S. Rep. Maria Elvira Salazar in November.

Rodriguez, a 69-year-old Cuban American television reporter, is running as a Democrat. A win would flip the seat to blue for the first time in six years.

“I’ve been thinking about it for a while, and I’m done thinking about it,” Rodriguez told the Phoenix. “This wasn’t on my bingo card but, if I …

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