Eliott Rodriguez
Democratic · FL
Eliott Rodriguez is a longtime South Florida journalist and former CBS Miami anchor. His campaign emphasizes affordability, Social Security and Medicare, education, the environment, and democratic accountability.
Where Eliott Rodriguez stands, based on their records
Supports
Anti-Corruption (3 records), Corporate Accountability (2 records)
Track record
Track record — Anti-Corruption
Anti-Corruption · 3 support
Moderated a six-candidate Miami mayoral debate focused on corruption, housing, flooding, homelessness, traffic, and city leadership.
September 29, 2025Supports Anti-Corruption
Source: cbsnews.com
Investigated court-appointed condominium receivers whose collection fees turned small unpaid assessments into five-figure liens against low-income owners.
March 5, 2015Supports Anti-Corruption
Source: cbsnews.com
Conducted an exclusive interview with the FBI informant whose undercover work led to federal corruption charges against the Miami Lakes mayor and others.
August 19, 2014Supports Anti-Corruption
Source: cbsnews.com
Track record — Corporate Accountability
Corporate Accountability · 2 support
Documented severe disrepair at a condominium under court-appointed receivership and traced overlapping receiver and collection-company relationships.
March 6, 2015Supports Corporate Accountability
Source: cbsnews.com
Investigated court-appointed condominium receivers whose collection fees turned small unpaid assessments into five-figure liens against low-income owners.
March 5, 2015Supports Corporate Accountability
Source: cbsnews.com
Track record — General
General · 3 records
Led local reporting after Fidel Castro's death and traveled to Cuba to cover the funeral caravan from Havana toward eastern Cuba.
November 25, 2016
Source: cbsnews.com
Moderated Florida's statewide gubernatorial debate between Rick Scott and Charlie Crist and kept the event proceeding through a seven-minute dispute over a stage fan.
October 15, 2014
Source: leadershipflorida.org
Taught Miami Senior High television-production students interviewing, anchoring, and newsroom-production techniques during a school fundraiser.
December 11, 2012
Source: cbsnews.com
Track record — Candidate Ethics
Candidate Ethics · 2 records
Interviewed the suspended Miami Lakes mayor after his acquittal in a federal corruption trial, questioning him about the sting, his defense, and a possible return to office.
August 20, 2014
Source: cbsnews.com
Interviewed Florida child-welfare leaders about oversight failures after an abused child's death, pressing how the adoptive parents had been approved despite earlier allegations.
February 19, 2011
Source: cbsnews.com
Past race Eliott Rodriguez ran in:
- United States Representative, Congressional District 27 · November 3, 2026 · Congressional District 27, Florida