# Eliott Rodriguez 

**Categories:** journalist, politician

Eliott Rodriguez is an American journalist and former television news anchor, the son of Cuban immigrants. He was born in New York City, moved to Miami at age 12 and attended the University of Miami.

He worked in journalism for nearly five decades, including 25 years at CBS News Miami, where he anchored on CBS4. His honors include three Emmy Awards, four Edward R. Murrow Awards and a Silver Circle Award from the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences.

In 2026 he entered politics as a Democrat, won his party's August primary and is the nominee for Florida's 27th Congressional District in the November 3 election, facing Republican Rep. María Elvira Salazar.