ESPN baseball analyst and former MLB All-Star Alex Rodriguez has gone to bat for Democratic U.S. Congressional candidate Donna Shalala ahead of Tuesday's midterm elections.
On Saturday, CNN reporter Andrew Kaczynski shared a recording of a robocall featuring Rodriguez expressing support for Shalala, who's running for Congress in Florida's 27th congressional district, a seat that's considered a battleground race. The call has gone out to Miami voters.
"Hi, this is Alex Rodriguez, asking you to support my friend, Donna Shalala," Rodriguez said.
Rodriguez cited Shalala's experience as the U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services (1993-2001) under former President Bill Clinton's administration, in addition to her time as president of the University of Miami (Fla.