"Stop me if you've heard this before: a Democratic woman wins a major post in a place that had been trending towards the GOP by campaigning on affordability It happened in New Jersey and Virginia gubernatorial contests in November. It came closer than expected to happening in a deep-red Tennessee congressional district's special election on last week. And on Tuesday it happened again in Republican-controlled Florida, with a Democrat easily becoming mayor of Miami after 28 years of Republicans in that position."
"It was technically a non-partisan election, but partisan backing for the two candidates left no one in doubt as to the "teams" involved. (The loser's endorsees included Donald Trump and Ron DeSantis; Ruben Gallego, Rahm Emanuel, Pete Buttigieg and a variety of Florida Democrats campaigned for the winner.) Higgins is white but is fluent in Spanish; in her first campaign for Miami-Dade County Commissioner she called herself "La Gringa," while Gonzalez is Cuban-American."
A Democratic candidate won the Miami mayoralty with nearly 60 percent in a runoff, becoming the first Democrat and the first woman to hold the post since 1997. The nonpartisan race featured clear partisan backing, with the Republican-endorsed candidate receiving support from Donald Trump and Ron DeSantis while Democrats like Ruben Gallego and Pete Buttigieg campaigned for the winner. Both finalists had strong local and international leadership experience and ran as reformers focused on addressing entrenched corruption. The winner emphasized affordable housing, proposing use of public land, a dedicated housing trust fund, and expansion of the City Commission to improve neighborhood representation.
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