The North Miami mayoral race will head to a runoff after no candidate received more than 50% of the vote in Tuesday night's election. Current mayor Alix Desulme and former Florida State Rep. Daphne Campbell will have a runoff scheduled for Nov. 26. Desulme received 37% of the vote, with Campbell securing 23%. Challengers Naomi Blemur and Hector Medina received 18% and 22% of the vote, respectively.
The race was also primed to be historic with Medina potentially becoming the first Latino mayor in the city, which is predominately Black with a large Haitian population and a growing Latino population (32%). Along with the mayoral runoff, two council districts will have runoff elections as well. The outcome of the runoff races in Districts 1 and 4 could result in an all-Haitian city council.
Desulme was appointed mayor in 2022, after then-mayor Philippe Bien-Aime resigned to run for the Miami-Dade County District 2 commission race in 2022. Campbell, who hasn't held office since 2018, has come under fire for residency issues and was found to violate state financial disclosure laws in 2022. The two last squared off in 2012 when they both ran for Florida state representative for District 108, with Campbell receiving 60% of the vote in that race.
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