"Eileen Higgins made history on Tuesday by becoming Miami's first female mayor, defeating her opponent, former city manager Emilio Gonzalez, with nearly 60% of the vote. With her victory, the 61-year-old Higgins also becomes the first Democrat and someone who is not of Cuban or Cuban-American descent to hold that office in the last 30 years. Tonight, the people of Miami made history. Together, we turned the page on years of chaos and corruption, and opened the door to a new era for our city,"
"The race for mayor of Miami, Florida's second most populous city, is nonpartisan, but it was seen from the beginning as a political battle between Higgins, a Democrat, and Gonzalez, a Republican, after Miami-Dade County a Democratic stronghold for decades turned Republican in the last presidential election by supporting Donald Trump (although the city of Miami gave a narrow advantage to Kamala Harris)."
Eileen Higgins won the Miami mayoral election with nearly 60% of the vote and became the city’s first female mayor. Higgins is the first Democrat and the first person not of Cuban or Cuban-American descent to hold the office in the last 30 years. The race was officially nonpartisan but took on partisan overtones as Higgins, a Democrat, faced Emilio Gonzalez, a Republican endorsed by Donald Trump. The Democratic National Committee endorsed Higgins at the municipal level. Miami has about 500,000 residents, over 70% Hispanic, nearly 60% immigrants, and roughly 30% Cuban or Cuban-American.
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