US EditionDemocrats flip Miami mayor’s office, winning control for first time in nearly 30 years
Eileen Higgins won with 59% of the vote, becoming Miami’s first woman mayor and ending nearly 30 years of Republican control in the Latino-majority city.
- On Dec. 9, Democrat Eileen Higgins won Miami's mayoral runoff, routing Trump-backed Emilio Gonzalez 59% to 40% and ending nearly 30 years of Republican control.
- National parties poured attention into the race, with the Democratic National Committee and surrogates backing Higgins while President Donald Trump and Emilio Gonzalez endorsed opposing sides.
- The city of about 450,000 and roughly 70% Hispanic influenced turnout in the first-round on Nov. 4, leading to the runoff between Higgins and Gonzalez.
- The new mayor will be Miami's first woman elected to the post as Eileen Higgins becomes the first non-Latino Democrat to win since the 1990s and faces a legal fight over Trump presidential library land dispute.
- Analysts caution that while it sends signals, the local race is not predictive of next year; Tuesday's result signals momentum for the Democratic Party but warns of challenges for President Donald Trump in the 2026 midterms.
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A new alarm bell for Donald Trump after the one played with the victory of Zohran Mamdani in New York and the defeats in New Jersey and Virginia. Eileen Higgins was elected mayor of Miami with 59% of the preferences, before democratic to obtain this assignment in about three decades. It is also the first non-Hispanic candidate since the 1990s. An electoral success achieved by defeating the Republican candidate supported by Trump, Emilio Gonzalez…
The victory series of democratic candidates in the US continues: after several triumphs at state level and in New York now also in the mayoral elections in Miami. Trump cannot prevail with his recommendation.
Democrat Eileen Higgins won the election against Republican candidate Emilio T. Gonzalez, supported by Donald Trump. She became Miami's first female mayor.
Miami voters elected Eileen Higgins as the Florida city's new mayor on Tuesday, making her the first Democrat to hold the position in nearly 30 years.
Eileen Higgins was elected mayor of Miami, Florida, on Tuesday. This gives the city its first Democratic mayor in nearly thirty years and its first female mayor.
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