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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After historic victory, Miami Mayor-elect Eileen Higgins promises better government, end to drama
Miami Mayor-elect Eileen Higgins held a news conference on Wednesday morning following her 18-point victory in Tuesday’s runoff election, in which she proclaimed that “residents decided to embark upon a different direction.”
The city of Miami in the U.S. state of Florida is ruled again by the Democrats for the first time in about 30 years.
Miami Elects First Democratic Mayor in Nearly 30 Years
In election news, voters in Miami, Florida, have elected a Democratic mayor for the first time in nearly 30 years. In a stunning upset, former County Commissioner Eileen Higgins received about 59% of the vote, defeating Republican Emilio González, who had been endorsed by Trump. Eileen Higgins will become Miami’s first female mayor. In another setback for Republicans, in Georgia, Democrat Eric Gisler flipped a state House seat in a district Trum…
'History was made': Voters in Miami just elected the city’s first woman mayor
Voters in Miami have elected their first woman mayor — a historic milestone with national implications for next year’s midterm elections. Eileen Higgins’ win on Tuesday in a special runoff election to oversee Florida’s second largest city marks the first time in nearly 30 years that a Democrat will hold the mayor’s post. The former Miami-Dade County commissioner defeated Republican Emilio T. González, a former city manager who was endorsed by Pr…
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