Published: July 23, 2026 at 3:15 PM
Updated: July 23, 2026 at 5:10 PM
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Oliver G. Gilbert II is running in the Democratic primary for Florida’s Congressional District 24.
MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, Fla. — Miami-Dade County officials paid $4,780 for three portraits of outgoing Commissioner Oliver G. Gilbert, a Democrat who is running to succeed U.S. Rep. Frederica Wilson, The Miami Herald recently reported.
The county’s taxpayers paid $2,500 to Sitki Dogan, a Turkish-American muralist based in Palm Beach, and $2,000 to Rahiem Milton, a Miami-based artist, according to Miami Herald reporter Doug Hanks.
Neither of the portraits was unveiled during a ceremony to honor the former commission chair on July 13, since the county also paid $280 for a print, according to Hanks, who has been covering Miami-Dade County government since 2014.
Hanks reported that the $280 print unveiled at the County Commission chambers was a reproduction of a portrait that Miami Gardens officials commissioned of Gibson, who was the city’s mayor from 2003 to 2012.
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