Calvo won a decisive victory Tuesday<\/a> with more than 52.9% of the vote \u2014 9,210 ballots cast \u2014 marking the start of a new political era in one of South Florida\u2019s most populous cities. <\/p>\nHis win reflects voters\u2019 desire for change.<\/p>\n
Born and raised in Hialeah, Calvo represents a new generation of leadership. He holds a degree in political science from Harvard University and a law degree from Florida International University. He began his political career at 23, when he became the youngest city council member in Hialeah\u2019s history \u2014 a rise marked by a reform-minded approach.<\/p>\n
As a council member, Calvo opposed tax and fee increases and challenged what he called decisions that hurt residents. His public disagreements with the previous administration, including former Mayor Esteban Bovo, were well known, especially over budget issues, water rates and government transparency.<\/p>\n
Calvo ran on a \u201cHialeah First\u201d platform centered on cutting taxes and water fees, eliminating political pensions, fighting corruption and protecting condominium owners from fraud. He also pledged to end property taxes for seniors 65 and older and to create special units targeting money laundering and financial crimes.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis victory belongs to every family that has worked hard and refused to give up on this city,\u201d Calvo said in his victory speech Tuesday. \u201cHialeah chose transparency over corruption and results over rhetoric. My commitment is to restore integrity to City Hall and ensure government works for everyone, not just the well-connected few.\u201d<\/p>\n
Hialeah has 90,167 registered voters, with 19.4% participating in the election.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"At just 27, Bryan Calvo has made history as the youngest mayor not only in Hialeah but in…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":33776,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[8165,225,227,226],"class_list":{"0":"post-33775","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-hialeah","8":"tag-decision-2025","9":"tag-hialeah","10":"tag-hialeah-headlines","11":"tag-hialeah-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33775","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=33775"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33775\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/33776"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33775"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33775"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33775"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}