City of Miami Commission Chairwoman Christine King won her re-election bid on Tuesday, while Miami-Dade Commissioner Eileen Higgins and former Miami city manager Emilio Gonz\u00e1lez will head to a Dec. 9 runoff in the race to become the city\u2019s next mayor.<\/p>\n
King received more than 84% of the vote, defeating challengers Marion Brown and Frederick Bryant. She now enters her second and final four-year term representing District 5, a Black-majority district that includes Liberty City, Little Haiti, Overtown, Wynwood, Edgewater and the Upper East Side.<\/p>\n
\u201cI did not win tonight. We won tonight. The community won tonight, and it\u2019s all because of you,\u201d King said to a crowd of supporters following Tuesday night\u2019s election results. \u201cIt\u2019s because of your love and your support and your prayers that I stand here today.\u201d<\/p>\n
She was joined by Southeast Overtown\/Park West CRA Executive Director James McQueen, Miami-Dade Commissioner Keon Hardemon, and Miami-Dade County Mayor Daniella Levine Cava.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, the race for city mayor continues after none of the 13 candidates received the more than 50% required to win outright on Tuesday. Higgins received 36% of the vote, while Gonz\u00e1lez took 19.5% of the vote in a bid to succeed term-limited Mayor Francis Suarez.<\/p>\n
\u201cTonight, 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 \u2014 one defined by ethical, accountable leadership that delivers real results for the people,\u201d Higgins said in a statement.<\/p>\n
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Emilio Gonz\u00e1lez campaigning to become the next City of Miami mayor.<\/p>\n
(Emilio Gonz\u00e1lez via Facebook)<\/p>\n
In third place came former City of Miami Commissioner Ken Russell with 18% of the vote, followed by outgoing District 3 Commissioner Joe Carollo with 11% of the vote, former Miami Commissioner Alex Diaz de la Portilla with 5% of the vote, and Francis Suarez\u2019s father and former Miami Mayor Xavier Suarez with 5% of the vote. Candidates who garnered 2% or less of the vote include Michael A. Hepburn, Laura Anderson, Christian Cevallos, Kenneth James DeSantis, Elijah John Bowdre, Alyssa Crocker and June Savage.<\/p>\n
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Miami-Dade Commissioner Eileen Higgins.<\/p>\n
(Courtesy of Eileen Higgins)<\/p>\n
In the District 3 race to succeed Carollo, former City Commissioner Frank Carollo, the incumbent\u2019s younger brother, and restaurant manager Rolando Escalona will head to the December runoff. The candidates received 38% and 17% of the vote, respectively.<\/p>\n
Residents also voted on four referendums. More than 70% of voters approved the amendment changes requiring a citizen charter review commission, a citizens\u2019 redistricting committee, and lifetime term limits of two elections. Voters rejected the referendum that would have allowed the sale or lease of non-waterfront city-owned property without voter approval.<\/p>\n
Of 174,462 registered voters in Miami, less than 22% participated in Tuesday\u2019s election.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"City of Miami Commission Chairwoman Christine King won her re-election bid on Tuesday, while Miami-Dade Commissioner Eileen Higgins…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":35327,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[24602,21876,6469,24600,24597,24591,24565,24561,3305,24593,24564,10234,24589,588,3674,24563,24588,24584,23870,24576,15579,24567,23869,24570,24594,24583,24592,18385,24569,21877,24568,23864,24585,9226,24587,24596,1375,123,24582,24578,19847,19849,23871,23865,24562,24581,24572,125,24573,12357,124,24574,24571,1064,24575,24580,24566,24601,24590,24595,24598,15335,24599,24579,24586,18384,24577],"class_list":["post-35326","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-miami","tag-alex-diaz","tag-alex-diaz-de-la-portilla","tag-alyssa-crocker","tag-chairwoman","tag-christian-cevallos","tag-christine-king","tag-christine-king-liberty-city-little-haiti","tag-christine-king-miami-re-election-2025","tag-city-manager","tag-city-mayor","tag-city-of-miami-2025-election-results","tag-commissioner","tag-county-mayor","tag-daniella-levine-cava","tag-eileen-higgins","tag-eileen-higgins-emilio-gonzlez-mayoral-runoff","tag-elijah-john-bowdre","tag-emilio","tag-emilio-gonzlez","tag-emilio-gonzlez-former-city-manager","tag-francis-suarez","tag-francis-suarez-successor-miami-mayor","tag-frank-carollo","tag-frank-carollo-vs-rolando-escalona-runoff","tag-frederick-bryant","tag-gonzlez","tag-james-mcqueen","tag-joe-carollo","tag-joe-carollo-district-3-successor","tag-ken-russell","tag-ken-russell-miami-election-2025","tag-kenneth-james-desantis","tag-keon-hardemon","tag-king","tag-laura-anderson","tag-marion-brown","tag-mayor","tag-miami","tag-miami-2025-municipal-election-recap","tag-miami-black-majority-district-election","tag-miami-charter-review-commission-vote","tag-miami-citizens-redistricting-committee","tag-miami-commission","tag-miami-commissioner","tag-miami-district-5-election-results","tag-miami-election-low-voter-turnout","tag-miami-election-referendums-2025","tag-miami-headlines","tag-miami-lifetime-term-limits-approved","tag-miami-mayoral-runoff-december-9","tag-miami-news","tag-miami-non-waterfront-property-referendum","tag-miami-voter-turnout-november-2025","tag-miami-dade","tag-miami-dade-commissioner-eileen-higgins","tag-miami-dade-county-mayor-levine-cava","tag-miami-dade-mayoral-candidates-2025","tag-michael-a-hepburn","tag-overtown","tag-park-west-cra-executive-director","tag-restaurant-manager","tag-rolando-escalona","tag-savage","tag-southeast-overtown-park-west-cra","tag-term-limited-mayor","tag-xavier-suarez","tag-xavier-suarez-miami-mayoral-candidate"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35326","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=35326"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35326\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/35327"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35326"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35326"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35326"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}