{"id":37507,"date":"2025-11-07T16:41:07","date_gmt":"2025-11-07T16:41:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/37507\/"},"modified":"2025-11-07T16:41:07","modified_gmt":"2025-11-07T16:41:07","slug":"alex-fernandezs-election-win-in-miami-beach-this-week-broke-a-city-record","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/37507\/","title":{"rendered":"Alex Fernandez\u2019s election win in Miami Beach this week broke a city record"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Alex Fernandez won big this week, taking <a href=\"https:\/\/floridapolitics.com\/archives\/763868-alex-fernandez-laura-dominguez-re-elected-in-miami-beach-as-third-commission-race-heads-to-runoff\/\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">84% of the vote<\/a> to secure re-election to the Miami Beach Commission Group 3 seat \u2014 the largest share of votes ever captured by a City Commission candidate.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">That\u2019s according to Assistant City Clerk Regis Barbou, who confirmed with Florida Politics that Fernandez\u2019s margin of victory broke Miami Beach records.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Fernandez, in a <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/alexjfernandez\/status\/1986409876499673356\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external noopener noreferrer nofollow\">statement<\/a> marking his win, noted that it\u2019s also been four decades since any candidate on a Miami Beach ballot took more than 12,000 votes. He took 12,042.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cThis makes our victory even more special and I\u2019ll continue working hard every day with gratitude, humility, and goodness of heart to make you proud!\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cThis was truly a record breaking victory and it belongs to you \u2014 the people of Miami Beach \u2014 who believed in steady, respectful, thoughtful, and compassionate leadership that puts people first. \u2026 This win is about the work ahead. I will continue leading to modernize our infrastructure, revitalize our economy, cut red tape so new businesses can prosper, restore affordability for the working class, and protect our environment for generations to come.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Fernandez, a 39-year-old Democrat and the Miami Beach Commission\u2019s only openly gay member, defeated 45-year-old Republican Luidgi Mary on Tuesday. He carried several advantages, including a massive edge in funding and the pulpit of incumbency.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Commissioner Laura Dominguez, also a Democrat, defeated a single opponent \u2014 Republican real estate investor Fred Karlton \u2014 with 61% of the vote to keep her Group 2 seat.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">A third race for the Group 1 seat, which Kristen Rosen Gonzalez vacated for an <a href=\"https:\/\/floridapolitics.com\/archives\/763826-steven-meiner-repels-lone-challenger-wins-second-term-as-miami-mayor\/\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">unsuccessful mayoral bid<\/a>, is <a href=\"https:\/\/floridapolitics.com\/archives\/763868-alex-fernandez-laura-dominguez-re-elected-in-miami-beach-as-third-commission-race-heads-to-runoff\/\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">headed to a Dec. 9 runoff<\/a> after none of six candidates took a large enough share of the vote to win outright.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Group 1 runoff candidates are Democratic city employee Monica Matteo-Salinas and Republican lawyer Monique Pardo Pope. Fernandez and Dominguez have endorsed Matteo-Salinas.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Alex Fernandez won big this week, taking 84% of the vote to secure re-election to the Miami Beach&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":37508,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[2561,3675,123,1642,23581,6255,125,124],"class_list":["post-37507","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-miami","tag-alex-fernandez","tag-election-2025","tag-miami","tag-miami-beach","tag-miami-beach-commission","tag-miami-beach-election","tag-miami-headlines","tag-miami-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37507","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=37507"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37507\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/37508"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37507"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=37507"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=37507"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}