{"id":412958,"date":"2026-09-28T17:14:07","date_gmt":"2026-09-28T17:14:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/412958\/"},"modified":"2026-09-28T17:14:07","modified_gmt":"2026-09-28T17:14:07","slug":"meet-hialeah-city-council-candidates-ahead-of-nov-3-vote","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/412958\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet Hialeah city council candidates ahead of Nov. 3 vote"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"responsive-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/MIA_101aHialeahMeet25NEWPPP.JPG\"   width=\"1200\" height=\"674\" title=\"Hialeah City Hall\" alt=\"Outside view of the City of Hialeah City Hall, on Tuesday, August 25, 2026.\"\/><\/p>\n<p>        Hialeah City Hall<\/p>\n<p>                Pedro Portal<\/p>\n<p>            pportal@miamiherald.com<\/p>\n<p>Hialeah residents will elect a new council member on Tuesday, Nov. 3. We asked the two candidates where they stood on key issues facing the city. Here is how they responded:<\/p>\n<p>HIALEAH COUNCIL GROUP 2                                          <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"responsive-image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/IMG_3932 - Mariana Chavez.jpg\"   width=\"1200\" height=\"1075\" title=\"IMG_3932 - Mariana Chavez.jpg\" alt=\"Mariana V. Chavez\"\/>                                                                                    Mariana V. Chavez                                                                                                                                                                        Courtesy of the candidate                                                                                        Why are you running for office?<\/p>\n<p>Mariana V. Chavez: I don\u2019t seek public office for the sake of a title but wanting to bring transparency to City Hall. My mission and purpose as your future councilwoman would be not only to bring openness to the residents of Hialeah but focus on initiatives that truly help our residents.<\/p>\n<p>Luis Gonzalez: Awaiting response<\/p>\n<p>What makes you the best candidate for the position you are seeking?<\/p>\n<p>Mariana V. Chavez: I work in the well-known grassroots nonprofit organization Turning Point USA as a field representative in South Florida. Being a part of growing the Pro-America movement has shown me that Gen Z is interested in what\u2019s going in their community; it\u2019s about time they have a voice in local government.<\/p>\n<p>Luis Gonzalez: Awaiting response<\/p>\n<p>What is the most pressing issue facing the community you wish to represent?<\/p>\n<p>Mariana V. Chavez: As your next city councilwoman, I don\u2019t plan on being a \u201csellout\u201d to the people of Hialeah. I\u2019m here to work with the mayor, not for the mayor. My job here is to serve you. Whether it\u2019s the rising cost of water, broken infrastructure and property taxes \u2014 I promise to tackle these problems with full honesty for our residents.<\/p>\n<p>Luis Gonzalez: Awaiting response<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Hialeah City Hall Pedro Portal pportal@miamiherald.com Hialeah residents will elect a new council member on Tuesday, Nov. 3.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":412959,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[225,227,226],"class_list":["post-412958","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-hialeah","tag-hialeah","tag-hialeah-headlines","tag-hialeah-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/412958","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=412958"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/412958\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/412959"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=412958"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=412958"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=412958"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}