{"id":415891,"date":"2026-10-01T17:24:09","date_gmt":"2026-10-01T17:24:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/415891\/"},"modified":"2026-10-01T17:24:09","modified_gmt":"2026-10-01T17:24:09","slug":"call-for-candidate-and-issues-mini-endorsements-key-biscayne","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/415891\/","title":{"rendered":"Call for Candidate and issues mini-endorsements | Key Biscayne"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Key Biscayne election cycle has several traditions, like campaigning on the corner of Crandon and Harbor. Another one is Islander News publishing residents\u2019 mini endorsements of candidates.<\/p>\n<p>For this election cycle, mail-in ballots are already in the mail and in-person live voting starts on Monday, Oct. 19.<\/p>\n<p>Beginning with our Oct. 7 issue, and through the other upcoming October issues, we offer Key Biscayne residents the opportunity to write short-form endorsements of their preferred candidate from among the four residents running for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.islandernews.com\/news\/keybiscayne\/four-candidates-three-seats-where-they-stand\/article_14034623-e785-413e-9a5d-09ddeae38346.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">three vacant Council seats<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Luis \u201cLucho\u201d de la Cruz<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Oscar Sardi\u00f1as<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Silvia Tarafa<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Fernando Vazquez<\/p>\n<p>We will also accept mini-endorsements for the State and National races and the referendums and amendments on the Nov. 3 ballot.<\/p>\n<p>Mini-endorsements should be emailed to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.islandernews.com\/news\/keybiscayne\/call-for-candidate-and-issues-mini-endorsements\/mailto:editor@islandernews.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">editor@islandernews.com<\/a> by 5 p.m., on the Friday before publication. So, for the Oct. 7 edition, your submission must be received on Oct. 2. Write about why you support your candidate. Islander News will not run letters that attack a candidate or letters submitted anonymously. All submissions must be original, authored and must come from the writer directly, not a candidate or campaign.<\/p>\n<p>Your endorsement is limited to 100 words. We suggest you do a word count before submitting it to us. Mini-endorsements may be edited for clarity, legal ramifications, length or general taste.<\/p>\n<p>The opinions expressed in mini-endorsements are the author\u2019s alone. They should not be considered a reflection of the opinion of Islander News management, employees or advertisers. We also reserve the right to refuse to publish submitted endorsements for the same reasons.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Key Biscayne election cycle has several traditions, like campaigning on the corner of Crandon and Harbor. Another one&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":415892,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[23169,25535,126,148120,123,125,124,164697,53157,143325,127],"class_list":["post-415891","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-miami","tag-candidates","tag-fernando-vazquez","tag-key-biscayne","tag-lucho-de-la-cruz","tag-miami","tag-miami-headlines","tag-miami-news","tag-mini-endorsements","tag-oscar-sardias","tag-silvia-tarafa","tag-village-council"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/415891","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=415891"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/415891\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/415892"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=415891"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=415891"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=415891"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}