{"id":425867,"date":"2026-10-12T20:34:09","date_gmt":"2026-10-12T20:34:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/425867\/"},"modified":"2026-10-12T20:34:09","modified_gmt":"2026-10-12T20:34:09","slug":"natalie-milian-orbis-endorses-jesus-tundidor-for-hd-112","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/425867\/","title":{"rendered":"Natalie Milian Orbis endorses Jesus Tundidor for HD 112"},"content":{"rendered":"

Miami-Dade County Commissioner Natalie Milian Orbis is endorsing Jesus Tundidor in the pending Special Election for House District 112, the Tundidor campaign announced Monday.<\/p>\n

She is the first County Commissioner on his list, and the seventh notable endorsement the former Hialeah Council President has collected since he entered the race<\/a> on Sept. 18.<\/p>\n

Milian Orbis represents Commission District 6, which takes in Miami Springs, Virginia Gardens, and parts of Hialeah and Miami. Those communities overlap with HD 112. Her statement cites Miami International Airport and the development next to it, where Nu Stadium<\/a>, Inter Miami\u2019s 26,700-seat home at Miami Freedom Park, opened in April.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs County Commissioner, I am working to bring new investment, jobs, and economic opportunities to our community,\u201d Milian Orbis said. \u201cFrom Miami International Airport to the development surrounding the new soccer stadium, we have an opportunity to build on our strengths and deliver real benefits for our residents.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWe need a strong partner in Tallahassee to help move that work forward,\u201d she said. \u201cJesus Tundidor understands our community and shares my commitment to economic development, supporting local businesses, and keeping life affordable for working families. I am proud to endorse him for State Representative, and I look forward to working together to deliver for our residents.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\u201cCommissioner Milian Orbis is right that economic development is how we create good jobs and opportunity for working families,\u201d Tundidor said. \u201cMiami International Airport and the development around the new soccer stadium are major economic engines for our community, and they only thrive when we invest in the infrastructure that supports them, from our roads and transit to the systems that keep our neighborhoods moving. I will fight in Tallahassee for that investment and for smart growth that keeps life affordable and saves taxpayers money. I\u2019m grateful for her support and look forward to working with her.\u201d<\/p>\n

Lawmakers put $5 million in this year\u2019s budget<\/a> for a new road and sidewalks into Miami Freedom Park at Northwest 37th Avenue and 17th Street, a project Miami-Dade\u2019s in-house lobbyist worked. Gov. Ron DeSantis did not veto it.<\/p>\n

Milian Orbis, a Republican, was appointed to the Commission<\/a> in May 2025 on a 9-3 vote after Kevin Marino Cabreraresigned to become President Donald Trump\u2019s Ambassador to Panama. She was West Miami\u2019s Vice Mayor at the time, with nearly two decades at County Hall as a legislative aide to former Commissioners Rebeca Sosa, Joe Martinez, and Juan Zapata.<\/p>\n

She won a full four-year term in June<\/a> without an opponent. She raised more than $1 million<\/a> for the race and was endorsed by Sheriff Rosie Cordero-Stutz.<\/p>\n

Tundidor, a healthcare executive and lifelong Hialeah resident, served on the Hialeah City Council from 2019 until January, including a term as Council President. He placed second<\/a> in November\u2019s race for Hialeah Mayor, which Bryan Calvo won outright. Before the Council, he was an aide to then-state Sen. Ren\u00e9 Garc\u00eda, who now sits with Milian Orbis on the County Commission.<\/p>\n

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Future House Speaker Mike Redondo, who won the race for the gavel<\/a> after the 2030 elections, endorsed Tundidor the day he announced. Miami-Dade School Board member Dan Espino, Miami Commissioner Rolando Escalona, and Virginia Gardens Mayor Spencer Deno followed<\/a> the next week. Miami Springs Mayor Walter Fajet signed on<\/a> Sept. 30, and the South Florida Police Benevolent Association<\/a> on Oct. 5.<\/p>\n

The seat is open because Hialeah Republican Rep. Alex Rizo, who won another term without opposition in June, is running for Senate District 39<\/a> instead. That seat opened when Bryan \u00c1vila resigned in August<\/a> to run for Lieutenant Governor on Byron Donalds\u2019 ticket. Rizo faces Rep. David Borrero, also a Hialeah Republican, in the SD 39 Primary.<\/p>\n

HD 112 covers most of Hialeah, Miami Springs, Virginia Gardens, and part of Miami. No one else has announced for the seat.<\/p>\n

DeSantis has not called either Special Election. His office told Florida Politics in August that more information was \u201ccoming soon<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Miami-Dade County Commissioner Natalie Milian Orbis is endorsing Jesus Tundidor in the pending Special Election for House District…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":425868,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[34178,56660,445,167503,66242,80091,155185,225,227,226,15197,64612,8505,1063,45588,24953,373,6061,50207,15335,155186,110338,6870,167504,160497,167505],"class_list":["post-425867","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-hialeah","tag-alex-rizo","tag-bryan-avila","tag-byron-donalds","tag-dan-espino","tag-david-borrero","tag-endorsements","tag-hd-112","tag-hialeah","tag-hialeah-headlines","tag-hialeah-news","tag-jesus-tundidor","tag-kevin-marino-cabrera","tag-miami-freedom-park","tag-miami-international-airport","tag-miami-springs","tag-miami-dade-commission","tag-miami-dade-county","tag-mike-redondo","tag-natalie-milian-orbis","tag-rolando-escalona","tag-sd-39","tag-south-florida-pba","tag-special-election","tag-spencer-deno","tag-virginia-gardens","tag-walter-fajet"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/425867","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=425867"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/425867\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/425868"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=425867"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=425867"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=425867"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}