Democrat wins Miami mayor's race for the first time in nearly 30 years

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BumRushDaShow (164,538 posts)

Democrat wins Miami mayor's race for the first time in nearly 30 years

Source: AP

Updated 12:52 AM EST, December 10, 2025


MIAMI (AP) — Democrat Eileen Higgins won the Miami mayor’s race on Tuesday, defeating a Republican endorsed by President Donald Trump to end her party’s nearly three-decade losing streak and give Democrats a boost in one of the last electoral battles ahead of the 2026 midterms.

Higgins, 61, will be the first woman to lead the city of Miami. She spoke frequently in the Hispanic-majority city about Trump’s immigration crackdown, saying she has heard of many people in Miami who were worried about family members being detained. She campaigned as a proud Democrat despite the race being officially nonpartisan and beat Trump-backed candidate Emilio Gonzalez, a former city manager, who said he called Higgins to congratulate her.

“We are facing rhetoric from elected officials that is so dehumanizing and cruel, especially against immigrant populations,” Higgins told The Associated Press after her victory speech. “The residents of Miami were ready to be done with that.”

With nearly all votes counted Tuesday, Higgins led the Republican by about 19 percentage points.

Read more: https://apnews.com/article/miami-mayor-trump-higgins-gonzalez-f0d8c55a4b97962ac1348c5a93295465

RandiFan1290 (6,655 posts)
3. trump and his pedophile fan club lose again!

https://www.democraticunderground.com/10143579949

Race was low turn out and
election was technically nonpartisan..

Miami Mayor Runoff
Last Updated: Dec 10, 2025, 2:29 PM
Precincts reporting: 100%

Candidates   Party   Votes   Pct.
Eileen Higgins
NPA   22,142   59.5%
Emilio Gonzalez
NPA   15,097   40.5%
Total      37,239   
* Incumbent

[RonE]

1st dem in 30 years...There's a connection to the voting public. Some dying off, replaced by new voters.
Not sure how many dead voted.
On the plus side, it will probably only take one term for them to see the light.

[Ralph Wiggum]

Jeebus, none of these races are of the proverbial bellwether variety. As RonE mentioned above, elections in non-Presidential years are notoriously low-turnout ones, and only the die-hards actually show up to vote. The hilarity of listening to lefties claiming that the Democrat party are winning all these minor elections that have minimal actual power is an indicator of a major groundswell is hogwash.

[ADsOutburst]

A little over 37,000 votes cast? What turnout percentage is that?