Happy Wednesday Friends, Clients & Colleagues,
As always, I hope our new #ElectionsMatters newsletter finds you and yours well.
As promised, this #ElectionsMatters summarizes the results from the Aug. 20th Primary Elections as reported by the Miami-Dade Elections Department.
Please join us in congratulating the winners, and wish all the best to those in a runoff on the Nov. 5th General Elections.
Miami-Dade County Mayor Daniella Levine Cava is on her way to four more years in office — with a clear mandate from voters (59%).
Expand rapid mass transit: Voters also overwhelmingly approved (78%) a non-binding referendum–championed by Commission Chairman Oliver Gilbert–calling on county officials to expand passenger rail in Miami-Dade.
Miami-Dade County Commission:
- District 3: Commissioner Keon Hardemon cruised to re-election with 60% of the vote.
- District 7: Commissioner Raquel Regalado is poised for a November 5 runoff election after securing 49% of the vote.
- District 11: Commissioner Roberto Gonzalez, who Gov. Ron DeSantis, appointed to the seat in 2022, was elected with 57% of the vote.
Miami-Dade Sheriff: For the first time in nearly 60 years, Miami-Dade voters are electing a sheriff to oversee the police department. Democratic candidate James Reyes, the Miami-Dade chief of public safety, will face Republican Rosanna “Rosie” Cordero-Stutz in November.
Other Races:
- Miami Gardens: Mayor Rodney Harris cruised to re-election with 68% of the vote.
- Coral Gables: Voters decided against (63%) annexing Little Gables, a neighboring enclave.
- Miami Beach: The city’s plans to build a new fire station in a public park was approved.
- Miami-Dade School Board: Two races will continue on to November while one incumbent secured another term.
- District 9: Incumbent Luisa Santos was on track to easily defeat Kimberly Beltran with 62% of the vote with all but one precinct reporting, according to unofficial results.
- District 7: Incumbent Mary Blanco and Max Tuchman will face off again in the general election.
- District 3: The race to succeed Lucia Baez-Geller will be a face-off between Joseph Geller (no relation to Baez-Geller) who earned 33% of the vote, and Martin Karp, who earned 32%.
- Steve Gallon III (District 1) and Danny Espino (District 5) were automatically reelected Tuesday without opposition.
Finally, we commend Supervisor of Elections Christina White and her professional Elections Department team for their tireless work to ensure that elections are “fair, accurate, convenient, transparent, and accessible” to all us voters in Miami-Dade.
For more results, visit the Miami-Dade County Elections Results website.
As always, we hope this #ElectionsMatters newsletter has been helpful. Be assured, we will similarly share our #ElectionsMatters covering the Nov. 5th General Elections.
Warmest personal regards,
Jorge Luis Lopez, Esq.
Governmental Affairs Attorney