Local Elections

Democrat Eileen Higgins defeated Trump‑backed Emilio González in the Miami mayoral runoff, winning roughly 59% to 41% (about a 19‑point margin) in a race AP called Dec. 9, becoming the city’s first woman mayor and the first Democrat elected in nearly 30 years after González conceded. Higgins, backed by national Democrats including Pete Buttigieg, Sen. Ruben Gallego and Rahm Emanuel and praised by DNC Chair Ken Martin as a warning to Republicans, pledged to use city land for affordable housing, launch a full spending review, expand the City Commission from five to nine members and push back on what she called the Trump administration’s “inhumane and cruel” immigration actions.