Overview
- Higgins defeated Republican Emilio T. González with about 60 percent of the vote in Tuesday's runoff, according to AP, CNN and the Miami Herald.
- She becomes Miami’s first woman mayor and the first non-Hispanic to lead the city since the 1990s.
- President Trump publicly endorsed González on Truth Social days before the vote, highlighting the race’s national profile.
- Turnout was roughly 20 percent, with about 37,000 ballots cast in a city of roughly half a million residents.
- Democratic leaders celebrated the flip and said voters prioritized affordability, climate and infrastructure, framing the result as a setback for Republicans ahead of the 2026 midterms.