Overview
- Higgins led the runoff with roughly 60% of the vote over Republican Emilio T. González, according to CNN and the Miami Herald projections.
- Her victory makes her the city’s first woman mayor and the first Democrat elected since 1997.
- President Donald Trump publicly backed González, while national Democratic figures poured resources into Higgins’s bid.
- Turnout was about 37,000 voters, roughly 20% of the electorate, in a race that typically draws limited participation.
- Higgins cast the result as a break from years of “chaos and corruption” at City Hall and pledged ethical, results-focused governance.