Overview
- The officially nonpartisan contest flips City Hall to Democrats for the first time since 1997 and makes Higgins the city’s first woman mayor.
- González conceded Tuesday night after major outlets called the race, with unofficial returns showing roughly 59% to 41%.
- Trump endorsed González and Florida GOP leaders rallied to him, while the DNC ran a bilingual turnout push and sent national surrogates for Higgins.
- The campaign focused on affordability, infrastructure and permitting, with immigration enforcement a prominent issue in the majority-Hispanic city.
- Turnout was low at about 20% of registered voters, yet both parties cast the result as a bellwether heading into the 2026 elections.