Overview
- Early vote and mail-ballot data showed Democrats outpacing Republicans, giving Eileen Higgins a reported edge as final in-person votes are cast and results are awaited tonight.
- Higgins led the Nov. 4 primary with about 35–36% to Emilio González’s roughly 19–20%, advancing both to today’s two-person runoff after no candidate won a majority.
- President Donald Trump, Gov. Ron DeSantis and Sen. Rick Scott endorsed González, while national Democrats boosted Higgins with DNC bilingual organizing and surrogates including Pete Buttigieg, Sen. Ruben Gallego and Rahm Emanuel.
- Core issues include housing costs, permitting and immigration enforcement: Higgins emphasizes building affordable housing and condemns recent crackdowns, while González promotes overhauling permitting and backs a homestead property tax repeal proposal.
- A Higgins victory would break nearly 30 years of GOP control and, per multiple reports, make her Miami’s first woman and first non-Hispanic mayor; the next mayor also faces an ongoing court fight over downtown land tied to Trump’s proposed presidential library.