Breaking a 30-year GOP string of victories, Democrat wins Miami mayor's race in low turnout election

 
But a flip is a flip!

Election results: 270 to Win

Headline:  CNN, 12/9/2025

Molly English reports for CNN:

Higgins, a former county commissioner, will defeat city manager Emilio Gonzalez, who was endorsed by Trump. She won Tuesday’s runoff after leading the first round of voting on November 4 with 35% of the vote to Gonzalez’s 19%. 

Democrats are already riding a wave of momentum after a dominant performance in November’s off-year elections and over-performing their 2024 results in Tennessee’s 7th Congressional District, shrinking a 22-point 2024 margin to single digits in a special election last week. 

While Miami’s mayor holds little formal power, the person in the role serves as a high-profile ambassador for the city, which has a large Latino population and has been at the epicenter of debates over immigration detention and efforts led by Trump and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis to arrest and deport undocumented immigrants.

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