2025 Miami mayoral election
Mayoral election in Florida, US
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- The 2025 Miami mayoral election had its initial round held on November 4, 2025, with a runoff election then held on December 9, 2025.
- Incumbent mayor Francis Suarez was term-limited and could not run for a third term.
- County Board member Eileen Higgins and former city manager Emilio Gonzalez advanced to the runoff.
- The 2025 election marked the first Miami mayoral election to advance to a runoff since 2001.
- 6% of the vote, defeating opponent Max Martinez.
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WikipediaThe 2025 Miami mayoral election had its initial round held on November 4, 2025, with a runoff election then held on December 9, 2025. The election saw Eileen Higgins elected mayor of Miami, becoming the first Democrat to be elected to this position since 1997. Incumbent mayor Francis Suarez was term-limited and could not run for a third term. Miami holds runoffs if no mayoral candidate receives a majority of the vote. County Board member Eileen Higgins and former city manager Emilio Gonzalez advanced to the runoff. Higgins would go on to defeat Gonzalez in the runoff, making her the first Democrat to be elected mayor since 1997, and the first woman elected to lead Miami in the city's history. The 2025 election marked the first Miami mayoral election to advance to a runoff since 2001.
Incumbent mayor Francis Suarez was re-elected in 2021 with 78.6% of the vote, defeating opponent Max Martinez. He was term-limited.
The 2025 election cycle was marred by early controversy. In June 2025, the Miami City Commission passed an ordinance that would change the election dates from odd-numbered to even-numbered years, citing voter turnout and the financial cost of elections as key factors. This ordinance would suspend the November 2025 elections until November 2026, giving incumbents an extra year in office. One of the candidates, Emilio Gonzalez, filed a lawsuit challenging the Commission's ordinance. Both the 11th Judicial Circuit and Third District Court of Appeal ruled in Gonzalez's favor, finding that the ordinance violated the Florida Constitution, the Miami-Dade County Home Rule Charter, and the City of Miami Charter. The City of Miami soon after filed a motion to obtain a rehearing en banc. This means that the entire Third District Court would hear the case as opposed to the customary three-judge panel.
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