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Eileen Higgins will win Miami mayor's race, CNN projects, breaking a nearly 30-year GOP hold
Eileen Higgins will win Miami mayor’s race, CNN projects, breaking a nearly 30-year GOP hold
By Molly English
Updated 42 min ago
https://www.cnn.com/2025/12/09/politics/miami-mayor-runoff-election
Eileen Higgins will be the next mayor of the city of Miami, according to a projection from CNN’s Decision Desk, breaking a nearly 30-year Republican streak in holding the nonpartisan seat and giving Democrats another example of strong performance in elections during the first year of President Donald Trump’s second term.
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. Outgoing Mayor Francis Suarez tried to parlay the position into a run for president in 2023, which ended after only two months.