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brooklynite

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Tue Nov 2, 2021, 08:13 PM Nov 2021

Miami Mayor Francis Suarez reelected in a landslide victory

Source: Miami Herald

Miami Mayor Francis Suarez won reelection Tuesday night, handily defeating lesser-known opponents to earn his second four-year term as the figurehead of South Florida’s most populous city.

Before Election Day, Suarez captured about 79% of the mail ballots and early votes, building a giant lead before polls opened Tuesday. Suarez’s re-election was so anticipated that fans and supporters barely noticed when a big screen projecting results at his election party showed the mayor ahead of his second-place opponent by more than 13,000 votes.

With a such large lead, and a low Election Day turnout, by 7:30 p.m. Suarez had locked in a second term as Miami’s 34th mayor — the first to be born in the Magic City and son of the city’s first Cuban-born mayor, Xavier Suarez.

Read more at: https://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics-government/election/article255310071.html#storylink=cpy

Read more: https://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics-government/election/article255310071.html

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Miami Mayor Francis Suarez reelected in a landslide victory (Original Post) brooklynite Nov 2021 OP
Don't care for him. rockfordfile Nov 2021 #1
republican nt orleans Nov 2021 #2
Mayor of a city that won't exist in 50 to 100 years. roamer65 Nov 2021 #3
Some of Miami's streets demosurvivor Nov 2021 #4
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