US EditionDemocrats flip Miami mayor’s office, winning control for first time in nearly 30 years
Eileen Higgins won with 59% of the vote, ending nearly 30 years of Republican leadership in Miami by focusing on affordability, anti-corruption, and environmental resilience.
- On December 9, 2025, Democrat Eileen Higgins won the Miami mayoral runoff, becoming the city's first woman mayor and first Democrat in nearly 30 years with over 59% of the vote.
- Higgins campaigned on local priorities including affordable housing, transit expansion and climate adaptation while highlighting immigration policy under the Trump administration in Miami's Hispanic-majority electorate, and the Democratic National Committee boosted her effort with surrogates like U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg.
- With nearly all votes counted, Higgins led Gonzalez by about 19 percentage points and a little more than 37,000 votes were cast in conservative Cuban‑American neighborhoods including Little Havana.
- The result ends nearly three decades of Republican control by Miami's mayoralty and gives Democrats momentum heading into the 2026 midterm elections; Jennifer Jenkins wrote, `Florida just flashed a warning sign for the GOP`.
- The result suggests Florida may be back in play, with Democrats and the DNC backing Higgins while Trump and DeSantis supported Gonzalez.
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Democrat Eileen Higgins, 61, won the mayoral election in Miami, Florida, on Tuesday. She won with 59 percent of the vote, defeating Republican candidate Emilio Gonzalez, who received nearly 41 percent of the vote and is supported by President Donald Trump. Miami will have a Democrat as mayor for the first time in 30 years and the city will have a female mayor for the first time in its history.
Democrat Eileen Higgins defeats Trump-backed Miami mayoral candidate
This 61-year-old Democrat won with about 60% of the vote, but the participation rate in this traditionally republican city was the lowest. ...
After historic victory, Miami Mayor-elect Eileen Higgins promises better government, end to drama
Miami Mayor-elect Eileen Higgins held a news conference on Wednesday morning following her 18-point victory in Tuesday’s runoff election, in which she proclaimed that “residents decided to embark upon a different direction.”
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