The city of Doral has a new mayor today after voters on Tuesday chose former Councilwoman and Miami-Dade School Board Member Christi Fraga over Councilwoman Claudia Mariaca, 55% to 45%. There were also two new council members elected on much narrower margins. Both Rafael Pineyro and Maureen Porras beat opponents Susie Castillo and Ivette Gonzalez […]
All five new county commissioners were sworn in at separate ceremonies Tuesday after winning their elections Nov. 8 or in the August primary. Miami-Dade Commissioner Anthony Rodriguez didn’t have to go to a runoff after getting 56% against three other candidates in the District 10 race to replace termed-out Javier Souto. The former state rep […]
Doral Councilwoman Digna Cabral was reelected last week with 59% of the vote, but two other council contests and the heated mayoral race head into runoffs after nobody got 50% plus one. For mayor, Christi Fraga, who has served as a Doral councilwoman and a Miami-Dade School Board member, came out on top of a […]
Two more district contests are headed to runoffs in November Three Miami-Dade Commissioners were elected outright and two more seats will head to runoffs after almost 19% of the registered voters in the state’s most populous county cast ballots in Tuesday’s primary. Doral Mayor J.C. Bermudez and State Rep. Anthony Rodriguez will join Commissioner Danielle […]
Now, she lists her home as a $2.8 million house in District 12’s Doral Former Sweetwater Councilwoman Sophia Lacayo — who was booted from office and charged with perjury for living outside the city — is running for office again. This time, it’s a seat on the Miami-Dade Commission she wants. She just has to […]
Put my money on Doral in the 1st Annual Mayor’s Basketball Classic Cup between that city and the town of Miami Lakes. Mayor Manny Cid may be younger and faster than Mayor JC Bermudez, que se la esta jugando playing this basketball game against his colleague to the north — even if it is for […]
The mayoral runoff in Doral has gotten dirty with campaign ads claiming the corruption of both candidates, incumbent Mayor Luigi Boria and former founding Mayor JC Bermudez. Now we learn that the Miami-Dade State Attorney’s Office is investigating possible voter fraud centered around eight people who registered to vote with an office building as their home address. […]
If you, like Ladra, love elections and like to follow campaigns like sports teams, then there is good news from Tuesday’s election results: Two exciting local runoffs. The mayoral seats in both Doral and Miami Lakes, where epic battles are being waged between colorful rivals, the excitement continues for a few more weeks while voters […]
Finally, one of the infamous rivalries in Doral is going to battle on the ballot: Former mayor J.C. Bermudez and Councilwoman Sandra Ruiz both want to be the mayor. Bermudez announced last month — though he has been rumored to be mulling it over since a poll showed him blowing Boria out of the water […]
A questionable $2 million city of Doral contract that is already being investigated by the FBI has been trotted out in public almost four years later in what could be a pre-emptive strike against former Mayor JC Bermudez, who is seriously considering a comeback. The city of Doral spent about $1.8 million in 2011 on […]