There are live elections today in four of Miami-Dade’s biggest cities: Miami, Hialeah, Miami Beach and Homestead. Some offer a little more drama than others. In Miami, there are two seats up for grabs. Commissioner Manolo Reyes is also on the ballot but he is pretty much in like Flint. No muss, no fuss. But […]
Meet and greet forum for candidates this Tuesday There’s one thing we can already say about the results of the Miami Beach election Nov. 7: There won’t be any commission runoffs. All three commission seats on the Beach ballot are head-to-head contests. In Group 4, real estate broker Andres Asion and small business owner and […]
Tanya Katzoff Bhatt is an activist, past president of Miami Beach United The big ticket in the Miami Beach city election is going to be the mayoral race between former Commissioner Michael Góngora and former commissioner and State Rep. Michael Grieco, whose first run for the seat was interrupted by an investigation into illegal campaign […]
Congratulations are in order for Miami Beach Commissioner Mark Samuelian. The city election is not until Nov. 2, but Samuelian won re-election to his seat last week when a judge ruled that his challenger be removed from the ballot because he was not qualified to run. Fabian Basabe, a New York City transplant socialite and […]
Records show Fabian Basabe voted in Bay Harbor Islands last year Miami Beach Commissioner Mark Samuelian may just coast into his seat for a second term without a challenge. Sure, someone has challenged him. But it seems that person doesn’t meet the residency requirement to run. Fabian Basabe, a New York socialite and reality TV […]
There are 16 people running for four seats in Miami Beach, but many of them are somewhat known to voters already. They include incumbent Mayor Dan Gelber and Commissioner Mark Samuelian, former Commissioner Kristin Gonzalez Rosen, who left her office to run for Congress, and repeat candidates Stephen Cohen, Blake Young, Raquel Pacheco, Michael “Mike […]
And a slew of electeds supporting him After what is arguably a successful first term, Miami Beach Commissioner Mark Samuelian is getting ready to run for re-election this year. Samuelian filed his first paperwork on Monday and kicks-off the campaign next week with a virtual political powwow of elected leaders, current and former. The other […]
There won’t be a mayoral race but the three commission races in Miami Beach this November drew four candidates each for a total of 12 names on the ballot. You just know there’s going to be at least two runoffs. The only other incumbent is Group 5 Commissioner Ricky Arriola, who has drawn three solid […]
The qualifying deadline for the Miami Beach elections this November came and went Friday and nobody challenged Mayor Dan Gelber after his first term. That means Gelber automatically wins re-election without a single vote cast. “I am grateful to all those that have been supportive of my candidacy and honored to have the confidence of […]
A Miami Beach community activist and PTA mom has filed to run against Miami Beach Commissioner Ricky Arriola in this year’s November election. Monica Matteo-Salinas, chair of the board of the Miami Beach Community Development Corporation, filed paperwork on Friday to run for the Group V seat, which is currently occupied by Arriola, who is […]