Frank Artiles? Really? The former and disgraced state senator, forced to resign after a public racist rant at a Tallahassee bar, is among the folks being considered Monday by the Miami-Dade commission to fill the vacancy in District 8 caused by the resignation of Daniella Levine Cava, who has become the mayor. Artiles likely won’t […]
For the second time this year, Ed Silva has been rejected in Palmetto Bay. The former city manager, forced to resign earlier this year, lost the election for vice mayor to Leanne Tellam, attorney and PTA mom extraordinaire, two to one. She got two for every one of his. Final score, according to Miami-Dade Elections […]
Alina Garcia, a longtime Republican attaché who has worked in the elected offices for Congressman David Rivera, former and disgraced State Sen. Frank Artiles, Florida Chief Financial Officer Jimmy Petronis and Miami-Dade Commissioner Esteban “Stevie” Bovo, has moved to the city of Miami to work for Joe Carollo. For the quinfecta. Garcia has worked two […]
Miami-Dade’s first female mayor was sworn-in Tuesday at a ceremony that was long on pomp and circumstance — there was even a marching band — and short on specifics. It was a bit anticlimactic. La Alcaldesa Daniella Levine Cava, who alternated to short brief Spanish summaries of what she said in English, did name the […]
Former Congresswoman Debbie Mucarsel-Powell who lost her seat earlier this month to termed-out Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Gimenez said she’s not even thinking about a rematch or challenging Sen. Marco Rubio in 2022, as some have speculated and, likely, prodded. It’s time to take a step back and look at what happened in congressional District 26 […]
One of the first decisions the new Miami-Dade Commission must make next week, with five new members on board, is whether the county should have a special election in District 8 to fill the vacancy made by the resignation of Commissioner Daniella Levine Cava — who is now mayor elect — or appoint someone. Guess […]
While Democrats across Florida and Miami-Dade in particular are still wringing their hands and pointing their fingers at the disastrous Tuesday that ended in big state and congressional losses for South Florida, local Republicans are still grinning ear to ear and patting themselves on the back. Sure, they lost the presidential race in Miami-Dade, but […]
In one of the biggest and happiest surprises of the Miami-Dade 2020 elections results full of surprises is the Miami-Dade School Board race in District 9, where veteran Miami-Dade Commissioner Dennis Moss was beaten by young and inexperienced newcomer Luisa Santos. The commissioner known for adjourning county meetings with an exclamation to “move it,” is […]
It’s Election Day. Do you know where your ballot is? If you’re like almost 100 million people across the country, your ballot is already in the process of being counted. In Florida, almost 9 million people — or about 62% of registered voters — had already voted as of Sunday, the last day of early […]
Brandon Rosado, Ladra’s cachorro intern, has a keen eye for campaigns and elections. He wanted to provide his own analysis of his ballot for our readers. So just in time, without any further ado (and tiny bit of editing for syntax, not style or substance), is Brandon’s ballot picks for Tuesday’s elections — from top […]