Someone is polling in House District 113. And like every good Miami political ghost story, nobody wants to admit they paid for it. A text message last week led Republican voters in the district — which includes Key Biscayne, Little Havana, other parts of Miami and some Coral Gables — to a poll that asked […]
When Gov. Ron DeSantis decided not to schedule a special election to fill the vacant House seat in District 113 — it’s just going to be the regular primary in August — residents have been effectively left without a voice in Tallahassee for an entire legislative session. No committee assignments. No votes. No advocate. Just […]
Only in Florida can candidates raise real money for an election that hasn’t been called, for a seat that’s already empty, in a district that will go unrepresented when the Legislature gavels in this year. Welcome to House District 113 — where democracy is on layaway. Nearly two months after Rep. Vicki Lopez vacated the […]
Only in Miami do we have a full-blown political race underway for a Florida House special election that the governor hasn’t even bothered to call yet. But that hasn’t stopped the early birds — or the opportunists — from flocking to District 113, which State Rep. Vicki López just abandoned mid-term to keep Eileen Higgins’ […]
Well that didn’t take long. Not even an hour after State Rep. Vicki Lopez was appointed to the Miami-Dade County Commission to replace Eileen Higgins — who is in the runoff for Miami mayor — Anthony “Tony” Tony J. Diaz, one of the five who applied for the position, rushed to file for her now-vacant […]
Three Democrat Party activists are looking at running for office for the first time in Miami Dade. One of them for circuit court judge this year and two of them forMiami city commissioner in the two years fe 2015 elections. And some people say that Ladra’s obsession with elections later this year is premature. Tony Diaz, the […]