Elections

When cities like Miami and Miami Beach have only a few people vote in local races, it can harm residents in their day-to-day. A University of Miami professor explains how low voter turnout affects cities, and how to encourage participation.

A new Miami Beach mayor and three new city commissioners are set to be sworn into office on Tuesday morning in a ceremony in the temporary commission chambers at the Miami Beach Convention Center.

Amid light voter turnout in Tuesday's runoff elections, Steven Meiner beat Michael Gongora to become Miami Beach's next mayor, while two incumbent commissioners Alex Diaz de la Portilla and Sabina Covo lost to challengers in the city of Miami.

Suspended Miami Commissioner Alex Diaz de la Portilla seeks to file a lawsuit to declare himself the winner of a city commission election on the eve of a runoff against opponent Miguel Gabela.

Four advocacy groups have gone to an appeals court after a federal judge rejected a lawsuit challenging a Florida requirement for “wet” signatures on voter-registration forms.

The city of Miami has two commission seats to be decided by voters in a Nov. 21 runoff election. At the same time, Miami Beach voters must also choose between two candidates for mayor.

UPDATED: Five Republicans seeking to oust President Joe Biden from the White House in 2024 sparred over the Israel-Hamas war, the threat from China and the U.S. approach to terrorism early in the third presidential primary debate. They repeatedly expressed support for Israel and decried Hamas, while criticizing Biden for his administration’s response.

Voters in Hialeah, Homestead, Miami and Miami Beach went to the polls Tuesday with a slate of municipal candidates to choose from. In Surfside, voters chose among five charter amendments.

Several municipalities in Miami-Dade County will hold elections on Tuesday, Nov. 7. Here is some important information on early voting, precincts and vote-by-mail changes.

Florida is the third largest state in the nation, yet it has never fielded a winning presidential candidate. Nationally known politicians like former Gov. Jeb Bush and Sens. Bob Graham and Marco Rubio have tried and failed.

Miami Commissioner Manolo Reyes' campaign has spent more than $200,000 in a race against a longshot opponent who has spent about $500 to win the seat — and much of that has gone towards media buys from his own staffer's company.

Venezuelan government critic María Corina Machado has been declared the winner of an opposition-organized primary to choose a presidential candidate in polling last weekend that has been denounced by the socialist government as illegitimate.