Democratic County Commissioner Eileen Higgins and Gov. Ron DeSantis-backed Republican candidate Emilio Gonzalez faced off Tuesday in a runoff for Miami mayor, after no candidate received 50% of votes in November's election. (Matias J. Ocner/Miami Herald/Tribune News Service via Getty Images; Rebecca Blackwell; The Associated Press)
Meanwhile, the Republican Party of Florida poured in resources to boost Gonzalez.
But Democrats, energized by last month's decisive 2025 election victories and by last week's double-digit overperformance in a special election in a red-leaning congressional district in Tennessee, aimed for a victory in Miami.
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The Democratic National Committee (DNC) and allied groups invested in the race.
DNC Chair Kent Martin told Fox News Digital that following last week's "historic overperformance in Tennessee and the record Democratic momentum across the country this year," the DNC is now "laser focused" on Miami's mayoral runoff.
Martin added that the DNC was "all-in" for Higgins.
City of Miami mayoral candidate Emilio Gonzalez speaks to supporters and the media during election night watch party at Hoy Como Ayer in Little Havana, in Miami on Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2025. (Al Diaz/Miami Herald/Tribune News Service via Getty Images)
Higgins captured 36% of the vote in the Nov. 4 election, with Gonzalez coming in second at 19%, in the multi-candidate field. With no candidate topping 50%, the contest headed to Tuesday's runoff.
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Higgins will succeed term-limited Republican Mayor Francis Suarez, who grabbed national attention two years ago as he briefly and unsuccessfully ran for the GOP presidential nomination.
Paul Steinhauser is a politics reporter based in the swing state of New Hampshire. He covers the campaign trail from coast to coast."
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