Miami voters reject old guard, send Eileen Higgins and Emilio Gonzalez to mayoral runoff

For the first time in a long time, Miami’s next mayor won’t be a member of a familial political dynasty.  On Tuesday, former Miami-Dade County commissioner Eileen Higgins and ex-Miami City Manager Emilio Gonzalez won first and second place, respectively, in Miami’s mayoral election. However, Higgins did not capture more than 50 percent of the vote to avoid a runoff.  The race featured 13 candidates, but the real drama involved three contenders whose families have lorded over Miami politics since the 1980s. City commissioner Joe Carollo, who returned to city hall in 2017 after serving two terms as mayor from […]This article originally appeared on The Real Deal. Click here to read the full story.