Television journalist Maria Elvira Salazar announced Thursday on twitter and YouTube that she wants a rematch with Congresswoman Donna Shalala, who beat her last November to replace longtime U.S. Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, who retired more than three decades in office. Salazar lost to Shalala by 6 points, 52 to 46%, and apparently thinks she can […]
Since State Rep. Ana Maria Rodriguez (R-Doral) switched earlier this month from the House District she won last year to the state senate seat currently occupied by termed-out Anitere Flores (R-Kendall), HD105 has become another coveted open state contest in 2020. So, it already has attracted not one, not two, but three failed state rep wannabes […]
It’s been rumored for months but Miami Lakes Councilman Nelson Rodriguez will announce Thursday that he will challenge freshman State Rep. Cindy Polo in House District 103 next year. Polo won the seat vacated by Manny Diaz Jr., who ran for Senate, in 2018 against another former Miami Lakes councilman, Frank Mingo. Rodriguez, a Coral […]
Monica Pérez has big, er, plans. The elementary school teacher is running for Hialeah Council against incumbent Lourdes Lozano, one of the Seguro Que Yes council members who give Mayor Carlos Hernández an iron rule on the city. Pérez could have chosen one of three open seats and not run against an incumbent. But she says that Lozano […]
Following in his stepdad’s footsteps, Oscar de la Rosa, the actor, lawyer, children’s foundation founder and stepson of Miami-Dade Commissioner Esteban Bovo, is running for Hialeah Council. That’s where Stevie Boy got his political start in 1998 when he was appointed to the council. After he was re-elected twice, Bovo went to the Florida House and served […]
It wouldn’t be summer if the mayor wasn’t in Paris. This year’s annual vacation to Paris on the taxpayer dime also got Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Gimenez an England stamp on his very cramped passport as he, Commissioner Barbara Jordan and a delegation of six other county employees and three Beacon Council lackeys take an eight-day jaunt […]
The fight over the Coconut Grove Playhouse is more than just a political battle between two mayors who may very well be facing each other on a ballot near you soon. It is proof positive that Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Gimenez, who wants to sell off every part of the county he can before he is out of […]
It doesn’t seem that the news about absentee ballot fraud in last year’s county commission campaign has hurt Alex Diaz de la Portilla‘s fundraising for this year’s city of Miami District 1 race. Dean DLP hit and slightly surpassed the $200,000 mark in May, according to the latest campaign finance report, showing he raised $38,250 […]
In another close race mirroring the 2017 contest, Coral Gables Mayor Raul Valdes-Fauli was barely able to hold on to his seat against former Commissioner Jeannett Slesnick. Now, we can’t say Valdes-Fauli won by a scant 187 votes anymore. Now, it’s a flimsy 123! Not really a mandate, is it? The margin is even narrower than […]
It’s no secret that former Pinecrest Mayor Cindy Lerner has been waiting for Miami-Dade Commissioner Xavier Suarez to be termed out or make his move so she can run for the district seat. On Monday, she made those intentions clear when she filed documents Monday at the Miami-Dade Elections Department indicating she had opened a […]