Miami-Dade Fire Captain Omar Blanco runs for office again, in FL House 115

Miami-Dade Fire Captain Omar Blanco runs for office again, in FL House 115

Miami-Dade Fire Rescue Captain Omar Blanco, a 20-veteran of the department and former union president, has officially announced that he is running for Florida House of Representatives in District 115, where Rep. Alina Garcia is vacating to run for Miami-Dade Elections Supervisor. It was known that Blanco, who ran for Congress four years ago, would […]

Kendall teacher challenges Miami-Dade D11 Commissioner Roberto Gonzalez

Kendall teacher challenges Miami-Dade D11 Commissioner Roberto Gonzalez

Miami-Dade Commissioner Roberto Gonzalez, who was appointed by the governor and has never been elected, has a challenger in this November’s election. School teacher Bryan Paz-Hernandez, former president of the West Kendall Dems — now an NPA — filed paperwork Wednesday intending to run. “I’m tired of the traffic and high cost of housing,” Paz-Hernandez […]

Early voting starts Monday for POTUS primary; equipment passes the test

Early voting starts Monday for POTUS primary; equipment passes the test

All systems are go! The Miami-Dade County Elections Department has finished testing all the 1,700+ voting units that will be deployed for the March 19 Presidential Preference Primary Election. On Wednesday, they reached a “milestone day,” said Elections Supervisor Christine White, when the county conducted the state-required random Logic and Accuracy Test of 5% of […]

Alina Garcia leaves FL House to face Dem for Miami Dade elections chief

Alina Garcia leaves FL House to face Dem for Miami Dade elections chief

The first thing voters need to know about State Rep. Alina Garcia, who will not seek re-election after only two years in the Florida House and will run for the first ever elected Miami-Dade elections supervisor instead — is that she won’t say that the 2020 elections were fair across the U.S. “I can’t speak […]

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