Democrat elections chief candidate Willis Howard has a shady slate card

Democrat elections chief candidate Willis Howard has a shady slate card

GOP candidates, gym equipment get thumbs up A Democrat candidate for Miami-Dade Supervisor of Elections has distributed hundreds, maybe thousands of slate cards with endorsements for the Aug. 20 ballot that include judges, the county mayor, the county sheriff’s race — and two Republican incumbents that have never been elected but were, instead, appointed by […]

JC Planas scores 4 mayoral nods in race for Miami-Dade elections supervisor

JC Planas scores 4 mayoral nods in race for Miami-Dade elections supervisor

As the primary for the constitutional offices nears its closing, former State Rep. JC Planas, an attorney running for Miami-Dade Supervisor of Elections, has gotten the endorsement of four mayors from Miami-Dade municipalities. The Planas campaign announced this week endorsements from South Miami Mayor Javier Fernandez, Bay Harbor Mayor Joshua Fuller, North Bay Village Mayor […]

Political Cortadito makes some easy recommendations for the Aug. 20 ballot

Political Cortadito makes some easy recommendations for the Aug. 20 ballot

Absentee or mail-in ballots started arriving at voters’ homes more than a week ago. That means people are already voting for their county commissioners, mayor, judges, school board members, and state legislators and county constitutional officers in their preferred party primary. Most of the really good races don’t happen until November. And among those on […]

For Miami-Dade Elections Supervisor, GOP’s Alina Garcia leads fundraising

For Miami-Dade Elections Supervisor, GOP’s Alina Garcia leads fundraising

State Rep. Alina Garcia, a Republican abandoning her seat to run for Miami-Dade Supervisor of Elections, has raised the most of five candidates in the race — and more than both Democrats combined, according to finance reports filed this week for the first quarter of the year. Garcia reported collecting $125,647 in her campaign account, […]

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 […]