Developers’ pick Eileen Higgins is Miami’s next mayor
The real estate industry rallied around frontrunner Eileen Higgins in the Miami mayoral runoff, and it paid off. The ex-Miami-Dade County Commissioner defeated Emilio Gonzalez, a former city manager, by an 18-point margin on Tuesday. Higgins nabbed 59 percent of the vote compared to 41 percent for Gonzalez, who entered the runoff facing an uphill battle. In the Nov. 4 city election, Higgins took first place in a crowded field of 13 candidates with 36 percent of the vote, while Gonzalez won nearly 20 percent. Because no candidate reached more than 50 percent of the vote, it triggered Tuesday’s runoff. […]This article originally appeared on The Real Deal. Click here to read the full story.
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