Municipal elections in Miami, Florida (2017)
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| 2017 Miami board of commissioners elections |
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| Election dates |
| Filing deadline: September 23, 2017 |
| General election: November 7, 2017 Runoff election: November 21, 2017 |
| Election stats |
| Offices up: Mayor and city board of commissioners |
| Total seats up: 4 (click here for the mayoral election) |
| Election type: Nonpartisan |
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| U.S. municipal elections, 2017 |
Miami, Florida, held a general election for mayor and the District 3 and District 4 seats on the city's board of commissioners on November 7, 2017. Manuel "Manolo" Reyes, who lost the District 4 seat to Francis X. Suarez in 2009, won the 2017 race to replace him.
None of the general election candidates in the crowded District 3 race secured a majority, so the top two vote-getters, Joe Carollo and Alfonso "Alfie" Leon, advanced to a runoff on November 21.[1] According to unofficial election night results, Carollo claimed the seat in the runoff with 53 percent of the vote.[2] Both men had ties to the outgoing incumbent, term-limited Commissioner Frank Carollo. Joe Carollo, a former Miami mayor and city commissioner, is Frank Carollo's brother, and Leon has served as his chief policy advisor. Click here to read more about the connections between the 2017 candidates for city office and other city, county, and state officials.
The District 5 seat on the city's board of commissioners was also up for election in 2017, but incumbent Keon Hardemon won re-election automatically when no other candidates filed to run against him.[3] Candidates who wished to run in the 2017 election had to file by September 23, 2017.[4]
With incumbent Tomás P. Regalado ineligible to run for re-election due to term limits, Miami voters elected a new mayor in November 2017. Outgoing District 4 Commissioner Suarez defeated three other candidates—Williams Armbrister Sr., Christian Canache, and Cynthia Mason Jaquith—to replace Regalado in the seat. Click here to read more about the 2017 mayoral race.
Elections
Runoff election
District 3
Incumbent Frank Carollo was ineligible to run for re-election due to term limits.
☑ Joe Carollo
☐ Alfonso M. Leon
General election
District 3[5]Incumbent Frank Carollo was ineligible to |
District 4[5]Incumbent Francis X. Suarez ran for mayor. District 5[5]☑ Keon Hardemon (i) |
Campaign finance
The tables below present the campaign finance information available for the candidates for city board of commissioners as of October 25, 2017. The figures are presented as reported by the Miami city clerk's office.
Ballot measures
• Bond Proposal: Miami General Obligation Bonds 
• Charter Amendment: Miami Aligned Bayshore Lease Extension Charter Amendment
• Charter Amendment: Miami Independent Auditor General Charter Amendment
• Charter Amendment: Miami Independent Auditor General Employees
• Charter Amendment: Miami Elected Office Vacancy Procedure
Additional elections
- See also: Florida elections, 2017
The elections for Miami Board of Commissioners shared the ballot with the election for mayor of Miami.
Issues
Political family ties
Mayor Tomás P. Regalado was not eligible to run for re-election in 2017, but the name "Tomás Regalado" still appeared on Miami voters' ballots. The mayor's eldest son, Tomás N. Regalado, ran for the open District 3 seat on the city's board of commissioners.
That election was the most crowded of Miami's 2017 races, and Regalado was not the only one of the seven contenders with political family ties. Joe Carollo, who previously served on the board of commissioners and as the mayor of Miami, ran to succeed his brother, term-limited District 3 Commissioner Frank Carollo, on the board.[6] The District 3 field also included Zoraida Barreiro, the wife of Miami-Dade County Commissioner and former state Rep. and City Commissioner Bruno Barreiro.[7]
The other two board of commissioners races also featured political links. District 5 incumbent Keon Hardemon, who won re-election automatically in 2017 when no other candidates filed to run against him, is the nephew of state Rep. Roy Hardemon.[8] The other election was for the District 4 seat Francis X. Suarez vacated to run for mayor. With his win in the mayoral race, Suarez followed in the footsteps of his father, Xavier Suarez.
The elder Suarez, who was the District 7 representative on the Miami-Dade County Commission at the time of Miami's 2017 elections, served as the mayor of Miami from 1985 to 1993 and 1997 to 1998.[9] He was both preceded and succeeded as mayor in the 1990's by 2017 board of commissioners candidate Joe Carollo. Carollo won the seat in a special election in 1996 and reclaimed it in 1998 following a legal challenge to Suarez's 1997 regular election win.[10][11]
About the city
- See also: Miami, Florida
Miami is a city in Miami-Dade County, Florida. As of 2010, its population was 399,457.
City government
- See also: Mayor-council government
The city of Miami uses a "mayor-city commissioner plan." In this form of municipal government, an elected board of commissioners serves as the city's primary legislative body while a mayor serves as the city's chief executive. The mayor appoints an administrative executive called a city manager to oversee day-to-day municipal operations and implement city policies.[12]
Demographics
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| Demographic Data for Miami, Florida | ||
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| Miami | Florida | |
| Population | 399,457 | 18,801,310 |
| Land area (sq mi) | 35 | 53,651 |
| Race and ethnicity** | ||
| White | 76.1% | 75.1% |
| Black/African American | 16.8% | 16.1% |
| Asian | 1.1% | 2.7% |
| Native American | 0.2% | 0.3% |
| Pacific Islander | 0% | 0.1% |
| Two or more | 1.7% | 2.7% |
| Hispanic/Latino | 72.7% | 25.6% |
| Education | ||
| High school graduation rate | 78% | 88.2% |
| College graduation rate | 29.6% | 29.9% |
| Income | ||
| Median household income | $39,049 | $55,660 |
| Persons below poverty level | 23.4% | 14% |
| Source: population provided by U.S. Census Bureau, "Decennial Census" (2010). Other figures provided by U.S. Census Bureau, "American Community Survey" (5-year estimates 2014-2019). | ||
| **Note: Percentages for race and ethnicity may add up to more than 100 percent because respondents may report more than one race and the Hispanic/Latino ethnicity may be selected in conjunction with any race. Read more about race and ethnicity in the census here. | ||
Recent news
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See also
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External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Miami City Charter, "Sec. 4. Form of Government; Nomination and Election," accessed August 11, 2017
- ↑ Miami-Dade County Elections, "November 21, 2017 - Miami Run-Off Election," November 21, 2017
- ↑ Miami Herald, "Miami Commissioner Hardemon Automatically Wins Four More Years," September 23, 2017
- ↑ City of Miami City Clerk's Office, "Important Dates and Deadlines," accessed August 11, 2017
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 City of Miami, "City of Miami General Municipal Election (11/7/2017)," accessed September 25, 2017
- ↑ Miami Herald, "Former Miami Mayor Joe Carollo to Run for Brother's Commission Seat," January 5, 2017
- ↑ Miami Herald, "Election 2017: A Miami Game of Thrones," April 29, 2017
- ↑ Miami Herald, "A Miami Tradition: Electing Troubled Candidates," August 31, 2016
- ↑ The New York Times, "Fraud Ruling Invalidates Miami Mayoral Election," March 5, 1998
- ↑ Sun Sentinel, "Carollo Rises Again, Winning Miami Mayor Post," July 24, 1996
- ↑ CNN, "Court Reinstates Carollo as Miami's Mayor," March 11, 1998
- ↑ Miami City Charter, Sec. 4a, accessed October 22, 2014
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