Democrat wins Miami mayor's race for the first time in nearly 30 years

[BumRushDaShow]

Source: AP

Updated 12:52 AM EST, December 10, 2025


MIAMI (AP) — Democrat Eileen Higgins won the Miami mayor’s race on Tuesday, defeating a Republican endorsed by President Donald Trump to end her party’s nearly three-decade losing streak and give Democrats a boost in one of the last electoral battles ahead of the 2026 midterms.

Higgins, 61, will be the first woman to lead the city of Miami. She spoke frequently in the Hispanic-majority city about Trump’s immigration crackdown, saying she has heard of many people in Miami who were worried about family members being detained. She campaigned as a proud Democrat despite the race being officially nonpartisan and beat Trump-backed candidate Emilio Gonzalez, a former city manager, who said he called Higgins to congratulate her.

“We are facing rhetoric from elected officials that is so dehumanizing and cruel, especially against immigrant populations,” Higgins told The Associated Press after her victory speech. “The residents of Miami were ready to be done with that.”

With nearly all votes counted Tuesday, Higgins led the Republican by about 19 percentage points.

Read more: https://apnews.com/article/miami-mayor-trump-higgins-gonzalez-f0d8c55a4b97962ac1348c5a93295465

[Polybius]

1. Dupe

https://www.democraticunderground.com/10143579824

[Emile]

2. Election results in LBN

must be from an AP source.

[RandiFan1290]

3. trump and his pedophile fan club lose again!

[Martin68]

4. Excellent. We are gaining momentum, and making real progress.

[Attilatheblond]

6. PLUS... Ketchup stocks are WAY up!

[Hotler]

5. A win is a win. Go Dems.

[Fil1957]

7. A win is a win alright, but I was under the impression it was gonna be a fairly tight race. But 19 points? It was a

total ass kicking! That and the Georgia state house results ought to make Republicans nervous.

[some_of_us_are_sane]

8. I LOVE these signs! We're fighting back

race by race, neighborhood by neighborhood IN TRUE DEMOCRATIC style!

[twodogsbarking]

9. So they are sending a plane to deport her?

[edhopper]

10. Did the Cubans actually vote

for a Democrat?

[Torchlight]

11. "A bright red city in a bright red state just went blue tonight"

Laura Lips Loomer wrote that as an alarm of the highest degree on a social media account. I'm feeling comforted by it, however. Gonna be tough for her and her peers to make this out as anything but another dramatic win for the Democratic party... as well as the exemplary success of Mayor Higgins' campaign.

[Initech]

12. Thank you Miami!

MAGA can and must be defeated!