Democrat Eileen Higgins won the Miami mayor’s race on Tuesday, defeating a Republican endorsed by 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.”
Mayor elect of New York City: Zohran Mamdani, democratic socialist and New York City’s first Muslim and first Asian American mayor.
Mayor elect of Seattle: Katie Wilson, democratic socialist and progressive activist.
Mayor elect of Miami: Eileen Higgins, Democrat with part progressive platform who is Miami’s first woman to become mayor.
Mayor of San Diego: Todd Gloria, Democrat with progressive leaning values who is also San Diego’s first mayor of color and first openly gay mayor.
The 4 corners are looking good.
The new coastal elite /s
Any successful social change starts at the roots. Win local politics, build communities / working groups / unions, and then start aiming higher.
That is how socialism wins.
We need Texas to get on the dem-wagon
Todd Gloria is a Republican Lite, who is throwing homeless people in jail, after running on housing first.
Fuck Todd Gloria. I live in Imperial Beach, and have to deal with their gang members in the San Diego Sherriffs
I would very much not call Todd Gloria progressive leaning. He is more middle of the road really. Been a big disappointment as mayor IMO. (Source: San Diego resident)
Right is doing the lords work
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It’ll take at least 20 years to undo the damage, but probably closer to 30 or 40. You’re going to have to convince an entire generation of un/under educated people that they were un/under educated.
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The Supreme Court can be fixed a lot faster than FL. The problems in FL are now institutional and happening at the educational level. If we somehow waved a magic wand and fixed the education in FL tomorrow; it’ll still take at least 18 years until those people start working and integrating into adult society.
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It’s not a political situation, it’s a societal problem. We need at least an entire generation replaced or re-educated, all these R voters aren’t going to just change their minds and stop being bigoted Christofascists.
One good hurricane with a gun.
Why does this sound like a crappy sequel/spinoff to Sharknado?
Sometimes shitty movies are fun if you take them for what they’re worth.
