Democrat Eileen Higgins defeated Republican Emilio Gonzalez in the Miami mayoral election late December 9, securing 59.3% of the vote (20,671 votes) to Gonzalez's 40.7% (14,196 votes) with 108 of 139 precincts fully reported, according to VoteHub and Decision Desk HQ reports shared over the past hour. Higgins' victory flips the mayor's office to Democrats for the first time in nearly three decades and marks the first non-Hispanic mayor since the 1990s in a district over 70% Hispanic, per MappingFL on X. PollTracker2024 confirmed the result at 60.8% to 39.2% with early votes fully reported, calling it a Democratic flip in a district President Trump won by 39 points. VoteHub noted Higgins, known as "La Gringa," led by 20% in early and absentee votes, a margin Election Day votes could not overcome. Multiple sources including Decision Desk HQ projected her win during the 59-minute reporting window ending at 12:45 a.m. UTC on December 10. In related Florida election news over the same period, Republican Ren Massullo Jr. led Democrat Alvin Marwah 58.3% to 41.7% in Senate District 11 with 85% of votes in, according to PollTracker2024 and DDHQ, in a district Trump carried by 39 points.
