Miami-Dade County Democratic Party

11/10/2025 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 11/10/2025 22:20

2025 Miami Mayoral election results - Higgins and Gonzalez proceed to runoff

We are heading to a runoff between Eileen Higgins and Emilio Gonzalez to determine who will become the City of Miami's next mayor!

View results of the 2025 Miami mayoral election

Attend the runoff candidate forum between Eileen Higgins and Emilio Gonzalez on Thursday 11/13

Turnout among registered voters has been unofficially reported in excess of 21.6%, with more than 37K ballots cast. There were over 174K registered voters in Miami ahead of the first round.

Support for Democrats running in the first round of the election surpassed 50%.

2025 Miami mayoral election
(first round)

Candidate Votes %
Eileen Higgins 13,397 35.95
Emilio T. Gonzalez 7,256 19.47
Ken Russell 6,547 17.57
Joe Carollo 4,275 11.47
Alex Díaz de la Portilla 1,922 5.16
Xavier Suarez 1,839 4.94
Michael A. Hepburn 688 1.85
Laura Anderson 415 1.11
Christian E. Cevallos 287 0.77
Kenneth James DeSantis 224 0.60
Elijah John Bowdre 180 0.48
Alyssa Crocker 147 0.39
June E. Savage 84 0.23

The Miami-Dade Democratic Party proudly supports Eileen Higgins in the runoff.

A very respectable 3rd place finish for former City Commissioner Ken Russell.

If you are a registered voter in the City of Miami, please be sure you are enrolled to vote by mail so that you can receive your ballot at home.

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