2024 Miami-Dade County mayoral election
The 2024 Miami-Dade County mayoral election will be held on August 20, 2024, to elect the mayor of Miami-Dade County, Florida. Incumbent Daniella Levine Cava was first elected in 2020 with 54.0% of the vote and is running for re-election to a second term. The election will be officially nonpartisan; if no candidate receives a majority of the vote, a runoff election is scheduled to be held on November 5, 2024.[1]
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Candidates
Declared
- Daniella Levine Cava, incumbent mayor (2020–present) (party preference: Democratic)[2]
- Manny Cid, mayor of Miami Lakes (2016–) (party preference: Republican)[3]
- Alexander Otaola, social media influencer and activist (party preference: Republican)[4]
- Miguel Quintero, trapeze artist (party preference: Democratic)[5]
Publicly expressed interest
- Esteban Bovo, mayor of Hialeah (2021–present) and runner-up for county mayor in 2020 (party preference: Republican)[6]
- Carlos A. Giménez, U.S. Representative from Florida's 28th congressional district (2021–present) and former mayor (2011–2020) (party preference: Republican)[7][6]
- Raquel Regalado, Miami-Dade County commissioner from the 7th district (2020–present) and runner-up for county mayor in 2016 (party preference: Republican)[6]
Potential
- Vince Lago, mayor of Coral Gables (2019–present) (party preference: Republican)[6]
- Carlos Lopez-Cantera, former Lieutenant Governor of Florida (2014–2019) and former Miami-Dade County Property Appraiser (2013–2014) (party preference: Republican)[6]
Declined
- Jeanette Nuñez, Lieutenant Governor of Florida (2019–present) (party preference: Republican)[8]
Endorsements
Daniella Levine Cava
- Mayors
- George Burch, mayor of Miami Shores[5]
- Jay Chernoff, acting mayor of North Miami Beach[5]
- Joseph Corradino, mayor of Pinecrest[5]
- Shlomo Danzinger, mayor of Surfside[5]
- Fred Spencer Deno IV, mayor of Virginia Gardens[5]
- Alix Desulme, mayor of North Miami[5]
- Javier Fernandez, mayor of South Miami[5]
- Jeffrey Freimark, mayor of Bal Harbour[5]
- Dan Gelber, mayor of Miami Beach[5]
- Jonathan Groth, mayor of Biscayne Park[5]
- Rodney Harris, mayor of Miami Gardens[5]
- Bernard Kelpach, mayor of Indian Creek[5]
- Brent Latham, mayor of North Bay Village[5]
- Steven Losner, mayor of Homestead[5]
- Roberto Martell, mayor of Medley[5]
- Tim Meerbot, mayor of Cutler Bay[5]
- Maria Puente Mitchell, mayor of Miami Springs[5]
- Omar Nickerson, mayor of El Portal[5]
- Joe Rasco, mayor of Key Biscayne[5]
- Glenn Singer, mayor of Golden Beach[5]
- John Taylor, mayor of Opa-locka[5]
- Elizabeth Tricoche, mayor of Bay Harbor Islands[5]
- Otis Wallace, mayor of Florida City[5]
- Howard Weinberg, mayor of Aventura[5]
- Organizations
- EMILY's List[9]
- Equality Florida Action PAC[10]
- Sierra Club[11]
- Labor unions
Polling
- Daniella Levine Cava vs. Manny Cid
| Poll source | Date(s) administered |
Sample size[lower-alpha 1] |
Margin of error |
Daniella Levine Cava |
Manny Cid |
Undecided |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Christian Ulvert (D)[upper-alpha 1] | August 29 – September 2, 2023 | 1,987 (LV) | ± 5.2% | 56% | 12% | 32% |
Hypothetical polling
- Daniella Levina Cava vs. Carlos Giménez vs. Alex Otaola
| Poll source | Date(s) administered |
Sample size[lower-alpha 1] |
Margin of error |
Daniall Levina Cava |
Carlos Giménez |
Alex Otaola |
Undecided |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Christian Ulvert (D)[upper-alpha 1] | August 29 – September 2, 2023 | 1,987 (LV) | ± 5.2% | 55% | 19% | 8% | 18% |
Notes
- Key:
A – all adults
RV – registered voters
LV – likely voters
V – unclear
- Partisan clients
- Christian Ulvert is Levine Cava's senior campaign advisor & chief strategist
References
- "Election Calendar (2024)". miamidade.gov.
- Scheckner, Jesse (March 1, 2023). "Daniella Levine Cava launches re-election campaign for Miami-Dade Mayor". Florida Politics. Retrieved May 17, 2023.
- Hanks, Douglas (September 1, 2023). "It's mayor versus mayor in 2024 as Levine Cava gets a GOP challenger from Miami Lakes". Miami Herald. Archived from the original on September 7, 2023. Retrieved September 7, 2023.
- "He's a conservative Cuban-American YouTube star. Now he's running for Miami-Dade mayor". Miami Herald. April 20, 2023.
- Scheckner, Jesse (September 6, 2023). "25 city Mayors endorse Daniella Levine Cava for re-election as Miami-Dade Mayor". Florida Politics. Retrieved September 7, 2023.
- Ladra (August 28, 2023). "Could Carlos Gimenez come back to his old job as Miami-Dade mayor?". Political Cortadito. Retrieved August 29, 2023.
- "Carlos Giménez no descarta volver a la alcaldía de Miami-Dade" [Carlos Giménez does not rule out returning to the mayoralty of Miami-Dade]. WSCV (in Spanish). February 15, 2023. Retrieved May 17, 2023.
- Hanks, Douglas (March 1, 2023). "Which Republicans could challenge Mayor Daniella Levine Cava in Miami-Dade in 2024?". Miami Herald. Retrieved May 17, 2023.
- Scheckner, Jesse (August 1, 2023). "'A steadfast leader': EMILY's List backs Daniella Levine Cava for re-election as Miami-Dade Mayor". Florida Politics.
- Scheckner, Jesse (October 25, 2023). "Equality Florida Action PAC backs Daniella Levine Cava for re-election as Miami-Dade Mayor". Florida Politics.
- Scheckner, Jesse (September 14, 2023). "Sierra Club endorses Daniella Levine Cava for re-election as Miami-Dade Mayor". Florida Politics. Retrieved October 25, 2023.
- Scheckner, Jesse (September 4, 2023). "South Florida AFL-CIO backs Daniella Levine Cava for re-election as Miami-Dade Mayor". Florida Politics. Retrieved September 7, 2023.
- Scheckner, Jesse (September 22, 2023). "Service workers union backs 'true partner' Daniella Levine Cava for re-election as Miami-Dade Mayor". Florida Politics.
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