2024 Miami-Dade County mayoral election
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The 2024 Miami-Dade County mayoral election was held on August 20, 2024, to elect the mayor of Miami-Dade County, Florida. The election was officially nonpartisan; a runoff election would have occurred on November 5, 2024, if no candidate won a majority of the vote.[1]
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August 20, 2024
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 Results by precinct Levine Cava: 30–40% 40–50% 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90% >90% Cid: 20–30% 30–40% 40–50% 50–60% >90% Tie: 30-40% 50% No data | |||||||||||||||||
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Incumbent Daniella Levine Cava, first elected in 2020 with 54.0% of the vote, was re-elected in a landslide.[2]
On election night, early returns and precinct-level data indicated that Levine Cava would win every municipality except for Miami Lakes, home to her main opponent Manny Cid.[3]
Candidates
Declared
- Daniella Levine Cava, incumbent mayor (2020–present) (party preference: Democratic)[4]
- Manny Cid, mayor of Miami Lakes (2016–present) (party preference: Republican)[5]
- Shlomo Danzinger, former mayor of Surfside (party preference: Republican)[6]
- Carlos Garín, actor and candidate for Florida's 28th congressional district in 2022 (party preference: Republican)[7]
- Alexander Otaola, social media influencer and activist (party preference: Republican)[8]
- Miguel Quintero, trapeze artist (party preference: Libertarian)[9]
- Eddy Rojas, cargo and transportation executive (party preference: Independent)[7]
Withdrawn
- Monique Barley, business consultant, daughter of former state representative Roy Hardemon, and candidate for mayor in 2020 (party preference: Democratic)[6] (ran for state house)[10]
Declined
- Jeanette Nuñez, lieutenant governor of Florida (2019–present) (party preference: Republican)[11]
General election
Endorsements
Manny Cid
- Organizations
- Associated Builders and Contractors Florida East Coast[9]
- Miami Young Republicans[12]
Daniella Levine Cava
- Local officials
- Javier Fernandez, mayor of South Miami[13]
- Dan Gelber, mayor of Miami Beach[13]
- 22 other mayors[a][13]
- Individuals
- Uncle Luke, rapper[15]
- Labor unions
- American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees Florida[16]
- Metro Dade Firefighters (IAFF Local 1403)[7]
- Service Employees International Union Florida and SEIU 32BJ[17][18]
- South Florida AFL–CIO[19]
- Teamsters Local 769[7]
- UNITE HERE Local 355[20]
- Organizations
- EMILY's List[21]
- Equality Florida Action PAC[16]
- Sierra Club[22]
Polling
| Poll source | Date(s) administered |
Sample size[b] |
Margin of error |
Daniella Levine Cava |
Manny Cid |
Alexander Otaola |
Other | Undecided |
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| Dark Horse Strategies (R)[23][A] | May 14, 2024 | 474 (LV) | ± 5.0% | 41% | 20% | 6% | 3%[c] | 29% |
| EMC Research[24] | November 13–16, 2023 | 348 (LV) | ± 4.0% | 66% | 16% | 15% | – | 2% |
| EMC Research[25][B] | August 29 – September 2, 2023 | 1,987 (LV) | ± 5.2% | 56% | 12% | – | – | 32% |
Results
| Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Daniella Levine Cava (incumbent) | 163,597 | 57.93% | |
| Manny Cid | 64,985 | 23.01% | |
| Alexander Otaola | 33,252 | 11.78% | |
| Carlos Garín | 8,333 | 2.95% | |
| Shlomo Danzinger | 5,300 | 1.88% | |
| Eddy Rojas | 3,608 | 1.28% | |
| Miguel Quintero | 3,313 | 1.17% | |
| Total votes | 282,388 | 100% | |
Notes
Partisan clients