2024 Miami-Dade County mayoral election explained
| Election Name: | 2024 Miami-Dade County mayoral election |
| Flag Image: | Flag of Miami-Dade County, Florida.svg |
| Type: | presidential |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 2020 Miami-Dade County mayoral election |
| Previous Year: | 2020 |
| Next Election: | 2028 Miami-Dade County mayoral election |
| Next Year: | 2028 |
| Election Date: | August 20, 2024
|
| Image1: | Mayor Daniella Levine Cava headshot-high-res (cropped).jpg |
| Candidate1: | Daniella Levine Cava |
| Party1: | Democratic Party (US) |
| Color1: | C0C0C0 |
| Popular Vote1: | 163,597 |
| Percentage1: | 57.9% |
| Candidate2: | Manny Cid |
| Party2: | Republican Party (US) |
| Color2: | C0C0C0 |
| Popular Vote2: | 64,985 |
| Percentage2: | 23.0% |
| Image3: | El influencer Alexander Otaola hace una arenga en la Calle 8 en Miami, Florida, en apoyo a las protestas sucedidas en la isla el domingo (cropped).png |
| Candidate3: | Alexander Otaola |
| Party3: | Republican Party (US) |
| Color3: | C0C0C0 |
| Popular Vote3: | 33,252 |
| Percentage3: | 11.8% |
| Mayor |
| Before Election: | Daniella Levine Cava |
| Before Party: | Democratic Party (United States) |
| After Election: | Daniella Levine Cava |
| After Party: | Democratic Party (United States) |
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]
Incumbent Daniella Levine Cava, first elected in 2020 with 54.0% of the vote, was easily re-elected in a landslide.[2]
On election night, early returns and precinct-level data suggested that Levine-Cava would win every municipality except for Miami Lakes, home to her main opponent Manny Cid, the registered Democrat even seeming to accomplish the rare feat of winning the conservative stronghold of Hialeah.[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]
- Carlos Garín, actor and candidate for in 2022 (party preference: Republican)
- Alexander Otaola, social media influencer and activist (party preference: Republican)[6]
- Miguel Quintero, trapeze artist (party preference: Libertarian)
- Eddy Rojas, cargo and transportation executive (party preference: Independent)
- Shlomo Danzinger, former mayor of Surfside (party preference: Republican)[7]
Withdrawn
- Monique Barley, business consultant, daughter of former state representative Roy Hardemon, and candidate for mayor in 2020 (party preference: Democratic)[7] (ran for state house)[8]
Declined
General election
Polling
| Poll source | Date(s)
administered | Sample
size | Margin
of error | Daniella
| Manny
Cid | Alexander
Otaola | Other | Undecided |
|---|
| Dark Horse Strategies (R) | May 14, 2024 | 474 (LV) | ± 5.0% | | 41% | | 20% | 6% | 3% | | 29% |
| EMC Research | August 29 – September 2, 2023 | 1,987 (LV) | ± 5.2% | | 63% | 16% | 15% | – | 32% |
| EMC Research | August 29 – September 2, 2023 | 1,987 (LV) | ± 5.2% | | 55% | 19% | 8% | – | 18% |
| 56% | 12% | – | – | 32% | |
Results
Notes
- Partisan clients
Notes and References
- Web site: Election Calendar (2024) . miamidade.gov .
- News: Miami-Dade Mayor Daniella Levine Cava wins reelection . August 20, 2024 . NBC 6 South Florida . August 20, 2024.
- News: umichvoter ️ on X: Miami Dade Mayoral race now available by precinct @VoteHubUS Incumbent Mayor Daniella Levine Cava (who aligns with the Democratic Party) wins in a landslide. She even won some precincts in Hialeah. . August 20, 2024 . NBC 6 South Florida . August 20, 2024.
- News: Daniella Levine Cava launches re-election campaign for Miami-Dade Mayor . Jesse . Scheckner . Florida Politics . March 1, 2023 . May 17, 2023 .
- Web site: Hanks . Douglas . It's mayor versus mayor in 2024 as Levine Cava gets a GOP challenger from Miami Lakes . . 7 September 2023 . https://archive.today/20230907215937/https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/community/miami-dade/article278864054.html . 7 September 2023 . 1 September 2023 . live. subscription.
- News: He's a conservative Cuban-American YouTube star. Now he’s running for Miami-Dade mayor . Miami Herald . April 20, 2023.
- Web site: Scheckner . Jesse . Shlomo Danzinger, Surfside’s recently supplanted Mayor, seeks Miami-Dade’s top elected job . . 23 April 2024 . 23 April 2024.
- News: . August 20, 2024 . February 8, 2024 . 6 seeking vacant state House 107 seat.
- News: Which Republicans could challenge Mayor Daniella Levine Cava in Miami-Dade in 2024? . Douglas . Hanks . . March 1, 2023 . May 17, 2023 .
