Election Name: | Hialeah mayoral election, 2011 |
Flag Image: | Flag of Hialeah, Florida.png |
Type: | presidential |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Election: | 2009 Hialeah mayoral election |
Previous Year: | 2009 |
Next Election: | 2015 Hialeah mayoral election |
Next Year: | 2015 |
Election Date: | November 1, 2011 (first round) November 15, 2011 (runoff) |
1Blank: | First round vote |
2Blank: | First round percentage |
3Blank: | Runoff vote |
4Blank: | Runoff percentage |
Candidate1: | Carlos Hernández |
Party1: | Republican Party (United States) |
1Data1: | 12,074 |
2Data1: | 39.53% |
3Data1: | 19,055 |
4Data1: | 60.89% |
Party2: | Democratic Party (United States) |
1Data2: | 10,529 |
2Data2: | 34.47% |
3Data2: | 12,239 |
4Data2: | 39.11% |
Candidate3: | Rudy García |
Party3: | Republican Party (United States) |
1Data3: | 7,838 |
2Data3: | 25.66% |
Mayor | |
Before Election: | Carlos Hernández |
The 2011 Hialeah mayoral election was held on Tuesday, November 1, 2011, in Hialeah, Florida. Acting Mayor Carlos Hernandez, who became mayor in 2011 when his predecessor, Julio Robaina, left office in May 2011 to pursue an unsuccessful bid for Mayor of Miami-Dade County, sought a full term. Four candidates contested the election.[1] The election was officially nonpartisan.
The Miami Herald endorsed former Florida State Senator Rudy Garcia in the 2011 mayoral election.[2]
The mayoral runoff election was held on November 15, 2011 between incumbent Mayor Carlos Hernandez and former Mayor Raul L. Martinez.