Democrats end 30-year losing streak in Miami as Trump-backed candidate falls shor

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Democrats end 30-year losing streak in Miami as Trump-backed candidate falls short

Higgins rides affordability push to Miami mayor’s office, backed by national Democratic machine

By Paul Steinhauser Fox News
Published December 9, 2025 7:45pm EST

It took nearly 30 years, but Democrats finally broke their decades-long ballot box losing streak in Miami, Florida, the city known as the nation's "Gateway to Latin America."

Democrat Eileen Higgins, a former county commissioner, defeated Republican Emilio Gonzalez, a former city manager, in Tuesday's Miami's mayoral runoff election, according to the Associated Press.

While the election was technically nonpartisan, the ballot box face-off became the latest showdown this year between Democrats and Republicans, with both parties pouring in resources and the race grabbing plenty of national attention.

President Donald Trump endorsed Gonzalez and this past weekend took to social media to emphasize that Miami's mayoral election "is a big and important race!!! Vote for Republican Gonzalez."

Meanwhile, the Republican Party of Florida poured in resources to boost Gonzalez.

But Democrats, energized by last month's decisive 2025 election victories and by last week's double-digit overperformance in a special election in a red-leaning congressional district in Tennessee, aimed for a victory in Miami.

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[LMAO]

Trump out there claiming inflation is defeated  and the affordability issue is a Democrat hoax is going to be very costly for GOP candidates in next years midterms.


He is in a deep state of denial when it comes to how voters feel about the economy under his watch

[Smokin Joe]

Trump out there claiming inflation is defeated  and the affordability issue is a Democrat hoax is going to be very costly for GOP candidates in next years midterms.


He is in a deep state of denial when it comes to how voters feel about the economy under his watch

Yeah, the truth sucks.

The prices went up under Bidenomics. They are there, and most aren't coming back down.

The rate of increase in prices (inflation) has slowed considerably from that era, and that's what curbing inflation is all about.

Prices sliding across the board (which would require a reduction in the money supply and an end to subsidizing every half-wit scheme on the planet) would be described as 'deflation'.

I'm no PhD economist, but as I understand it, deflation is hard times for all but those sitting on a large pile.

The Democrats lit that fire, and now are running around selling the LIVs fire extinguishers.