- cross-posted to:
- politics@lemmy.world
- politics@lemmy.world
- cross-posted to:
- politics@lemmy.world
- politics@lemmy.world
Democrat Eileen Higgins won the Miami mayor’s race on Tuesday, defeating a Republican endorsed by Donald Trump to end her party’s nearly three-decade losing streak and give Democrats a boost in one of the last electoral battles ahead of the 2026 midterms.
Higgins, 61, will be the first woman to lead the city of Miami. She spoke frequently in the Hispanic-majority city about Trump’s immigration crackdown, saying she has heard of many people in Miami who were worried about family members being detained. She campaigned as a proud Democrat despite the race being officially nonpartisan and beat Trump-backed candidate Emilio Gonzalez, a former city manager, who said he called Higgins to congratulate her.
“We are facing rhetoric from elected officials that is so dehumanizing and cruel, especially against immigrant populations,” Higgins told The Associated Press after her victory speech. “The residents of Miami were ready to be done with that.”
Mayor elect of New York City: Zohran Mamdani, democratic socialist and New York City’s first Muslim and first Asian American mayor.
Mayor elect of Seattle: Katie Wilson, democratic socialist and progressive activist.
Mayor elect of Miami: Eileen Higgins, Democrat with part progressive platform who is Miami’s first woman to become mayor.
Mayor of San Diego: Todd Gloria, Democrat with progressive leaning values who is also San Diego’s first mayor of color and first openly gay mayor.
The 4 corners are looking good.
Any successful social change starts at the roots. Win local politics, build communities / working groups / unions, and then start aiming higher.
That is how socialism wins.
I would very much not call Todd Gloria progressive leaning. He is more middle of the road really. Been a big disappointment as mayor IMO. (Source: San Diego resident)
My cousins live in SD and they mentioned that the previous mayor or someone got death threats for trying to establish an area as a safe haven for migrants, which caused a by election. Is this the person who replaced the previous mayor?
Todd Gloria is a Republican Lite, who is throwing homeless people in jail, after running on housing first.
Fuck Todd Gloria. I live in Imperial Beach, and have to deal with their gang members in the San Diego Sherriffs
The new coastal elite /s
We need Texas to get on the dem-wagon
Texas is badly gerrymandered. It’s a big hill to climb.
How do they gerrymander mayoral elections?
Austin, Houston, San Antonio, Dallas, all elected* dem mayors
*Note Dallas mayor was re-elected as a dem and then switched parties to repub
One of the many reasons that I dislike Dallas, and not just because it’s my duty as a San Antonian, is everyone’s bad-faith progressive stance. Just a bunch of NIMBY assholes who spend all day bragging about their gay friends, and then complain about Mexicans destroying the southern part of Texas. On more than one occasion, I’ve been asked by Dallassholes if I’m scared of living so close to Mexico.
As a Houstonian, I’m honor-bound to join you in your antipathy toward Dallas. Fucking Dallas. Blows my mind why anyone goes there willingly.
I love the Abbott-exclusionary analogies.
Abbot dreams about Sparta kicking Mexicans into the Rio Grande. I hope one day he is accidentally photographed standing up and we all learn about the lie he has repeated for over 40 years. (I don’t actually believe this but it’s fun to day dream)
Gerrymandering only applies to US House of Representatives elections.
Well, it does also apply to Texas’s state legislature, which can have a big effect on how mayoral elections might go re: elections laws and their application
Right is doing the lords work