The polls are closed in several South Florida cities, including Miami Beach, and the results are in.
Phil Levine will serve another two years as the mayor of Miami Beach, winning Tuesday by a landslide.
"I think those election results speak very clearly. It's a mandate and they said basically continue, keep moving our city forward, make it the greatest city in America and that's the objective," Mayor Levine said.
Levine touts progress in addressing massive flooding on Miami Beach and tackling the issue of sea rise. His connection, though, to a controversial Political Action Committee was material for political foes.
Like lifelong Beach resident David Wieder, who took on Levine, promising to disconnect city hall from special interests.
"The influence of developers and big money to turn Miami into a development project is not appreciated by the electorate, and we will continue to fight against that as time goes on," Wieder said.
A grass roots group aimed at squashing a development slated for the north end of Miami Beach celebrated their victory as voters decided against the mixed use project on Ocean Terrace.
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In Miami's City Commission District 2, current Commissioner Marc Sarnoff, leaving city hall because of term limits, helped his wife run for his seat.
Teresa Sarnoff looked to continue the Sarnoff brand, but failed to receive 50 percent of the vote. She will now face political newcomer Ken Russell and longtime activist Grace Solares in a runoff election in two weeks.
In Hialeah, it doesn't look like there will be any changes at city hall. Both Vivian Casals-Munoz and Jose Caragol were reelected to the city council on Tuesday.
Council members Isis Garcia-Martinez and Lourdes Lozano were automatically reelected because no one ran against them.
In Homestead, Councilwoman Patricia Fairflough is the new vice mayor, while Jon Burgess retains his seat on the city council.
