Local Politics

Florida Democratic Party leaders have elected former Miami Mayor Manny Diaz as the state’s new party chair

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi plans on bringing forward articles of impeachment Monday, hoping to remove President Donald Trump before he leaves office on Jan. 20. Earlier this week, President Trump incited a mob of his supporters to storm the Capitol to disrupt the peaceful transfer of power, as lawmakers were certifying the Electoral College votes o...

Florida Senator Rick Scott released a statement urging Donald Trump to attend the inauguration of Joe Biden after the president tweeted that he would not be in attendance.

Members of the United States Senate and House of Representatives will vote Wednesday to accept or reject the results of the Electoral College, won by President-elect Joe Biden during the November election. Outgoing President Donald Trump continues to pressure Republican lawmakers to overturn the decision made by American voters.  Key Florida R...

Florida’s  29 Electoral College voters were cast for President Donald during a ceremony in the Senate chamber

Miami-Dade County commissioners appointed a new commissioner for District 8, filling a seat which was vacated by current county mayor Daniella Levine Cava last month. In a vote of 10 to 1, commissioners appointed Danielle Cohen Higgins to take control of District 8, which covers parts of Cutler Bay and Homestead. Current Miami-Dade Mayor Daniella L...

Investigators are now looking into the razor-thin Florida State Senate District 37 election in Miami-Dade after Republican Illeana Garcia defeated incumbent Democrat Sen. Jose Javier Rodriguez in a recount by 34 votes.

The Trump campaign and Republican supporters have filed at least 30 election lawsuits in six states according to NBC News. Twelve cases remain active, and 18 cases have been dismissed or settled. Courts have not recognized any allegation of fraud. On Tuesday, President Trump’s lawyers fought with the State of Pennsylvania in Federal Court, trying t...

Miami-Dade County got a new mayor Tuesday, and for the first time in history a female took control of what some call the “second most powerful political position” in the state of Florida. Daniella Levine Cava was sworn in during a ceremony, two weeks after her win over Esteban “Steve” Bovo on Election Day. The mayor-elect ha...

Attorney Steve Geller has been chosen as the next mayor of Broward County. Geller, who had been serving as vice mayor and District 5 commissioner, was the unanimous choice of commissioners during a meeting Tuesday. The 62-year-old Geller said one of his first acts as mayor was to send a letter to Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis requesting a statewide mas...

Less than one week before she officially is sworn in as Miami-Dade County’s new mayor, Daniella Levine Cava has announced the first hire of her new administration. Levine Cava announced Johanna Cervone as her first Chief of Staff, appointing Cervone noting her years of experience in campaigns at both the local and national level. “As we get t...

As the votes are recounted in the race for Florida State Senate District 37, the mystery remains — who and where is third party candidate Alex Rodriguez?

The recount of the narrow Florida State Senate District 37 race began Tuesday and will continue into Wednesday, with just a few dozen votes separating the two candidates. Democrat Jose Javier Rodriguez has held the seat, which stretches from Miami to Key Biscayne to Cutler Bay, since 2016. But now he’s facing tough competition from Republican...