Democrat Eileen Higgins broke a nearly 30-year losing streak to win Miami mayor race, defeating Republican Emilio González in a closely watched runoff election.

National Democrats have deployed resources for County Commissioner Eileen Higgins, while Mr. Trump has endorsed former City Manager Emilio Gonzalez.

Florida Democrats say recent election wins show the party gaining momentum. But Republican leaders are projecting confidence going into the midterms.

Higgins near 20-point advantage against Trump-endorsed González signals a potential shakeup for the 2026 midterms.

A string of election victories on Tuesday has Democrats bullish about the midterm elections, leading them to expand their target map for 2026. In an upset win, the party flipped the Miami mayorship blue for the first time in nearly three decades,

MIAMI — After Democrat Eileen Higgins won the Miami mayor’s race on Tuesday, her campaign adviser sent a memo boasting the election created a “renewed sense of Democratic momentum across Florida and the country” — and predicted Democrats would be “supercharged with enthusiasm going into 2026.”

After dying unheard last Session, a revived bill by Tallahassee Democratic Rep. Allison Tant that would give teeth to Florida’s rules on party affiliation in elections just cleared its first House hurdle.

Higgins and González advanced to a runoff after a blanket primary in November after no candidate won at least 50% of the vote. Higgins finished atop the 13-candidate field with 36% of the vote to González’s 19%, and the top two Democratic candidates combined for a majority of the vote.

More than 30 people say they want to be Florida’s next governor, including 10 Republicans, 8 Democrats, members of the Libertarian and Constitution parties and a partridge in a pear tree.

Davis has somehow managed to build his entire campaign on a lie — and he’s been so committed to the performance he even managed to fool ActBlue, the nation’s Democratic fundraising platform. That alone deserves some kind of participation trophy for creativity.