2024 Miami-Dade County mayoral election

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2024 Miami-Dade County mayoral election
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Candidate Daniella Levine Cava Manny Cid Alexander Otaola
Popular vote163,59764,98533,252
Percentage57.9%23.0%11.8%
Mayor before election

Daniella Levine Cava
Democratic

Elected Mayor

Daniella Levine Cava
Democratic

The 2024 Miami-Dade County mayoral election was held on August 20, 2024, to elect the mayor of Miami-Dade County, Florida. The election was officially nonpartisan; a runoff election would have occurred on November 5, 2024, if no candidate won a majority of the vote. [1]

Contents

Incumbent Daniella Levine Cava, first elected in 2020 with 54.0% of the vote, was re-elected in a landslide. [2]

On election night, early returns and precinct-level data indicated that Levine-Cava would win every municipality except for Miami Lakes, home to her main opponent Manny Cid.

Candidates

Declared

Withdrawn

Declined

General election

Endorsements

Manny Cid

Organizations

Daniella Levine Cava

Local officials

Individuals

Labor unions

Organizations

Polling

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size [b] 		Margin
of error		Daniella
Levine Cava		Manny
Cid		Alexander
Otaola		OtherUndecided
Dark Horse Strategies (R) [22] [A] May 14, 2024474 (LV)± 5.0%41%20%6%3% [c] 29%
EMC Research [23] November 13–16, 2023348 (LV)± 4.0%66%16%15%–2%
EMC Research [24] [B] August 29 – September 2, 20231,987 (LV)± 5.2%56%12%––32%
Hypothetical polling
Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size [b] 		Margin
of error		Daniella
Levine Cava		Carlos
Giménez		Alexander
Otaola		Undecided
EMC Research [24] [B] August 29 – September 2, 20231,987 (LV)± 5.2%55%19%8%18%

Results

2024 Miami-Dade County mayoral election
CandidateVotes %
Daniella Levine Cava (incumbent)163,59757.93%
Manny Cid64,98523.01%
Alexander Otaola 33,25211.78%
Carlos Garín8,3332.95%
Shlomo Danzinger5,3001.88%
Eddy Rojas3,6081.28%
Miguel Quintero3,3131.17%
Total votes282,388 100%

Notes

  1. ↑ Shlomo Danzinger previously endorsed Levine Cava, but rescinded his endorsement after launching a campaign himself. [13]
  2. 1 2 Key:
    A – all adults
    RV – registered voters
    LV – likely voters
    V – unclear
  3. ↑ Shlomo Danzinger with 2%; "Other" with 1%

Partisan clients

  1. ↑ Poll commissioned by Cid's campaign
  2. 1 2 Poll commissioned by Levine Cava's campaign

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References

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  2. ↑ "Miami-Dade Mayor Daniella Levine Cava wins reelection". NBC 6 South Florida. August 20, 2024. Retrieved August 20, 2024.
  3. ↑ Scheckner, Jesse (March 1, 2023). "Daniella Levine Cava launches re-election campaign for Miami-Dade Mayor". Florida Politics. Retrieved May 17, 2023.
  4. ↑ Hanks, Douglas (September 1, 2023). "It's mayor versus mayor in 2024 as Levine Cava gets a GOP challenger from Miami Lakes" . Miami Herald. Archived from the original on September 7, 2023. Retrieved September 7, 2023.
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  13. ↑ Scheckner, Jesse (April 25, 2024). "Shlomo Danzinger rescinds endorsement of Miami-Dade Mayor after launching bid to unseat her". Florida Politics.
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  20. ↑ Scheckner, Jesse (August 1, 2023). "'A steadfast leader': EMILY's List backs Daniella Levine Cava for re-election as Miami-Dade Mayor". Florida Politics.
  21. ↑ Scheckner, Jesse (September 14, 2023). "Sierra Club endorses Daniella Levine Cava for re-election as Miami-Dade Mayor". Florida Politics. Retrieved October 25, 2023.
  22. ↑ Dark Horse Strategies (R)
  23. ↑ EMC Research
  24. 1 2 EMC Research
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