2024 Miami-Dade County mayoral election

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2024 Miami-Dade County mayoral election
Flag of Miami-Dade County, Florida.svg
  2020 August 20, 2024
Officially nonpartisan
2028 
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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. [3]

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Withdrawn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) [23] [A] May 14, 2024474 (LV)± 5.0%41%20%6%3% [c] 29%
EMC Research [24] November 13–16, 2023348 (LV)± 4.0%66%16%15%2%
EMC Research [25] [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 [25] [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 Shlomo Danzinger previously endorsed Levine Cava, but rescinded his endorsement after launching a campaign himself. [14]
  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

References

  1. "Election Calendar (2024)". miamidade.gov.
  2. "Miami-Dade Mayor Daniella Levine Cava wins reelection". NBC 6 South Florida. August 20, 2024. Retrieved August 20, 2024.
  3. Hanks, Douglas (August 26, 2024). "Did your city vote for Daniella Levine Cava in the Miami-Dade mayor race? Take a look". Miami Herald. Archived from the original on August 22, 2024. Retrieved August 30, 2025.
  4. Scheckner, Jesse (March 1, 2023). "Daniella Levine Cava launches re-election campaign for Miami-Dade Mayor". Florida Politics. Retrieved May 17, 2023.
  5. 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.
  6. 1 2 Scheckner, Jesse (April 23, 2024). "Shlomo Danzinger, Surfside's recently supplanted Mayor, seeks Miami-Dade's top elected job". Florida Politics . Retrieved April 23, 2024.
  7. 1 2 3 4 Scheckner, Jesse (February 20, 2024). "Firefighters union, Teamsters back Daniella Levine Cava for re-election as Miami-Dade Mayor". Florida Politics . Retrieved February 20, 2024.
  8. "He's a conservative Cuban-American YouTube star. Now he's running for Miami-Dade mayor". Miami Herald. April 20, 2023.
  9. 1 2 Scheckner, Jesse (July 23, 2024). "Associated Builders and Contractors chapter endorses Manny Cid for Miami-Dade Mayor". Florida Politics . Retrieved July 24, 2024.
  10. "6 seeking vacant state House 107 seat". South Florida Times . February 8, 2024. Retrieved August 20, 2024.
  11. Hanks, Douglas (March 1, 2023). "Which Republicans could challenge Mayor Daniella Levine Cava in Miami-Dade in 2024?". Miami Herald . Retrieved May 17, 2023.
  12. Scheckner, Jesse (July 9, 2024). "'Manny will put residents first': Miami Young Republicans back Manny Cid for county Mayor". Florida Politics . Retrieved July 24, 2024.
  13. 1 2 3 Scheckner, Jesse (September 6, 2023). "25 city Mayors endorse Daniella Levine Cava for re-election as Miami-Dade Mayor". Florida Politics. Retrieved September 7, 2023.
  14. Scheckner, Jesse (April 25, 2024). "Shlomo Danzinger rescinds endorsement of Miami-Dade Mayor after launching bid to unseat her". Florida Politics.
  15. Scheckner, Jesse (February 7, 2024). "'That's my girl': Uncle Luke backs Daniella Levine Cava for re-election as Miami-Dade Mayor". Florida Politics. Retrieved February 12, 2024.
  16. 1 2 Scheckner, Jesse (October 25, 2023). "Equality Florida Action PAC backs Daniella Levine Cava for re-election as Miami-Dade Mayor". Florida Politics.
  17. Scheckner, Jesse (December 6, 2023). "Daniella Levine Cava again scores endorsement from SEIU Florida". Florida Politics.
  18. Scheckner, Jesse (November 14, 2023). "Service workers union backs 'fearless' Daniella Levine Cava for re-election as Miami-Dade Mayor". Florida Politics. Retrieved December 6, 2023.
  19. Scheckner, Jesse (September 4, 2023). "South Florida AFL-CIO backs Daniella Levine Cava for re-election as Miami-Dade Mayor". Florida Politics. Retrieved September 7, 2023.
  20. Scheckner, Jesse (September 22, 2023). "Service workers union backs 'true partner' Daniella Levine Cava for re-election as Miami-Dade Mayor". Florida Politics.
  21. Scheckner, Jesse (August 1, 2023). "'A steadfast leader': EMILY's List backs Daniella Levine Cava for re-election as Miami-Dade Mayor". Florida Politics.
  22. Scheckner, Jesse (September 14, 2023). "Sierra Club endorses Daniella Levine Cava for re-election as Miami-Dade Mayor". Florida Politics. Retrieved October 25, 2023.
  23. Dark Horse Strategies (R)
  24. EMC Research
  25. 1 2 EMC Research