Hialeah is a city in Miami-Dade County,Florida,United States. With a population of 223,109 as of the 2020 census,Hialeah is the sixth-largest city in Florida. It is the second largest city by population in the Miami metropolitan area of South Florida,which was home to an estimated 6,198,782 people at the 2018 census. It is located west-northwest of Miami,and is one of a few places in the county—others being Homestead,Miami Beach,Surfside,Bal Harbour,Sunny Isles Beach,and Golden Beach—to have its own street grid numbered separately from the rest of the county.
Alexander Penelas is an American attorney who is the former mayor of Miami-Dade County,Florida.
Xavier Louis Suarez is an American politician who was the first Cuban-born mayor of Miami and was a Miami-Dade county commissioner.
RenéGarcía is a Republican politician from Florida. He has served on the Miami-Dade County Commission since 2020,representing the Hialeah area. He previously served in the Florida House of Representatives from 2000 to 2008 and in the Florida Senate from 2010 to 2018.
Carlos Antonio Giménez is a Cuban-born American retired firefighter and politician serving as the U.S. representative for Florida's 28th congressional district. He was redistricted from Florida's 26th congressional district in 2022. A Republican,he served as mayor of Miami-Dade County from 2011 to 2020. He served as a Miami-Dade County Commissioner from 2003 to 2011,and was the fire chief of the City of Miami Fire Department.
The 2011 Hialeah mayoral election was held on Tuesday,November 1,2011,in Hialeah,Florida. Acting Mayor Carlos Hernandez,who became mayor in 2011 when his predecessor,Julio Robaina,left office in May 2011 to pursue an unsuccessful bid for Mayor of Miami-Dade County,sought a full term. Four candidates contested the election. The election was officially nonpartisan.
JoséR. Oliva is an American Republican politician from Florida. He served in the Florida House of Representatives,representing the Hialeah and Miami Lakes area in northern Miami-Dade County from 2011 to 2020. He was speaker of the House during his last term in office from 2018 to 2020.
Manny Díaz Jr. is an American politician serving as the 28th Education Commissioner of Florida. A Republican,Díaz was a member of the Florida Senate from 2018 to 2022,representing the 36th district,which encompasses the Hialeah area in northwest Miami-Dade County. He also served three terms in the Florida House of Representatives from 2012 to 2018,which encompassed parts of Hialeah and Northwest Miami-Dade County,Florida.
Bryan Avila is an American Republican politician who currently serves as a member of the Florida Senate,representing the 39th District. He previously served in the Florida House of Representatives,representing the 111th District,which includes parts of Miami and Hialeah in northeastern Miami-Dade County,since 2014. Avila will be term limited in 2022 and has announced his intention to run for Miami Dade County commission district 6.
Jean Monestime is an American politician,real estate businessman and member of the Miami-Dade County Commission since 2010. He is the first Haitian-American to serve as a Miami-Dade County commissioner,as well as the first to chair the commission. Monestime represents District 2 in northeast Miami-Dade County,which incorporates portions of North Miami,North Miami Beach and Biscayne Gardens,as well as the Miami neighborhoods of Little Haiti and Liberty City.
The 2011 Miami-Dade County mayoral special election took place on May 24,2011 and June 28,2011 after the recall of County Mayor Carlos Álvarez earlier that year. After a May 24 first round,former County Commissioner Carlos A. Giménez narrowly defeated Hialeah Mayor Julio Robaina in a June 28 runoff. The election was officially nonpartisan.
Michael Christopher Grieco is an American attorney and politician. A Democrat,Grieco served in the Florida House of Representatives from 2018 to 2022,representing the 113th district.
The 2022 Florida gubernatorial election was held on November 8,2022,to elect the governor of Florida,alongside other state and local elections. Incumbent Republican Governor Ron DeSantis won re-election in a landslide and defeated the Democratic Party nominee,Charlie Crist,who served as governor of Florida from 2007 to 2011 as a Republican and later as an independent. No Democrat has been elected governor of Florida since 1994.
The 2020 Miami-Dade County mayoral election was held on November 3,2020,to determine the mayor of Miami-Dade County,Florida. County Commissioner Daniella Levine Cava defeated fellow commissioner Esteban Bovo. Incumbent Mayor Carlos A. Giménez,first elected in 2011,was term-limited;instead running for the U.S. House of Representatives to represent Florida's 26th congressional district.
Daniella Levine Cava is an American lawyer,social worker,and politician who has served as the mayor of Miami-Dade County,Florida since 2020. Previously,she was a Miami-Dade County Commissioner from 2014 until her election as mayor in 2020. She handily won re-election in 2024. She is the first woman and the first person of Jewish descent to serve as mayor of Miami-Dade County.
The 2022 Florida Commissioner of Agriculture election was held on November 8,2022,to elect the Florida Commissioner of Agriculture. Incumbent Democratic Commissioner of Agriculture Nikki Fried was eligible to run for a second term,but she instead ran for governor of Florida in 2022. Republican Wilton Simpson won the election with over 59% of the vote. Simpson's victory gave Republicans complete control of state government for the first time since Reconstruction.
The 1996 Metro-Dade County mayoral election took place on September 1,1996. It was the first election in the Metro Dade County area since the election of Stephen P. Clark. The election pitted various well-known and popular figures in the Miami-Dade area. Maurice Ferre and Xavier Suarez and former rivals in the 1987 Miami Mayor race,Arthur Teele and young former Hialeah City Councilman Alex Penelas along with several other minor candidates. County Commissioners Arthur Teele and Alex Penelas went on to the run-off. Penelas's victory made him the first Cuban-American mayor in Dade County and as of 2020,the only Democrat Cuban-American. Penelas also has the distinction of being the youngest mayor elected in Miami Dade County history at the age of 34. Arthur Teele was the first African American man to run for Dade County mayor.
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.
Alina Garcia is a Republican member of the Florida House of Representatives.
