Miami Mayor Francis Suarez is the latest Republican vying for the presidency — and the only Hispanic in the running so far.
His entry into the 2024 Republican presidential primary Thursday left many wondering how he would carve out a place in a crowded GOP field of 10 candidates, including two heavyweights from Florida.
Suarez is drawing on his background as a Cuban American whose family faced oppression under the island’s communist regime, a youthful politician who started in politics by asking Miamians to vote for his papi when his father ran for mayor, and a leader who sees his city as a “thriving city on a hill.”
