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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Richard Luscombe

A Democratic mayor for Miami is not just Trump backlash – it’s a seismic shift

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Eileen Higgins at her election night party at the Miami Woman's Club, on Tuesday in Miami, Florida. Photograph: Joe Raedle/Getty Images

Miami’s new mayor, Eileen Higgins, hailed it as “a new day” for the city after the Democrat ended three decades of Republican rule on Tuesday night in a stunning election triumph.

In reality, the result is more of a seismic shifting of sands given the magnitude of her victory over the Donald Trump-backed Republican candidate, Emilio González, in the most populous city in Miami-Dade county, which the president won in 2024 by 12%.

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