The city has a relatively small population of about 500,000 people, and the mayor’s. Miami voters elected eileen higgins as mayor in a rout on tuesday, choosing a democrat to lead the city for the first time in almost 30 years in a race that democrats hope sets a precedent for the. Democrat eileen higgins has won the miami mayoral race, nbc news projects, giving the party control of the office for the first time in almost three decades in another victory for democrats ahead. Eileen higgins clinched victory in miami’s mayoral runoff election, according to multiple reports, marking the first democrat to win the office in almost 30 years and the first woman ever.
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