Your guide to Miami's November elections
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Election Day is on Tuesday. Voters will be picking a new Miami Beach mayor and deciding the political future of a suspended Miami commissioner arrested on corruption charges.
What's happening: Five cities and towns across Miami-Dade County are holding elections Nov. 7 as residents choose new local leaders and set government policy.
- Miami, Miami Beach, Hialeah, Homestead and Surfside are holding elections Tuesday.
How to vote: Miami, Miami Beach and Hialeah offer early voting through Nov. 5 at announced polling locations.
- Homestead offers early voting through Nov. 4.
- Surfside is not offering early voting.
- If you wait for Election Day, you must go to your assigned polling place to vote. Bring your ID.
- On Election Day, polls will be open from 7am–7pm.
What we're watching: Will voters re-elect suspended Miami Commissioner Alex Díaz de la Portilla, who was arrested on corruption charges in September?
- Even if Díaz de la Portilla beats his four challengers in the District 1 race, Gov. Ron DeSantis could suspend him from office again. (Díaz de la Portilla has denied the charges and pleaded not guilty.)
- District 1 encompasses Allapattah, Flagami, Grapeland Heights, the Health District and parts of Little Havana, according to the Miami Herald.
- The other candidates are Miguel Angel Gabela, Francisco "Frank" Pichel, Mercedes "Merci" Rodriguez and Marvin Tapia.
What else: Miami's District 2 and 4 commission seats are also up for grabs, as incumbent commissioners Sabina Covo and Manolo Reyes look to retain their positions.
In Miami Beach, voters will elect a new mayor for the first time in six years, as term limits prevent Mayor Dan Gelber from running again.
- The race is between former City Commissioner Michael Gongora, former Commissioner and ex-state Rep. Mike Grieco, current City Commissioner Steven Meiner and former MTV International CEO Bill Roedy.
- Voters will also elect three new commissioners.
Hialeah is holding city council elections in Groups I and IV.
- Incumbent council members Monica Nicole Perez and Vivian Casáls-Muñoz look to retain their seats.
Homestead has four city council seats up for grabs.
- Incumbent council members Sean L. Fletcher and Larry Roth are running for re-election while the other two seats are open.
In Surfside, voters will consider five ballot questions, including removing limitations on town indebtedness and extending terms in office for elected officials.