Election Day, South Florida and Monroe County
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HIALEAH, Fla. — Voters will take to the polls on Tuesday in Hialeah and cast their ballots for a new mayor. There are five people running in the mayoral race. They are Jackie Garcia-Roves, Bernardino “Benny” Rodriguez, Bryan Calvo, Jesus Tundidor and Marc Salvat. Garcia-Roves has been acting as Hialeah’s interim mayor for the past several months.
This Tuesday, Nov. 4, voters in several cities across South Florida will head to the polls to cast their ballots in local races.
Bryan Calvo, a former city councilman known for frequently challenging Esteban “Steve” Bovo’s policies during his tenure as Hialeah’s mayor, has won the city’s mayoral election with 52% of the vote. With 17,
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Residents will be voting for mayor in Hialeah, Miami and Miami Beach, along with new commissioners or city council members in those cities.
Police arrested a Hialeah man on a vehicular homicide charge on Thursday, days after they said the 21-year-old caused a deadly head-on crash by driving recklessly.
The Hialeah Mayor and seven Council members are elected at-large, meaning there are no districts and voters have a say in every race, regardless of where they live. Elected officials in Hialeah serve four-year terms, with Mayors limited to two consecutive terms and Council members serving no more than three consecutive terms.
Hialeah Mayor Jacqueline Garcia-Roves on Thursday denied responsibility for code violations reported by her own city’s Building and Code Compliance Department, which fined her $250 on Wednesday for additions and other changes for which there were no permits.
Roves, Hialeah’s interim mayor for about five months, is among the five candidates running for Hialeah mayor on Nov. 4.