Black voters make up about 15% of Miami-Dade’s electorate, and enthusiasm from that voting bloc could be crucial to any Democratic candidate if Republicans can ride the red wave Ron DeSantis brought to the county last fall, becoming the first GOP gubernatorial candidate to win Miami-Dade in 20 years.Īlthough Muhammad gave Levine Cava credit for setting aside $8 million for violence-prevention work that will be distributed to nonprofits like COB, which provides training for Miami and Miami-Dade police as well as works to address the systemic factors of crime, the idea that police received roughly $1.3 billion of the county budget was concerning.
In Miami Gardens, the largest primarily Black city in Florida, Levine Cava took more than 80% of the vote against her Republican opponent, Esteban Bovo, now Hialeah’s mayor. Black voters were a key part of the Levine Cava coalition that made her Miami-Dade’s first female mayor in 2020 and the first Democrat elected to the office since Alex Penelas won reelection in 2000.
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