Stop me if you've heard this before: a Democratic woman wins a major post in a place that had been trending towards the GOP by campaigning on affordability It happened in New Jersey and Virginia gubernatorial contests in November. It came closer than expected to happening in a deep-red Tennessee congressional district's special election on last week. And on Tuesday it happened again in Republican-controlled Florida, with a Democrat easily becoming mayor of Miami after 28 years of Republicans in that position.
Higgins, who was backed by the Democratic National Committee, is also the first woman to be elected mayor of Miami. Zoom in: Higgins and González both ran on anti-corruption platforms following years of political scandal and dysfunction in city government.
