Election Campaigns

Indict North Miami Mayor Andre Pierre

Five Presidential Candidates and the Pop Songs They Stole for the Campaign Trail

Whitesnake aficionado Mitt Romney.​Mitt Romney's bid for the U.S. presidency was off to a rousing start last week with '80s hair-metal frontman David Coverdale going in on the Republican presidential hopeful. Turns out Romney used Whitesnake's "Here I Go Again" at his campaign kickoff rally withou ... More >>

How Luther Campbell will win

Whitesnake aficionado Mitt Romney.​Mitt Romney's bid for the U.S. presidency was off to a rousing start last week with '80s hair-metal frontman David Coverdale going in on the Republican presidential hopeful. Turns out Romney used Whitesnake's "Here I Go Again" at his campaign kickoff rally withou ... More >>

James Cason Elected Coral Gables Mayor Thanks To New Times

Michael McElroy​We're gonna go ahead and take credit for James Cason's victory in Coral Gables yesterday. Voters in the City Beautiful made the former state department official their mayor. He beat incumbent Don Slesnick and local attorney Thomas Korge. Despite a last minute flier declaring him a ... More >>

Openly Gay Jesse Walters Wins Miami Shores Council Seat After Slurs Deface His Campaign Signs

​Jesse Walters has joined the small but growing ranks of openly gay elected officeholders in Miami-Dade. Walters edged out incumbent Prospero G. Herrera II in yesterday's election and joins the likes of North Miami councilman Scott Galvin and Miami Beach Commissioner Michael Gongora as an openly g ... More >>

Marco Rubio Appears on Cover of Time With Republicans Who Make Him Seem Downright Normal

​Why, yes, that is Marco Rubio peering at you from the latest cover of Time magazine. Unlike yesterday's tea bagger beefcake calendar, the cover is for real. Rubio takes one of four special-edition covers that feature some of the most talked-about Republican candidates from across the country, and ... More >>

Dwyane Wade Endorses Kendrick Meek

​Going into the final days of the election Democrat Kendrick Meek needs something huge to propel his senate campaign to victory. Getting Miami Heat superstar Dwyane Wade to send out a fundraising letter on his behalf may not be enough, but it certainly can't hurt (assuming Orlando Magic fans don't ... More >>

Joe Garcia is Leading David Rivera in District 25, Says Democratic Poll

​Conventional wisdom says that the 2010 midterm elections are supposed to be tough for Democrats. There's already some conservative pundits who think that Republicans taking over the house is a done deal. Of course, national conventional political wisdom doesn't always translate to Miami-Dade, and ... More >>

Miami Herald Recommends Two Deadbeats for Elected Office

The Miami Herald recommends the fiscally irresponsible duo, Joe Celestin and Kevin Burns​With the primary election six days away, undecided voters usually turn to the Miami Herald's editorial board to help them decide who is the best candidate for the job. Unfortunately, Miami's only daily failed ... More >>

City Workers Stumping For Willy Gort Accused of Shenanigans

An election in Allapattah means accusations of monkey business abound.Provided by District 1 Candidate Michael SuarezCity of Miami employee Angel Gonzalez allegedly strolling the hallways of an apartment complex stumping for Willy Gort while on the taxpayer's dime.​Mike Suarez, one of nine candida ... More >>

Sinthyia Darkness Wants to Be Miami's First Goth Mayor

via Sinthyia's YoutubeWe wanted to find a better picture, but this one is quite paranormal and fitting, no? Last week, a new candidate entered Miami's mayoral race on a platform of health-care reform and mosquito control. Riptide isn't sure if running on those issues alone will win a mayoral race, b ... More >>

End of the Diaz-Balart Dynasty

The Republican brothers are headed for defeat, and Cuban-American politics will change forever.

We Believe the Children Are Our Future

The Republican brothers are headed for defeat, and Cuban-American politics will change forever.

Yo Quiero In!

Bail bondsman Mike Suarez aims to unseat Angel Gonzalez

Midgets, Rats, and Votes

This mayor's race has some crazy weirdness. Que dulce!

The D Word

Say anything you want, but just don't call them Democrats

MAYOR X

There are good reasons to vote August 31, but the county mayor's race isn't one of them. Here are five reasons why.

Democratic Mayor or Republican Mayor?

The county mayor's race is nonpartisan -- on the surface

Miguel and the Money Man

Norman Braman joins the Diaz de la Portilla mayoral campaign -- despite that unpleasant gay-rights thing

In Hialeah Every Vote Counts

Especially if you're elderly and live in the city's public housing

Money, Politics, and Cuba

The Federal Election Commission has a few questions for an influential Miami political action committee

Letters from the Issue of November 8, 2001

Three Stupid Screwballs: What do you expect when you spit in the eye of a wounded nation?

That Old Familiar Face

When you hear the name Maurice Ferré, what comes to mind? Something positive? Negative? Anything at all?

The Secret Flush Fund

Investigators have a question for Miriam Alonso: Where'd the money go?

True Colors

Alex Penelas gets in touch with the inner Alex Penelas

Rhinestone Crusader

Dead Elvis at Sunrise promises morning in America

The Team's Dreams

The attorneys who represented Elian's Miami relatives may have a political future

DeFede

A .22-Caliber Mayor with .357-Magnum Ambitions

DeFede

Brothers to the Rescue

Portrait of an Upset

Johnny Winton used anti-incumbent backlash, new district boundaries, and plenty of cash to knock off J.L. Plummer

Not for Sale ... Exactly

Mayoral hopeful Marty Shapiro bills himself as the anti-development candidate for Miami Beach. Problem is, he's not.

Cybersleuth

How a former FBI agent with a yen for computers became one of the most powerful men in Miami

If the Suits Fit

The mayor of Hialeah Gardens has a taste for vulgarity, revenge -- and for costing the city big bucks in legal fees

Meet the Candidate, Now Call Your Attorney

The mayor of Hialeah Gardens has a taste for vulgarity, revenge -- and for costing the city big bucks in legal fees

Absentee Ethics

That thoughtful Diaz de la Portilla boy has found a way to help out voters. What a guy!

Empire of the Son

With plenty of help from mama Carrie, Kendrick Meek is hoping to upset long-time State Sen. Bill Turner

He Made Dade

Battling cancer, veteran pol Dante Fascell talks of war, Cuba, and a lifetime of putting Miami on the map

He Got Lame

Battling cancer, veteran pol Dante Fascell talks of war, Cuba, and a lifetime of putting Miami on the map

The Candidate

Xavier Suarez on the campaign trail: A pair of fifteen-dollar shoes and cures for all Miami's ills

A Race About Race

If Humberto Hernandez has it his way, Miami's only black commissioner, Rev. Richard Dunn, will be history

The Ethnic Chopping Block

To win the most important election in Dade County history, the top mayoral candidates have hacked the voting public to pieces

The Commish

She's naive. She lacks experience. She's too "nice" to survive in Dade's policitical jungle. So why is Katy Sorenson so dangerous?

Burke Besieged

The Florida Elections Commission and the Florida Bar. Maybe the FBI, too. For a man who won automatic re-election, Metro Commissioner James Burke seems to have a lot of explaining to do.

The Case of the Invisible Candidate

, The 107th District state House race provides a mystery worthy of Dashiell Hammett

Hugh Had to Be There

He's inexperienced. He's hefty. He's the First Brother-in-Law. And he's coming soon to a ballot near you.

The Young Warriors

He's inexperienced. He's hefty. He's the First Brother-in-Law. And he's coming soon to a ballot near you.

The Jockeying Club

Dade County Commissioner Sherman Winn hasn't even announced whether he'll retire, but ambitious politicos are already lining up for battle

Sore Winner

Bruce Kaplan won his county commission race this past spring, but don't look for him when hey're handing out the Mr. Nice Guy awards

Hillary Clinton Feature

Bruce Kaplan won his county commission race this past spring, but don't look for him when hey're handing out the Mr. Nice Guy awards

Anatomy of a Defeat

Bruce Kaplan won his county commission race this past spring, but don't look for him when hey're handing out the Mr. Nice Guy awards