2024 Miami-Dade County mayoral election

The 2024 Miami-Dade County mayoral election was held on August 20, 2024, to elect the mayor of Miami-Dade County, Florida. The election was officially nonpartisan; a runoff election would have occurred on November 5, 2024 if no candidate won a majority of the vote.^[1]

2024 Miami-Dade County mayoral election

← 2020 August 20, 2024 Officially nonpartisan 2028 →

Candidate Daniella Levine Cava Manny Cid Alexander Otaola Popular vote 163,597 64,985 33,252 Percentage 57.9% 23.0% 11.8%

Mayor before election Daniella Levine Cava Democratic Elected Mayor Daniella Levine Cava Democratic

Incumbent Daniella Levine Cava, first elected in 2020 with 54.0% of the vote, was re-elected in a landslide.^[2]

On election night, early returns and precinct-level data indicated that Levine-Cava would win every municipality except for Miami Lakes, home to her main opponent Manny Cid.

Candidates

Declared

• Daniella Levine Cava, incumbent mayor (2020–present) (party preference: Democratic)^[3]
• Manny Cid, mayor of Miami Lakes (2016–present) (party preference: Republican)^[4]
• Carlos Garín, actor and candidate for Florida's 28th congressional district in 2022 (party preference: Republican)^[5]
• Alexander Otaola, social media influencer and activist (party preference: Republican)^[6]
• Miguel Quintero, trapeze artist (party preference: Libertarian)^[7]
• Eddy Rojas, cargo and transportation executive (party preference: Independent)^[5]
• Shlomo Danzinger, former mayor of Surfside (party preference: Republican)^[8]

Withdrawn

• Monique Barley, business consultant, daughter of former state representative Roy Hardemon, and candidate for mayor in 2020 (party preference: Democratic)^[8] (ran for state house)^[9]

Declined

• Jeanette Nuñez, Lieutenant Governor of Florida (2019–present) (party preference: Republican)^[10]

General election

Endorsements

Manny Cid

Organizations

• Associated Builders and Contractors Florida East Coast^[7]
• Miami Young Republicans^[11]

Daniella Levine Cava

Local officials

• Javier Fernandez, mayor of South Miami^[12]
• Dan Gelber, mayor of Miami Beach^[12]
• 22 other mayors^[a][12]

Individuals

• Uncle Luke, rapper^[14]

Labor unions

• American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees Florida^[15]
• Metro Dade Firefighters (IAFF Local 1403)^[5]
• Service Employees International Union Florida and SEIU 32BJ^[16][17]
• South Florida AFL–CIO^[18]
• Teamsters Local 769^[5]
• UNITE HERE Local 355^[19]

Organizations

• EMILY's List^[20]
• Equality Florida Action PAC^[15]
• Sierra Club^[21]

Polling

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size[b]	Margin of error	Daniella Levine Cava	Manny Cid	Alexander Otaola	Other	Undecided
Dark Horse Strategies (R)[A]	May 14, 2024	474 (LV)	± 5.0%	41%	20%	6%	3%[c]	29%
EMC Research	November 13–16, 2023	348 (LV)	± 4.0%	66%	16%	15%	–	2%
EMC Research[B]	August 29 – September 2, 2023	1,987 (LV)	± 5.2%	56%	12%	–	–	32%

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size[b]	Margin of error	Daniella Levine Cava	Carlos Giménez	Alexander Otaola	Undecided
EMC Research[B]	August 29 – September 2, 2023	1,987 (LV)	± 5.2%	55%	19%	8%	18%

Hypothetical polling

Results

2024 Miami-Dade County mayoral election

Candidate		Votes	%
Daniella Levine Cava (incumbent)		163,597	57.93%
Manny Cid		64,985	23.01%
Alexander Otaola		33,252	11.78%
Carlos Garín		8,333	2.95%
Shlomo Danzinger		5,300	1.88%
Eddy Rojas		3,608	1.28%
Miguel Quintero		3,313	1.17%
Total votes		282,388	100%

Notes

1. Shlomo Danzinger previously endorsed Levine Cava, but rescinded his endorsement after launching a campaign himself.^[13]
2. Key:
   A – all adults
   RV – registered voters
   LV – likely voters
   V – unclear
3. Shlomo Danzinger with 2%; "Other" with 1%

Partisan clients

1. Poll commissioned by Cid's campaign
2. Poll commissioned by Levine Cava's campaign

References

1. "Election Calendar (2024)". miamidade.gov.
2. "Miami-Dade Mayor Daniella Levine Cava wins reelection". NBC 6 South Florida. August 20, 2024. Retrieved August 20, 2024.
3. Scheckner, Jesse (March 1, 2023). "Daniella Levine Cava launches re-election campaign for Miami-Dade Mayor". Florida Politics. Retrieved May 17, 2023.
4. Hanks, Douglas (September 1, 2023). "It's mayor versus mayor in 2024 as Levine Cava gets a GOP challenger from Miami Lakes". Miami Herald. Archived from the original on September 7, 2023. Retrieved September 7, 2023.
5. Scheckner, Jesse (February 20, 2024). "Firefighters union, Teamsters back Daniella Levine Cava for re-election as Miami-Dade Mayor". Florida Politics. Retrieved February 20, 2024.
6. "He's a conservative Cuban-American YouTube star. Now he's running for Miami-Dade mayor". Miami Herald. April 20, 2023.
7. Scheckner, Jesse (July 23, 2024). "Associated Builders and Contractors chapter endorses Manny Cid for Miami-Dade Mayor". Florida Politics. Retrieved July 24, 2024.
8. Scheckner, Jesse (April 23, 2024). "Shlomo Danzinger, Surfside's recently supplanted Mayor, seeks Miami-Dade's top elected job". Florida Politics. Retrieved April 23, 2024.
9. "6 seeking vacant state House 107 seat". South Florida Times. February 8, 2024. Retrieved August 20, 2024.
10. Hanks, Douglas (March 1, 2023). "Which Republicans could challenge Mayor Daniella Levine Cava in Miami-Dade in 2024?". Miami Herald. Retrieved May 17, 2023.
11. Scheckner, Jesse (July 9, 2024). "'Manny will put residents first': Miami Young Republicans back Manny Cid for county Mayor". Florida Politics. Retrieved July 24, 2024.
12. Scheckner, Jesse (September 6, 2023). "25 city Mayors endorse Daniella Levine Cava for re-election as Miami-Dade Mayor". Florida Politics. Retrieved September 7, 2023.
13. Scheckner, Jesse (April 25, 2024). "Shlomo Danzinger rescinds endorsement of Miami-Dade Mayor after launching bid to unseat her". Florida Politics.
14. Scheckner, Jesse (February 7, 2024). "'That's my girl': Uncle Luke backs Daniella Levine Cava for re-election as Miami-Dade Mayor". Florida Politics. Retrieved February 12, 2024.
15. Scheckner, Jesse (October 25, 2023). "Equality Florida Action PAC backs Daniella Levine Cava for re-election as Miami-Dade Mayor". Florida Politics.
16. Scheckner, Jesse (December 6, 2023). "Daniella Levine Cava again scores endorsement from SEIU Florida". Florida Politics.
17. Scheckner, Jesse (November 14, 2023). "Service workers union backs 'fearless' Daniella Levine Cava for re-election as Miami-Dade Mayor". Florida Politics. Retrieved December 6, 2023.
18. Scheckner, Jesse (September 4, 2023). "South Florida AFL-CIO backs Daniella Levine Cava for re-election as Miami-Dade Mayor". Florida Politics. Retrieved September 7, 2023.
19. Scheckner, Jesse (September 22, 2023). "Service workers union backs 'true partner' Daniella Levine Cava for re-election as Miami-Dade Mayor". Florida Politics.
20. Scheckner, Jesse (August 1, 2023). "'A steadfast leader': EMILY's List backs Daniella Levine Cava for re-election as Miami-Dade Mayor". Florida Politics.
21. Scheckner, Jesse (September 14, 2023). "Sierra Club endorses Daniella Levine Cava for re-election as Miami-Dade Mayor". Florida Politics. Retrieved October 25, 2023.