Joshua Ceballos

Higgins ran on bread-and-butter issues at the local level.

Affordability, transit, protecting the local environment.

But she also made certain knots to more national and statewide issues like

protecting the LGBTQ plus community and being a home for migrants.

Gonzalez has not held elected office, so there wasn't a legislative record he could point to.

But his platform included rolling back property taxes, which is a line that local Republicans in Florida have been pushing.

The ballroom of the Miami Women's Club shook with a throng of supporters chanting for Mayor-elect Eileen Higgins.

Higgins' victory marks the first time in nearly three decades that a Democrat will hold the mayor's seat in Republican-dominated Miami.

Laura Kelly is chair of the Miami-Dade County Democratic Party, and she sees the result as a major shift after the 2024 election cycle.

President Trump endorsed Higgins' opponent, Emilio Gonzalez, who lost by 19 percentage points.

For NPR News, I'm Joshua Ceballos in Miami.