Bones McCoy wrote: ↑Thu Nov 27, 2025 8:46 pm On a lighter (but gross) note.
Today I learned that the Thanksgiving turkey is deep-fried.
MIAMI — Former Miami-Dade County Commissioner Eileen Higgins is heading to the Miami mayor’s office, becoming the first Democrat elected to the position in 28 years. And Democrats in Florida and nationwide are exuberant over the results.
Higgins easily defeated Republican Emilio Gonzalez to become the city’s first woman mayor, with Sunshine State Democrats predicting it was just the beginning of brighter days ahead after multiple cycles of statewide woe at the ballot box.
Higgins campaign adviser Christian Ulvert said the victory showed voters wanted to get back to uniting communities and addressing kitchen-table issues.
“We have a plus-five registration advantage in Miami, but we over-performed to an 8 point turnout advantage — that shows it can be done,” Ulvert said from Higgins’ victory party at the Miami Women’s Club in Edgewater. “It also reinforces what Commissioner Higgins has been saying all along: When you show up and get the work done, voters stand up and stand with you every day.”
Higgins’ campaign is likely to be studied carefully by other Democratic hopefuls in Florida. She ran not on social justice or culture war issues, but on improving affordability and making government work better. She agreed with Republicans that the city’s finances needed a careful look.
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