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City elections in Miami, Florida (2025)
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| Election dates |
| Filing deadline: April 25, 2025 (special) & September 20, 2025 |
| General election: June 3, 2025 (special) & November 4, 2025 Runoff election: November 18, 2025 |
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| Offices up: Mayor and city commission and city commission (special) |
| Total seats up: 4 (click here for mayoral elections) |
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| U.S. municipal elections, 2025 |
The city of Miami, Florida, is holding general elections for mayor and city commission on November 4, 2025. A runoff election is scheduled for November 18, 2025. The filing deadline for this election is September 20, 2025.
On June 26, 2025, the Miami City Commission voted to postpone these elections until 2026.[1] In a ruling on July 21, 2025, Circuit Court Judge Valerie R. Manno Schurr wrote that the commissioners' ordinance moving Miami elections to even years conflicted with the Miami-Dade County charter because changing the city's election date would require a voter referendum. The ruling means that the election will take place as scheduled.[2][3]
A special election for Miami Board of Commissioner District 4 was also scheduled for June 3, 2025. The filing deadline for this election was April 25, 2025.[4]
Click here to learn more about the city's mayoral election.
Elections
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Candidates and results
Board of Commissioners
District 4 special election
General election
Special general election for Miami Board of Commissioners District 4
Ralph Rosado defeated Jose Regalado in the special general election for Miami Board of Commissioners District 4 on June 3, 2025.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Ralph Rosado (Nonpartisan) | 55.1 | 2,939 |
 | Jose Regalado (Nonpartisan) | 44.9 | 2,391 | |
| Total votes: 5,330 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Antonio J. Diaz (Nonpartisan)
Additional elections on the ballot
- See also: Florida elections, 2025
November 4, 2025
- City elections in Hialeah, Florida (2025)
- Mayoral election in Hialeah, Florida (2025)
- Mayoral election in Miami, Florida (2025)
November 11, 2025
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About the city
- See also: Miami, Florida
Miami is a city in Miami-Dade County, Florida. As of 2020, its population was 442,241.
City government
- See also: Mayor-council government
The city of Miami uses a "mayor-city commissioner plan." In this form of municipal government, an elected board of commissioners serves as the city's primary legislative body while a mayor serves as the city's chief executive. The mayor appoints an administrative executive called a city manager to oversee day-to-day municipal operations and implement city policies.[5]
Demographics
The following table displays demographic data provided by the United States Census Bureau.
| Demographic Data for Miami, Florida | ||
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| Miami | Florida | |
| Population | 442,241 | 21,538,187 |
| Land area (sq mi) | 35 | 53,653 |
| Race and ethnicity** | ||
| White | 65.4% | 71.6% |
| Black/African American | 16% | 15.9% |
| Asian | 1.3% | 2.8% |
| Native American | 0.3% | 0.3% |
| Pacific Islander | 0% | 0.1% |
| Other (single race) | N/A | 3.3% |
| Multiple | 12.6% | 6% |
| Hispanic/Latino | 72.5% | 25.8% |
| Education | ||
| High school graduation rate | 78.3% | 88.5% |
| College graduation rate | 31.5% | 30.5% |
| Income | ||
| Median household income | $44,268 | $57,703 |
| Persons below poverty level | 21.5% | 13.3% |
| Source: population provided by U.S. Census Bureau, "Decennial Census" (2020). Other figures provided by U.S. Census Bureau, "American Community Survey" (5-year estimates 2015-2020). | ||
| **Note: Percentages for race and ethnicity may add up to more than 100 percent because respondents may report more than one race and the Hispanic/Latino ethnicity may be selected in conjunction with any race. Read more about race and ethnicity in the census here. | ||
See also
| Miami, Florida | Florida | Municipal government | Other local coverage |
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Footnotes
- ↑ NBC 6 South Florida, "Miami commissioners vote to move elections to even years, despite AG's warning," June 26, 2025
- ↑ The New York Times, "Miami Can’t Delay Its Election by a Year, Judge Rules," July 21, 2025
- ↑ CBS News, "Miami's decision to postpone 2025 election without voter approval unconstitutional, judge rules," July 21, 2025
- ↑ City of Miami, "Notice of Special Election to Elect a City Commissioner," April 18, 2025
- ↑ Miami City Charter, Sec. 4a, accessed October 22, 2014
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