Graciela Solares
Graciela "Grace" Solares was a 2015 nonpartisan candidate for District 2 of the Miami City Council in Florida. Graciela Solares lost the general election on November 3, 2015.
Biography
Solares is a paralegal and firm administrator at Carroll & Associates, P.A. She previously served on the Miami Roads Neighborhood Civic Association.[1][2]
Elections
2015
- See also: Miami, Florida municipal elections, 2015
The city of Miami, Florida, held elections for the city council on November 3, 2015. A runoff took place on November 17, 2015. The filing deadline for candidates who wished to run in this election was September 19, 2015. In the race for District 2, Ken Russell and Teresa Sarnoff advanced past Graciela Solares, Mike R. Simpson, Rosa Palomino, Seth Sklarey, Lorry Woods, Williams Armbrister Sr., Javier Gonzalez in the general election. Russell and Sarnoff advanced to the runoff election. Sarnoff conceded the race to Russell on November 5, but did not officially withdraw from the race. "I did not engage in negative campaigning and do not condone negative campaigning," she said.[3] On November 10, she officially withdrew. Hours later, the city attorney stated that the runoff could not be cancelled but votes for Sarnoff would not be counted.[4][5][6]
| Miami City Council District 2, General election, 2015 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
 Ken Russell |
41.3% | 2,727 |
| Teresa Sarnoff |
23.5% | 1,553 |
| Graciela Solares | 22.2% | 1,467 |
| Javier Gonzalez | 4.2% | 278 |
| Lorry Woods | 3.4% | 224 |
| Rosa Palomino | 3.1% | 202 |
| Williams Armbrister Sr. | 1.1% | 73 |
| Mike R. Simpson | 0.6% | 39 |
| Seth Sklarey | 0.5% | 35 |
| Write-in votes | 0% | 0 |
| Total Votes | 6,598 | |
| Source: "Miami, Florida", "Miami Dade County Official Election Results," accessed November 16, 2015 | ||
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Footnotes
- ↑ LinkedIn, "Graciela Solares," accessed September 22, 2015
- ↑ The South Florida Sun-Sentinel, "Marlins Stadium Update," February 25, 2009
- ↑ NBC Miami, "Teresa Sarnoff Concedes Miami Commission Election," November 5, 2015
- ↑ Miami Herald, "City attorney: Votes for Sarnoff won’t count in Miami election," November 10, 2015
- ↑ City of Miami, "2015 Official candidate list," accessed September 21, 2015
- ↑ City of Miami, "Fall Municipal Runoff Unofficial Results," November 17, 2015
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