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Javier Gonzalez (Florida)
Javier Gonzalez ran in a special election to the Miami Board of Commissioners to represent District 2 in Florida. Gonzalez lost in the special general election on February 27, 2023.
Gonzalez was a 2015 nonpartisan candidate for District 2 of the Miami City Council in Florida. Javier Gonzalez (Florida) lost the general election on November 3, 2015.
Biography
Gonzalez was born in Havana, Cuba. His professional experience includes working as a realtor and owning a wholesale bakery.[1]
Elections
2023
See also: City elections in Miami, Florida (2023)
General election
Special general election for Miami Board of Commissioners District 2
The following candidates ran in the special general election for Miami Board of Commissioners District 2 on February 27, 2023.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Sabina Covo (Nonpartisan) | 29.8 | 1,864 | |
| Eddy Leal (Nonpartisan) | 21.6 | 1,353 | ||
 | James Torres (Nonpartisan) | 15.0 | 940 | |
 | Martin Zilber (Nonpartisan) | 12.2 | 764 | |
 | Javier Gonzalez (Nonpartisan) | 7.0 | 440 | |
 | Max Martinez (Nonpartisan) | 3.2 | 198 | |
 | Lorenzo Palomares (Nonpartisan) | 2.7 | 172 | |
| Michael Goggins (Nonpartisan) | 2.4 | 149 | ||
| June Savage (Nonpartisan) | 1.6 | 102 | ||
 | Lior Halabi (Nonpartisan)  | 1.6 | 97 | |
 | Christi Tasker (Nonpartisan) | 1.4 | 85 | |
| Kathy Suarez (Nonpartisan) | 1.1 | 68 | ||
| Mario Vuksanovic (Nonpartisan) | 0.4 | 23 | ||
| Total votes: 6,255 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Alicia Kossick (Nonpartisan)
- Renita Samuels-Dixon (Nonpartisan)
2019
See also: City elections in Miami, Florida (2019)
General election
General election for Miami Board of Commissioners District 2
Incumbent Ken Russell defeated Jim Fried, Rosa Palomino, and Javier Gonzalez in the general election for Miami Board of Commissioners District 2 on November 5, 2019.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Ken Russell (Nonpartisan) | 59.6 | 3,777 |
| Jim Fried (Nonpartisan) | 15.3 | 971 | ||
 | Rosa Palomino (Nonpartisan) | 13.6 | 862 | |
| Javier Gonzalez (Nonpartisan) | 11.5 | 726 | |
| Total votes: 6,336 | |||
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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.[2] 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.[3][4][5]
| 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 | ||
Campaign themes
2023
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Javier Gonzalez did not complete Ballotpedia's 2023 Candidate Connection survey.
2019
Javier Gonzalez did not complete Ballotpedia's 2019 Candidate Connection survey.
2015
Gonzalez's website highlighted the following campaign themes:
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See also
2023 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ jav4d2.com, "About Jav," accessed September 22, 2015
- ↑ 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
- ↑ jav4d2.com, "Why Jav?" accessed September 22, 2015
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
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