Joe Carollo

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Joe Carollo
Candidate, Mayor of Miami
Miami Board of Commissioners District 3
Tenure
2017 - Present
Term ends
2025
Years in position
8
Prior offices:
Mayor of Miami
Years in office: 1998 - 2001

Years in office: 1996 - 1997

Miami Board of Commissioners
Years in office: 1979 - 1987

Elections and appointments
Last election
November 2, 2021
Next election
November 4, 2025
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Joe Carollo is a member of the Miami Board of Commissioners in Florida, representing District 3. He assumed office in 2017. His current term ends in 2025.

Carollo is running for election for Mayor of Miami in Florida. He is on the ballot in the general election on November 4, 2025.[source]

Biography

Carollo's experience includes work as the city manager of Doral and as a political consultant for Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Gimenez's re-election campaign.[1]

Carollo previously served on the Miami Board of Commissioners from 1979 to 1987 and as the mayor of Miami from 1996 to 1997 and 1998 to 2001.[1][2][3][4]

Elections

2025

See also: Mayoral election in Miami, Florida (2025)

General election

The general election will occur on November 4, 2025.

General election for Mayor of Miami

The following candidates are running in the general election for Mayor of Miami on November 4, 2025.

Candidate
Laura Anderson (Nonpartisan)
Elijah Bowdre (Nonpartisan)
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Joe Carollo (Nonpartisan)
Christian Cevallos (Nonpartisan)
Image of Alyssa Crocker
Alyssa Crocker (Nonpartisan) Candidate Connection
Kenneth DeSantis (Nonpartisan)
Image of Alex Díaz de la Portilla
Alex Díaz de la Portilla (Nonpartisan)
Image of Emilio Gonzalez
Emilio Gonzalez (Nonpartisan)
Image of Michael Hepburn
Michael Hepburn (Nonpartisan)
Image of Eileen Higgins
Eileen Higgins (Nonpartisan)
Image of Ken Russell
Ken Russell (Nonpartisan)
June Savage (Nonpartisan)
Image of Xavier Suarez
Xavier Suarez (Nonpartisan)

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2021

See also: City elections in Miami, Florida (2021)

General election

General election for Miami Board of Commissioners District 3

Incumbent Joe Carollo defeated Rodney Quinn Smith, Andriana Oliva, and Miguel Soliman in the general election for Miami Board of Commissioners District 3 on November 2, 2021.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Joe Carollo
Joe Carollo (Nonpartisan)
 
64.4
 
4,001
Rodney Quinn Smith (Nonpartisan)
 
21.8
 
1,355
Andriana Oliva (Nonpartisan)
 
9.5
 
591
Image of Miguel Soliman
Miguel Soliman (Nonpartisan)
 
4.3
 
266

Total votes: 6,213
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

2020

See also: Joe Carollo recall, Miami, Florida (2020)

Carollo was the subject of a recall effort initiated by petitioners in January 2020 that did not go to the ballot. See Ballotpedia's coverage here.

2017

See also: Municipal elections in Miami, Florida (2017) and Mayoral election in Miami, Florida (2017)

The city of Miami, Florida, held a general election for mayor and the District 3 and District 4 seats on the board of commissioners on November 7, 2017. The District 3 race advanced to a runoff election on November 21, 2017, because none of the general election candidates secured a majority. The District 5 seat was also up for election in 2017, but incumbent Keon Hardemon won re-election automatically when no other candidates filed to run against him.[5] The filing deadline for candidates who wished to run in this election was September 23, 2017.

Four candidates, including District 4 Commissioner Francis Suarez, ran to succeed term-limited Mayor Tomás P. Regalado. Three filed to replace Suarez in District 4, and seven competed for term-limited Commissioner Frank Carollo's District 3 seat.[6] Joe Carollo defeated Alfonso Leon in the runoff election for the District 3 seat on the Miami Board of Commissioners.[6]

Miami Board of Commissioners, District 3 Runoff Election, 2017
Candidate Vote % Votes
Green check mark transparent.png Joe Carollo 52.76% 2,409
Alfonso Leon 47.24% 2,157
Total Votes 4,566
Source: Miami-Dade County Elections, "November 21, 2017 - Miami Run-Off Election," November 27, 2017


The following candidates ran in the general election for the District 3 seat on the Miami Board of Commissioners.[6]

Miami Board of Commissioners, District 3 General Election, 2017
Candidate Vote % Votes
Green check mark transparent.png Joe Carollo 30.24% 1,818
Green check mark transparent.png Alfonso Leon 20.31% 1,221
Zoraida Barreiro 20.03% 1,204
Tomás N. Regalado 15.55% 935
Miguel Soliman 5.94% 357
Jose Suarez 4.91% 295
Alex Dominguez 3.03% 182
Total Votes 6,012
Source: Miami-Dade County Elections, "November 7, 2017 - Fall Municipal Elections," accessed November 22, 2017

Campaign themes

2025

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2021

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2017

Carollo told the Miami Herald that one of his campaign priorities was implementing an economic development plan for Southwest Eighth Street. "We have a lot of tourists who go there [to Southwest Eighth Street] in buses now but they don't have a lot to do," he said. "Some end up being disappointed. It's not Ybor City or Key West, it's very limited."[1]

Other priorities he discussed with the Herald included addressing the increase in the drug trade, connecting downtown to Brickell, ending Miami's red light camera program, and reorienting development to city residents rather than foreign investors. He said, "What’s being built, it’s all for foreign investors, for condominiums that local Miamians can’t afford. Not enough workforce housing is being constructed. In fact, very little."[1]

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Footnotes

Political offices
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Miami Board of Commissioners District 3
2017-Present
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Mayor of Miami
1998-2001
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Preceded by
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Mayor of Miami
1996-1997
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Miami Board of Commissioners
1979-1987
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