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Joe Carollo
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) | ||
 | Joe Carollo (Nonpartisan) | |
| Christian Cevallos (Nonpartisan) | ||
 | Alyssa Crocker (Nonpartisan) | |
| Kenneth DeSantis (Nonpartisan) | ||
 | Alex Díaz de la Portilla (Nonpartisan) | |
 | Emilio Gonzalez (Nonpartisan) | |
 | Michael Hepburn (Nonpartisan) | |
 | Eileen Higgins (Nonpartisan) | |
 | Ken Russell (Nonpartisan) | |
| June Savage (Nonpartisan) | ||
 | Xavier Suarez (Nonpartisan) | |
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Ijamyn Gray (Nonpartisan)
- Max Martinez (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 | ||
| ✔ | | Joe Carollo (Nonpartisan) | 64.4 | 4,001 |
| Rodney Quinn Smith (Nonpartisan) | 21.8 | 1,355 | ||
| Andriana Oliva (Nonpartisan) | 9.5 | 591 | ||
 | Miguel Soliman (Nonpartisan) | 4.3 | 266 | |
| Total votes: 6,213 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Bruno Barreiro (Nonpartisan)
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
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 |
 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 |
| Joe Carollo |
30.24% | 1,818 |
| 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]
See also
2025 Elections
External links
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Candidate Mayor of Miami |
Officeholder Miami Board of Commissioners District 3 |
Personal |
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Miami Herald, "Former Miami Mayor Joe Carollo to Run for Brother's Commission Seat," January 5, 2017
- ↑ The New York Times, "Cuban-Born Commissioner is Elected Mayor of Miami, July 25, 1996
- ↑ CNN, "Court Reinstates Carollo as Miami's Mayor," March 11, 1998
- ↑ St. Petersburg Times, "Miami Mayor Carollo Fails to Make Runoff," November 7, 2001
- ↑ Miami Herald, "Miami Commissioner Hardemon Automatically Wins Four More Years," September 23, 2017
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 City of Miami, "City of Miami General Municipal Election (11/7/2017)," accessed September 25, 2017
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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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Mayor of Miami 1996-1997 |
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Miami Board of Commissioners 1979-1987 |
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