Keon Hardemon
2020 - Present
2028
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Keon Hardemon is a member of the Miami-Dade County Commission in Florida, representing District 3. Hardemon assumed office on November 17, 2020. Hardemon's current term ends on November 21, 2028.
Hardemon won re-election to the Miami-Dade County Commission to represent District 3 in Florida outright in the primary on August 20, 2024, after the general election was canceled.
Biography
Hardemon earned a bachelor's degree in business management and a master's degree in business administration from Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University and a J.D. from the University of Miami School of Law. His professional experience includes work for Pfizer and as an assistant public defender for the Miami-Dade County Public Defender's Office.[1]
Elections
2024
See also: Municipal elections in Miami-Dade County, Florida (2024)
Nonpartisan primary election
Nonpartisan primary for Miami-Dade County Commission District 3
Incumbent Keon Hardemon won election outright against Audrey Edmonson and Marion Brown in the primary for Miami-Dade County Commission District 3 on August 20, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Keon Hardemon (Nonpartisan) | 60.6 | 9,534 |
| Audrey Edmonson (Nonpartisan) | 29.2 | 4,595 | ||
| Marion Brown (Nonpartisan) | 10.1 | 1,592 | ||
| Total votes: 15,721 | |||
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Endorsements
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2020
See also: Municipal elections in Miami-Dade County, Florida (2020)
General election
General election for Miami-Dade County Commission District 3
Keon Hardemon defeated Gepsie Metellus in the general election for Miami-Dade County Commission District 3 on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Keon Hardemon (Nonpartisan) | 66.7 | 44,037 |
| Gepsie Metellus (Nonpartisan) | 33.3 | 21,970 | ||
| Total votes: 66,007 | |||
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Nonpartisan primary election
Nonpartisan primary for Miami-Dade County Commission District 3
The following candidates ran in the primary for Miami-Dade County Commission District 3 on August 18, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Keon Hardemon (Nonpartisan) | 49.2 | 12,702 |
| ✔ | Gepsie Metellus (Nonpartisan) | 21.2 | 5,472 | |
| Tisa McGhee (Nonpartisan) | 14.9 | 3,836 | ||
| Brian Dennis (Nonpartisan) | 7.5 | 1,934 | ||
| Eddie Lewis (Nonpartisan) | 5.5 | 1,430 | ||
| Monester Lee Kinsler (Nonpartisan) | 1.7 | 449 | ||
| Total votes: 25,823 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Temidayo Olukemi Ogedengbe (Nonpartisan)
2017
The city of Miami, Florida, held a general election for mayor and the District 3, District 4, and District 5 seats on the board of commissioners on November 7, 2017. A runoff election was scheduled for November 21, 2017, for races in which no candidate received a majority of votes in the primary election. The filing deadline for candidates who wished to run in this election was September 23, 2017.
Four candidates, including District 4 Councilman 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 Councilman Frank Carollo's District 3 seat. District 5 Councilman Keon Hardemon automatically won re-election when no candidates filed to run against him.[2][3]
Campaign themes
2024
Ballotpedia survey responses
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Keon Hardemon did not complete Ballotpedia's 2024 Candidate Connection survey.
2020
Keon Hardemon did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.
See also
2024 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ City of Miami District 5, "Biography," accessed October 22, 2017
- ↑ City of Miami, "City of Miami General Municipal Election (11/7/2017)," accessed September 25, 2017
- ↑ Cite error: Invalid
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| Preceded by Audrey Edmonson |
Miami-Dade County Commission District 3 2020-Present |
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Miami Board of Commissioners District 5 2013-2020 |
Succeeded by Jeffrey Watson |
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