Lorenzo Palomares
Lorenzo Palomares ran in a special election to the Miami Board of Commissioners to represent District 2 in Florida. Palomares lost in the special general election on February 27, 2023.
Palomares was a 2017 Republican special election candidate for District 40 of the Florida State Senate.
Biography
Palomares' professional experience includes working as an attorney in Miami. He was a Spanish-language surrogate for Donald Trump (R) in the 2016 presidential election.[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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates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)
2017
A special election for the position of Florida State Senate District 40 was held on September 26, 2017. Democrat Annette Taddeo, Republican Jose Felix Diaz, and independent Christian “He-Man” Schlaerth ran in the special election. Annette Taddeo won with 51.0 percent of the vote, flipping the seat from Republican to Democratic control.
There was a special primary election on July 25, 2017. Jose Felix Diaz won the Republican primary and Annette Taddeo won the Democratic primary.[2][3]
The filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was May 31, 2017.[4] Candidates who successfully filed to run in this election were Republicans Jose Felix Diaz, Alex Diaz de la Portilla, and Lorenzo Palomares; Democrats Ana Rivas Logan, Steve Smith, and Annette Taddeo; and independent Christian “He-Man” Schlaerth.[5] Smith withdrew from the race on June 6, 2017, after the Miami Herald reported that he had not been registered as a Democrat for at least a year before running, contradicting the oath he took when he filed to run.[6]
The seat became vacant following the resignation of Republican Frank Artiles. Artiles resigned on April 21, 2017, following a exchange where he used a racial slur in front of two black state senators, Audrey Gibson (D) and Perry Thurston (D).
For more on the political context of this race click here.
| Florida State Senate, District 40, Special Election, 2017 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Democratic |  Annette Taddeo |
51% | 22,656 | |
| Republican | Jose Felix Diaz | 47.2% | 20,987 | |
| Independent | Christian Schlaerth | 1.8% | 820 | |
| Total Votes | 44,463 | |||
| Source: Florida Department of State | ||||
| Florida State Senate, District 40 Democratic Primary, 2017 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes | ||
|
Annette Taddeo |
70.7% | 7,101 | ||
| Ana Rivas Logan | 29.3% | 2,941 | ||
| Total Votes | 10,042 | |||
| Source: Florida Department of State |
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| Florida State Senate, District 40 Republican Primary, 2017 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes | ||
|
Jose Felix Diaz |
57.8% | 7,678 | ||
| Alex Diaz de la Portilla | 25.6% | 3,398 | ||
| Lorenzo Palomares | 16.7% | 2,217 | ||
| Total Votes | 13,293 | |||
| Source: Florida Department of State |
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Campaign themes
2023
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See also
2023 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Politico, "Trump consultant and Miami-Dade mayor’s son joins Lewandowski lobby shop," April 7, 2017
- ↑ Florida Department of State, Florida Election Watch," accessed July 25, 2017
- ↑ Florida Politics, "Jose Felix Diaz defeats Alex Diaz de la Portilla, will face Annette Taddeo in general election," July 25, 2017
- ↑ Florida Department of State, "Notice of Special Election for the Office of State Senate, District 40," accessed May 10, 2017
- ↑ SaintPetersBlog, "Jose Felix Diaz, six others qualify to run in SD 40 special election," May 31, 2017
- ↑ Cite error: Invalid
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