Max Martinez

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Max Martinez

Nonpartisan

Elections and appointments

Last election

February 27, 2023

Education

Bachelor's

Cornell University, 2013

Personal

Birthplace

Miami, Fla.

Contact

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Max Martinez ran for election for Mayor of Miami in Florida. He will not appear on the ballot for the general election on November 4, 2025.

Biography

Max Martinez was born in Miami, Florida. He graduated from Cornell University in 2013.

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)
	Submit photo	Elijah Bowdre (Nonpartisan)
		Joe Carollo (Nonpartisan)
	Submit photo	Christian Cevallos (Nonpartisan)
		Alyssa Crocker (Nonpartisan)
	Submit photo	Kenneth DeSantis (Nonpartisan)
		Alex Díaz de la Portilla (Nonpartisan)
		Emilio Gonzalez (Nonpartisan)
		Michael Hepburn (Nonpartisan)
		Eileen Higgins (Nonpartisan)
		Ken Russell (Nonpartisan)
	Submit photo	June Savage (Nonpartisan)
		Xavier Suarez (Nonpartisan)

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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Ijamyn Gray (Nonpartisan)
• Max Martinez (Nonpartisan)

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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
✔	Submit photo	Sabina Covo (Nonpartisan)	29.8	1,864
	Submit photo	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
	Submit photo	Michael Goggins (Nonpartisan)	2.4	149
	Submit photo	June Savage (Nonpartisan)	1.6	102
		Lior Halabi (Nonpartisan)	1.6	97
		Christi Tasker (Nonpartisan)	1.4	85
	Submit photo	Kathy Suarez (Nonpartisan)	1.1	68
	Submit photo	Mario Vuksanovic (Nonpartisan)	0.4	23

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 6,255
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Alicia Kossick (Nonpartisan)
• Renita Samuels-Dixon (Nonpartisan)

2021

See also: Mayoral election in Miami, Florida (2021)

General election

General election for Mayor of Miami

Incumbent Francis Suarez defeated Max Martinez, Marie Exantus, Anthony Dutrow, and Francisco Pichel in the general election for Mayor of Miami on November 2, 2021.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Francis Suarez (Nonpartisan)	78.6	21,485
		Max Martinez (Nonpartisan)	11.6	3,167
		Marie Exantus (Nonpartisan)	4.3	1,187
	Submit photo	Anthony Dutrow (Nonpartisan)	3.7	1,009
	Submit photo	Francisco Pichel (Nonpartisan)	1.8	482

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 27,330
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Mayra Joli (Nonpartisan)

Campaign themes

2025

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2023

Max Martinez did not complete Ballotpedia's 2023 Candidate Connection survey.

2021

Max Martinez completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2021. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Martinez's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.

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Who are you? Tell us about yourself.

Sports have always been the biggest resource in my life and, as the son of an immigrant father from Madrid and mother from New York, the biggest privilege I had growing up in Miami was being able to afford to try every sport. Committed to football, I broke Michael Vick’s Nike Combine record as a junior in high school and went on to play for 4 years at Cornell, where I graduated with a BA in Government and sold my first company, a pickup and delivery laundry service. Through founding startups, working in private equity, and building strategies in different San Francisco, NYC, and Madrid, 3 other metropolitan cities, I have developed a unique skillset that has consistently required me to adapt. The City of Miami needs a leader with different priorities and I believe I can bring the best out of the city as a leader. I am a fighter and I want the people of my hometown to believe in me, depend on me, and hold me accountable.

Please list below 3 key messages of your campaign. What are the main points you want voters to remember about your goals for your time in office?

• Fighting Climate Gentrification
• Transparency and Accountability
• A New Face with Fresh Ideas

What areas of public policy are you personally passionate about?

Civil, social, education, and environmental. These are the ones that really intersect with each other down here in the City of Miami.

Who do you look up to? Whose example would you like to follow, and why?

LeBron James. He created his own path and continuously uses his success to empower the people around him.

What characteristics or principles are most important for an elected official?

Every elected official has different characters and principles, but every leader should have stories that reflect their leadership qualities. To get elected, it’s your job to rally people together for a cause.

What do you believe are the core responsibilities for someone elected to this office?

Build affordable housing. Protect the city from climate change and natural disasters. Coordinate reliable public transportation. Include the areas west of Biscayne Boulevard.

What legacy would you like to leave?

As a leader who stepped up to lead during a moment of crisis and then executed a beautiful vision that created more housing, jobs, transportation, and stability for the people of his hometown.

What is the first historical event that happened in your lifetime that you remember? How old were you at the time?

I was 10-years-old on Tuesday, September 11, 2001, and I still remember it like yesterday. During the first crash, I was in pre-algebra, and our teacher got a phone call on the landline and then sent us back to our 5th-grade classroom. When we got back to Ms. Basañez’s room, the TV was on, so it was something serious.

As soon as we got seated to watch the coverage, already clueless about the situation, the second plane came out of nowhere, and everyone just gasped. After that, they called our parents and told them to pick us up.

I’ve always seen it as a very important moment in the development of humans and how we process and consume information.

What is your favorite book? Why?

The 4 Agreements. I read it for the first time when I was 20-years-old and struggling during my first two years at Cornell. It always reminds me that everything in life happens for a reason, but that the small decisions you make on a daily basis can impact future outcomes.

Be impeccable with your word, don’t take things personally, don’t assume, and always do your best. The 4 Agreements are simple and apply to everything in life.

If you could be any fictional character, who would you want to be?

Stewie Griffin.

What was the last song that got stuck in your head?

Punchin’ the Clock by J Cole off of his latest album, “The Offseason.” Not only do I love the Damian Lillard feature and the athletic theme of the album, but the quotes J Cole used in this particular song really resonated with me and my campaign. The song is about preparing yourself for the moment before it happens. It’s about the hard work that no one sees and how when the moment comes, you need to be able to put it all together.

A mayor is a leader in his or her city. What does that mean to you?

A role model and example who should always be setting the bar higher.

What do you love most about your city?

The people. I am fighting to keep them here.

What do you perceive to be your city's greatest challenges over the next decade?

Climate gentrification and all the issues that come along with it.

What do you believe is the ideal relationship between the mayor's office and law enforcement?

I believe that if a mayor hires a police chief and dubs them as the "Michael Jordan of police", they should be defending them when commissioners are trying to fire 'MJ' just 6 months later. I also believe that it’s the mayor’s job to find new community-driven crime-prevention solutions.

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