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Miguel Angel Gabela
2023 - Present
2027
1
Miguel Angel Gabela is a member of the Miami Board of Commissioners in Florida, representing District 1. He assumed office on December 2, 2023. His current term ends in 2027.
Gabela ran for election to the Miami Board of Commissioners to represent District 1 in Florida. He won in the general runoff election on November 21, 2023.
Gabela was a 2015 nonpartisan candidate for the Miami City Council in Florida. Miguel Angel Gabela lost the general election on November 3, 2015.
Biography
Gabela owns an auto parts business and invests in real estate ventures. He previously served on the city's zoning board.[1]
Elections
2023
See also: City elections in Miami, Florida (2023)
General runoff election
General runoff election for Miami Board of Commissioners District 1
Miguel Angel Gabela defeated Alex Díaz de la Portilla in the general runoff election for Miami Board of Commissioners District 1 on November 21, 2023.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Miguel Angel Gabela (Nonpartisan) | 54.3 | 1,751 |
 | Alex Díaz de la Portilla (Nonpartisan) | 45.7 | 1,474 | |
| Total votes: 3,225 | |||
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General election
General election for Miami Board of Commissioners District 1
Alex Díaz de la Portilla and Miguel Angel Gabela advanced to a runoff. They defeated Mercedes Rodriguez, Marvin Tapia, and Francisco Pichel in the general election for Miami Board of Commissioners District 1 on November 7, 2023.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Alex Díaz de la Portilla (Nonpartisan) | 36.6 | 1,573 |
| ✔ | | Miguel Angel Gabela (Nonpartisan) | 28.9 | 1,240 |
| Mercedes Rodriguez (Nonpartisan) | 22.2 | 954 | ||
| Marvin Tapia (Nonpartisan) | 8.4 | 363 | ||
| Francisco Pichel (Nonpartisan) | 3.9 | 168 | ||
| Total votes: 4,298 | |||
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Endorsements
Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Gabela in this election.
2019
See also: City elections in Miami, Florida (2019)
General runoff election
General runoff election for Miami Board of Commissioners District 1
Alex Díaz de la Portilla defeated Miguel Angel Gabela in the general runoff election for Miami Board of Commissioners District 1 on November 19, 2019.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Alex Díaz de la Portilla (Nonpartisan) | 60.8 | 2,787 |
| Miguel Angel Gabela (Nonpartisan) | 39.2 | 1,797 | |
| Total votes: 4,584 | |||
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General election
General election for Miami Board of Commissioners District 1
The following candidates ran in the general election for Miami Board of Commissioners District 1 on November 5, 2019.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Alex Díaz de la Portilla (Nonpartisan) | 38.8 | 2,489 |
| ✔ | | Miguel Angel Gabela (Nonpartisan) | 20.8 | 1,338 |
| Eleazar Melendez (Nonpartisan) | 17.6 | 1,127 | ||
| Horacio Aguirre (Nonpartisan) | 10.7 | 684 | ||
| Francisco Pichel (Nonpartisan) | 5.2 | 334 | ||
| Verania Hermida (Nonpartisan) | 4.1 | 261 | ||
| Yanny Hidalgo (Nonpartisan) | 2.9 | 187 | ||
| Total votes: 6,420 | |||
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2015
- See also: Miami, Florida municipal elections, 2015
The city of Miami, Florida, held elections for the city council on November 3, 2015. A runoff, if necessary, took place on November 17, 2015. The filing deadline for candidates who wished to run in this election was September 19, 2015. In the race for District 1, incumbent Willy Gort defeated Miguel Angel Gabela in a rematch of a 2010 special election won by Gort.[2]
| Miami City Council District 1, General election, 2015 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
 Willy Gort Incumbent |
55.7% | 1,997 |
| Miguel Angel Gabela | 44.3% | 1,590 |
| Write-in votes | 0% | 0 |
| Total Votes | 3,587 | |
| Source: "Miami, Florida", "Miami Dade County Official Election Results," accessed November 16, 2015 | ||
2010
| Miami Board of Commissioners, District 1 Special Election, 2010 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Willy Gort |
55.5% | 2,369 | |
| Miguel Angel Gabela | 13% | 555 | |
| Mike Suarez | 11.4% | 486 | |
| Manuel Richardson | 8.3% | 353 | |
| Richard Tapia | 4.5% | 193 | |
| Waldo Faura | 3.7% | 158 | |
| Luis Estaban De La Cruz | 1.8% | 78 | |
| Mariano Cruz | 1.1% | 47 | |
| Eric Bodin | 0.7% | 30 | |
| Total Votes | 3,956 | ||
| Source: Miami-Dade County Elections - Miami Special Election | |||
Campaign themes
2023
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Miguel Angel Gabela did not complete Ballotpedia's 2023 Candidate Connection survey.
2019
Miguel Angel Gabela did not complete Ballotpedia's 2019 Candidate Connection survey.
2015
Gabela issued an email to local media outlets including Political Cortadito in September 2015 explaining his campaign themes. He included a five-point plan focused on additional police staff, enhanced bike and foot patrols through commercial areas, improved coordination between police and zoning officials, neighborhood-level monthly meetings and stricter enforcement of licensing requirements for nightclubs and bars.[1] Gabela also made the following statement:
| “ |
We need infrastructure improvements and we need to fix sidewalks, too, but I don’t want to be all over the place. I am going to stick to the key issues that residents are concerned about — and number one is crime, number two is crime and number three is crime. The level of fear that exist in this district is simply unacceptable. The current commissioner is disengaged from this community and only reacts to, as opposed to being proactive in preventing crime. [3] |
” |
| —Miguel Angel Gabela, (2015), [1] | ||
See also
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External links
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Candidate Miami Board of Commissioners District 1 |
Officeholder Miami Board of Commissioners District 1 |
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Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Political Cortadito, "Willy Gort challenger Mike Gabela runs on one issue: Crime," accessed September 22, 2015
- ↑ City of Miami, "2015 Official candidate list," accessed September 21, 2015
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
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| Preceded by Alex Díaz de la Portilla |
Miami Board of Commissioners District 1 2023-Present |
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