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Ralph Rosado
Ralph Rosado is a member of the Miami Board of Commissioners in Florida, representing District 4. He assumed office on June 10, 2025. His current term ends in 2027.
Rosado ran in a special election to the Miami Board of Commissioners to represent District 4 in Florida. He won in the special general election on June 3, 2025.
Biography
Rosado earned an undergraduate degree from Florida International University, a master's degree in public affairs and urban and regional planning from Princeton University, and a Ph.D. in city planning with a focus on city management and economic development from the University of Pennsylvania.[1]
At the time of his 2017 run for the board of commissioners, Rosado was a senior fellow at the Florida International University Metropolitan Center, the president of the economic development strategy and urban planning consulting firm Rosado & Associates, and an instructor at Florida International University and the University of Miami. He has also served as a member of Miami's Homeland Defense/Neighborhood Improvement Bond Oversight Board and as the founding president of the home renovation assistance organization the Abuelos Foundation.[1]
Elections
2025
See also: City elections in Miami, Florida (2025)
General election
Special general election for Miami Board of Commissioners District 4
Ralph Rosado defeated Jose Regalado in the special general election for Miami Board of Commissioners District 4 on June 3, 2025.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Ralph Rosado (Nonpartisan) | 55.1 | 2,939 |
 | Jose Regalado (Nonpartisan) | 44.9 | 2,391 | |
| Total votes: 5,330 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Antonio J. Diaz (Nonpartisan)
Endorsements
Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Rosado in this election.
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.[2] 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.[3] Manuel Reyes defeated Ralph Rosado and Denise Galvez Turros in the general election for the District 4 seat on the Miami Board of Commissioners.[3]
| Miami Board of Commissioners, District 4 General Election, 2017 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
 Manuel Reyes |
56.74% | 4,263 |
| Ralph Rosado | 36.15% | 2,716 |
| Denise Galvez Turros | 7.11% | 534 |
| Total Votes | 7,513 | |
| Source: Miami-Dade County Elections, "November 7, 2017 - Fall Municipal Elections," accessed November 22, 2017 | ||
Campaign themes
2025
Ballotpedia survey responses
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2017
Rosado's campaign website listed the following priorities:
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| —Ralph Rosado's campaign website, (2017)[5] | ||
Endorsements
2017
Rosado received endorsements from the following in 2017:
- Miami Fraternal Order of Police[6]
See also
2025 Elections
External links
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Candidate Miami Board of Commissioners District 4 |
Personal |
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Vote Ralph Rosado for City of Miami Commissioner - District 4, "Meet Ralph," accessed October 22, 2017
- ↑ Miami Herald, "Miami Commissioner Hardemon Automatically Wins Four More Years," September 23, 2017
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 City of Miami, "City of Miami General Municipal Election (11/7/2017)," accessed September 25, 2017
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ Vote Ralph Rosado for City of Miami Commissioners - District 4, "Issues," accessed October 22, 2017
- ↑ Vote Ralph Rosado for City of Miami Commissioner - District 4, "Miami Fraternal Order of Police Endorses Ralph Rosado for District 4 Commissioner," September 21, 2017
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Miami Board of Commissioners District 4 2025-Present |
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