Raquel Regalado
2020 - Present
2028
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Raquel Regalado is a member of the Miami-Dade County Commission in Florida, representing District 7. Regalado assumed office on November 17, 2020. Regalado's current term ends on November 21, 2028.
Regalado ran for re-election to the Miami-Dade County Commission to represent District 7 in Florida. Regalado won in the general election on November 5, 2024.
Biography
Regalado earned a bachelor's degree in liberal arts from Florida International University. She later received a J.D. from St. Thomas University. Regalado practiced law from 2001 to 2012.[1]
Elections
2024
See also: Municipal elections in Miami-Dade County, Florida (2024)
General election
General election for Miami-Dade County Commission District 7
Incumbent Raquel Regalado defeated Cindy Lerner in the general election for Miami-Dade County Commission District 7 on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | Raquel Regalado (Nonpartisan) | 56.6 | 57,335 | |
Cindy Lerner (Nonpartisan) | 43.4 | 43,960 |
Total votes: 101,295 | ||||
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Nonpartisan primary election
Nonpartisan primary for Miami-Dade County Commission District 7
Incumbent Raquel Regalado and Cindy Lerner defeated Richard Praschnik in the primary for Miami-Dade County Commission District 7 on August 20, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | Raquel Regalado (Nonpartisan) | 48.8 | 16,559 | |
✔ | Cindy Lerner (Nonpartisan) | 41.8 | 14,189 | |
![]() | Richard Praschnik (Nonpartisan) ![]() | 9.4 | 3,206 |
Total votes: 33,954 | ||||
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Endorsements
Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Regalado in this election.
2020
Miami-Dade County Commission election
See also: Municipal elections in Miami-Dade County, Florida (2020)
General election
General election for Miami-Dade County Commission District 7
Raquel Regalado defeated Cindy Lerner in the general election for Miami-Dade County Commission District 7 on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | Raquel Regalado (Nonpartisan) | 50.6 | 52,848 | |
Cindy Lerner (Nonpartisan) | 49.4 | 51,547 |
Total votes: 104,395 | ||||
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Nonpartisan primary election
Nonpartisan primary for Miami-Dade County Commission District 7
Cindy Lerner and Raquel Regalado defeated Michael Rosenberg and Rafael Suarez in the primary for Miami-Dade County Commission District 7 on August 18, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | Cindy Lerner (Nonpartisan) | 39.7 | 18,479 | |
✔ | Raquel Regalado (Nonpartisan) | 36.6 | 17,010 | |
Michael Rosenberg (Nonpartisan) | 13.5 | 6,282 | ||
Rafael Suarez (Nonpartisan) | 10.2 | 4,737 |
Total votes: 46,508 | ||||
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State Senate election
See also: Florida State Senate elections, 2020
General election
General election for Florida State Senate District 37
Ileana Garcia defeated incumbent Jose Javier Rodriguez and Alex Rodriguez in the general election for Florida State Senate District 37 on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | ![]() | Ileana Garcia (R) | 48.5 | 104,630 |
![]() | Jose Javier Rodriguez (D) | 48.5 | 104,598 | |
![]() | Alex Rodriguez (No Party Affiliation) | 3.0 | 6,382 |
Total votes: 215,610 | ||||
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Democratic primary election
The Democratic primary election was canceled. Incumbent Jose Javier Rodriguez advanced from the Democratic primary for Florida State Senate District 37.
Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Michael Hepburn (D)
Republican primary election
The Republican primary election was canceled. Ileana Garcia advanced from the Republican primary for Florida State Senate District 37.
Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Erik Fresen (R)
- Raquel Regalado (R)
2018
Regalado sought election to the 27th Congressional District of Florida in 2018. She dropped out of the race in November 2017.[2]
2016
Miami-Dade County Mayor, General Election, 2016 | ||
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Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
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55.83% | 475,547 |
Raquel Regalado | 44.17% | 376,249 |
Total Votes | 851,796 | |
Source: Miami-Dade County Elections, "November 8, 2016 General Election," accessed November 8, 2016 |
Miami-Dade County Mayor, Primary Election, 2016 | ||
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Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
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47.61% | 121,891 |
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32.01% | 81,952 |
Frederick Bryant | 8.87% | 22,710 |
Alfred Santamaria | 8.70% | 22,277 |
Farid Khavari | 1.16% | 2,967 |
B.J. Chiszar | 1.04% | 2,669 |
Miguel Eizmendiz | 0.60% | 1,546 |
Total Votes | 256,012 | |
Source: Miami-Dade County Elections, "August 30, 2016 Primary Election," accessed September 8, 2016 |
2014
The August 26, 2014 general election in Miami-Dade County featured four seats up for election. District 4 incumbent Perla Tabares Hantman defeated challenger Duysevi "Sevi" Miyar in the general election. Marta Perez won re-election to the District 8 seat against newcomer Lawrence "Larry" Orihuela. Incumbents Dorothy Bendross-Mindingall and Raquel A. Regalado won re-election without opposition in Districts 2 and 6, respectively.
Funding
Regalado reported $116,560.50 in contributions and loans and $69,076.23 in expenditures to the Miami-Dade County Supervisor of Elections, as of July 21, 2014.[3]
Endorsements
Regalado received no official endorsements in the election.
2010
Miami-Dade County Public Schools, District 6 General Election, 4-year term, 2010 | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
Nonpartisan | ![]() |
57% | 14,714 | |
Nonpartisan | Eduardo-Zayas Bazan | 18.4% | 4,737 | |
Nonpartisan | Alex Diaz | 12.4% | 3,200 | |
Nonpartisan | Kitchka Petrova | 7.4% | 1,920 | |
Nonpartisan | Maria Peiro | 4.8% | 1,237 | |
Total Votes | 25,808 | |||
Source: Miami-Dade County Elections, "August 24, 2010 Primary Election," September 9, 2010 |
Campaign themes
2024
Ballotpedia survey responses
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Raquel Regalado did not complete Ballotpedia's 2024 Candidate Connection survey.
2020
Raquel Regalado did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.
2016
Regalado's campaign website included the following themes:
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See also
2024 Elections
External links
Candidate Miami-Dade County Commission District 7 |
Personal |
Footnotes
- ↑ LinkedIn, "Raquel Regalado," accessed September 2016
- ↑ Cite error: Invalid
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- ↑ Miami-Dade County Supervisor of Elections, "Candidates - Running for Office, Campaign Reports, and Qualifying Documents," accessed July 22, 2014
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ Raquel Regalado for Miami-Dade Mayor, "Issues," accessed October 6, 2016
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