MIAMI (CBSMiami) — Miami voters have re-elected incumbent Francis Suarez as Mayor of Miami for a further time interval in office.
With most precincts reporting, Mayor Suarez had a 20,000-plus vote lead over his closest opponent.
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For 44-year-old Suarez, who was intently favored to win, being mayor has been a family customized. His 72-year-old father Xavier Suarez served 4 phrases from 1985 to 1993.
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Nonetheless, he knowledgeable CBS4 earlier to the election that he wasn’t taking it without any consideration.
“I’m working for re-election because of I stand up every morning with energy to make this probably the greatest metropolis on the planet. I stand up early every morning and I’ve a imaginative and prescient for the long run and transferring Miami to a further quite a few financial system the place everyone may be worthwhile and put together for the modern-day financial system and defending our environment.”
Suarez has helped entice a set of high-tech and funding corporations to the Magic Metropolis all through his tenure.
He moreover acknowledged he wishes to make sure Miami is probably going some of the safe cities in America.
