2021 Miami mayoral election

2021 Miami mayoral election

November 2, 2021 Officially nonpartisan

Candidate Francis Suarez Max Martinez Party Republican Democratic Popular vote 21,479 3,166 Percentage 78.6% 11.6%

Results by precinct Suarez:      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      >90% Martinez:      40–50% Exantus:      >90% Tie:      50%      No data

Mayor before election Francis Suarez Republican Elected mayor Francis Suarez Republican

The 2021 Miami mayoral election was held on November 2, 2021, to elect the mayor of Miami, Florida. The election was officially nonpartisan. If no candidate received a majority of the vote in the first ballot, the top two candidates would have advanced to a runoff election on November 16, 2021.^[1]

Incumbent Republican mayor Francis Suarez was re-elected, receiving over 78% of the vote in the first ballot, thus avoiding the run-off. He was first elected in 2017, receiving 86% of the vote in the first ballot.

Candidates

Declared

• Anthony Melvin Dutrow, union organizer and Socialist Workers Party nominee for Utah's 3rd congressional district in 1990 (Socialist Workers)^[2][3]
• Marie Frantz Exantus, businesswoman (Democratic)^[4]
• Max Martinez, businessman (Democratic)^[3]
• Frank Pichel, private investigator for Joe Carollo (Democratic)^[5]
• Francis Suarez, incumbent mayor (Republican)^[6]

Disqualified

• Mayra Joli, attorney and independent candidate for Florida's 27th congressional district in 2018 (Republican)^[7][8]

Declined

• Tomás Regalado, former mayor of Miami (Republican)^[9]

Results

2021 Miami mayoral election^[10]

Candidate		Votes	%
Francis Suarez (incumbent)		21,479	78.61
Max Martinez		3,166	11.59
Marie Frantz Exantus		1,187	4.34
Anthony Melvin Dutrow		1,009	3.69
Frank Pichel		482	1.76
Total votes		27,323	100.00

References

1. "Election Calendar (2021)". www.miamidade.gov. Archived from the original on April 18, 2021. Retrieved April 25, 2021.
2. "Anthony Melvin Dutrow (SWP)". The Daily Herald. November 5, 1990. p. 2. Retrieved April 25, 2021.
3. Leibowitz, Aaron (April 13, 2021). "Miami Mayor Francis Suarez's committee has its biggest fundraising haul yet in March". Miami Herald. Retrieved April 24, 2021.
4. "The city of Miami is having an election in November. Here is the list of candidates". Miami Herald. September 19, 2021.
5. "Miami Mayoral Candidate Frank Pichel Facing Felony Charge Of Impersonating Police Officer". CBS Miami. October 1, 2021. Archived from the original on October 1, 2021. Retrieved November 1, 2021.
6. Levin, Jonathan (April 7, 2021). "Miami Mayor Tries to Build a Tech Mecca, One Tweet at a Time". Bloomberg Businessweek. Retrieved April 25, 2021.
7. "STATEMENT OF CANDIDATE" (PDF). Voter Focus. June 11, 2021. Archived (PDF) from the original on July 15, 2021. Retrieved June 15, 2021.
8. Flechas, Joey (October 19, 2021). "She lives in the Gables, but she tried to run for Miami mayor. A judge had to step in". Miami Herald. Archived from the original on October 19, 2021. Retrieved October 25, 2021.
9. De Valle, Elaine (December 28, 2020). "More elections to come in 2021, including the Big 4 and lots of littles – Political Cortadito". Political Cortadito. Archived from the original on December 28, 2020. Retrieved April 25, 2021.
10. "Fall Municipal Elections 11/2/21". Miami-Dade County Supervisor of Election. Retrieved November 2, 2021.

External links

Official campaign websites

• Marie Frantz Exantus (D) for Mayor
• Maxwell Manuel Martinez (D) for Mayor
• Francis Suarez (R) for Mayor Archived 2021-10-19 at the Wayback Machine