Elections held in West Miami, Bay Harbor Islands

West Miami voters re-elect incumbent mayor Eric Diaz-Padron

MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, Fla. — A couple of elections were held in two Miami-Dade County municipalities on Tuesday.

In West Miami, voters cast their ballots for mayor and several city commission seats.

The mayoral race saw incumbent Eric Diaz-Padron face off against longtime former city manager Yolanda Aguilar.

Ultimately, Diaz-Padron won with 70.85% of the ballots cast.

The race for Commission Seat 1 went to Gustavo “Gus” Ceballos, who defeated George A. Lavin with 74.62% of the vote.

Seat 2’s election went to Juan M. Blanes with 71.46% of the vote. He defeated Fermin J. Belleau.

The race for Seat 4 was won by Victoria de la Torre with 70.79% of the votes, defeating Elsa Pelaez-Lopez.

Over in Bay Harbor Islands, voters selected a new town council member.

In that race, Elchonon Shagalov defeated Gustavo Ortega by a narrow margin of 54.73% of the votes to 45.27%.

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