VIEW RESULTS: Races held in Coral Gables, Miami Shores
Two Miami-Dade municipalities – Coral Gables and Miami Shores – held elections Tuesday.
Two Miami-Dade municipalities – Coral Gables and Miami Shores – held elections Tuesday.
Elections were held Tuesday, March 11, across several cities in Broward County.
Republican Florida U.S. Sen. Rick Scott celebrated a victory over his Democratic opponent, former U.S. Rep. Debbie Mucarsel-Powell, on Tuesday night in Bonita Springs with more than 56% of the votes.
Amendment 3 -- one of two amendments on the ballot put there by citizens, not lawmakers (the other being Amendment 4) -- failed Tuesday. If it had passed, recreational marijuana would be legal in Florida for adults over 21.
Amendment 4 failed Tuesday, despite the majority of Florida voters saying “yes” on the ballot. A 60% supermajority vote is required to pass an amendment and only 57% voted yes.
The race for Broward County sheriff came down to incumbent Gregory Tony and challenger Charles Edward Whatley.
The first election for a sheriff in Miami-Dade County in more than six decades came down to two candidates.
Florida voters made decisions on Nov 5 about two citizen-initiated amendments on marijuana and abortion and four legislatively-referred amendments.
Voters in Monroe County and across the U.S. headed to the polls on Tuesday, Nov. 5 to cast their ballots in the General Election.