{"id":63531,"date":"2025-12-10T12:29:23","date_gmt":"2025-12-10T17:29:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/?p=63531"},"modified":"2025-12-10T15:42:14","modified_gmt":"2025-12-10T20:42:14","slug":"higgins-miami-mayor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/higgins-miami-mayor\/","title":{"rendered":"MBA Alum Wins Runoff Election to Become Mayor of Miami"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size\">The first woman in the post, Eileen Higgins, MBA \u201989, is also the first Democrat to lead the city in nearly three decades<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>By <strong>Joe Wilensky<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap\">In a closely watched runoff on December 9, <a rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/eileen.miami\/\">Eileen Higgins, MBA \u201989<\/a>, was elected the next mayor of Miami. The former county commissioner will be the Florida city\u2019s first female mayor, the first Democrat elected to the post in 28 years, and the first non-Hispanic mayor since the 1990s.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Higgins defeated former city manager Emilio Gonz\u00e1lez, a Republican, with approximately 60% of the vote.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/12\/AP5A8750-1024x576.jpeg\" alt=\"Eileen Higgins, MBA \u201989, speaks with a resident at a Metromover transit station in Miami during her campaign for mayor\" class=\"wp-image-63602\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/12\/AP5A8750-1024x576.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/12\/AP5A8750-300x169.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/12\/AP5A8750-768x432.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/12\/AP5A8750-1536x864.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/12\/AP5A8750-800x450.jpeg 800w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/12\/AP5A8750-608x342.jpeg 608w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/12\/AP5A8750-304x171.jpeg 304w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/12\/AP5A8750-152x85.jpeg 152w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/12\/AP5A8750-1184x666.jpeg 1184w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/12\/AP5A8750-592x333.jpeg 592w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/12\/AP5A8750-296x166.jpeg 296w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/12\/AP5A8750-1264x711.jpeg 1264w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/12\/AP5A8750-632x356.jpeg 632w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/12\/AP5A8750-316x178.jpeg 316w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/12\/AP5A8750-400x225.jpeg 400w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/12\/AP5A8750-200x113.jpeg 200w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/12\/AP5A8750-100x56.jpeg 100w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/12\/AP5A8750.jpeg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"rkv-image-credit\">provided<\/figcaption><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Speaking with a resident at a transit station during the mayoral race.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cMiami chose a new direction,\u201d Higgins said in her victory speech. \u201cYou chose competence over chaos, results over excuses, and a city government that finally works for you.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Although the position of Miami mayor is technically nonpartisan, the race became a bellwether for party politics this fall\u2014and a potential preview for the 2026 midterms, as Republican leaders nationwide voiced support for Gonz\u00e1lez.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>Miami chose a new direction. You chose competence over chaos, results over excuses, and a city government that finally works for you.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Higgins, 61, had won 36% of the vote among a dozen other candidates in the November election. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(The outgoing mayor, having served two four-year terms, was not eligible to run again.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"992\" src=\"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/12\/PXL_20250508_225455920.MP-1-1024x992.jpeg\" alt=\"Eileen Higgins, MBA \u201989, speaking with supporters at her campaign kickoff\" class=\"wp-image-63605 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/12\/PXL_20250508_225455920.MP-1-1024x992.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/12\/PXL_20250508_225455920.MP-1-300x291.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/12\/PXL_20250508_225455920.MP-1-768x744.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/12\/PXL_20250508_225455920.MP-1-632x612.jpeg 632w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/12\/PXL_20250508_225455920.MP-1-316x306.jpeg 316w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/12\/PXL_20250508_225455920.MP-1-400x387.jpeg 400w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/12\/PXL_20250508_225455920.MP-1-200x194.jpeg 200w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/12\/PXL_20250508_225455920.MP-1-100x97.jpeg 100w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/12\/PXL_20250508_225455920.MP-1.jpeg 1246w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"rkv-image-credit\">Tony Chen \u201912<\/figcaption><figcaption>Chatting with supporters at her campaign kickoff in May.<\/figcaption><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Higgins&#8217;s campaign focused on alleviating affordability issues through more efficient government, cutting the red tape hindering small businesses and homeowners, promoting climate resilience, and fostering safe neighborhoods.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe are facing rhetoric from elected officials that is so dehumanizing and cruel, especially against immigrant populations,\u201d Higgins told the Associated Press following her victory speech. \u201cThe residents of Miami were ready to be done with that.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>A New Mexico native, Higgins earned a bachelor\u2019s degree in mechanical engineering from the University of New Mexico before obtaining her MBA on the Hill.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After working in international development and consulting, she became a Peace Corps director in Belize. She later served as a foreign service officer for the U.S. State Department, then worked in private-sector marketing for several companies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>We are facing rhetoric from elected officials that is so dehumanizing and cruel, especially against immigrant populations. The residents of Miami were ready to be done with that.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Higgins represented the Fifth District on the Miami-Dade County Commission from 2018\u201325.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In that post, she focused on creating thousands of new affordable housing units, expanding transit, and strengthening small businesses by investing nearly $3 million in grants; she also funded a reforesting plan called Million Trees Miami-Dade.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>(Top: Higgins portrait courtesy of Miami\u2013Dade County.)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">Published December 10, 2025<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The first woman in the post, Eileen Higgins, MBA \u201989, is also the first Democrat to lead the city in nearly three decades<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":68,"featured_media":63529,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"alumni_hub_syml_posts":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[229],"tags":[],"cornell_year_post":[],"post_folder":[],"class_list":["post-63531","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-alumni"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - 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