Miami Lakes Councilwoman Marilyn Ruano won reelection Tuesday and will continue to represent Seat 3 for the next four years. “Miami Lakes is and always will be my priority,” Ruano, 44, said on Twitter Tuesday night. “I will continue to serve you with the same level of commitment and integrity.” A new face will join her and represent Seat 1 on the dais: Tony Fernandez, 35, owner of an internet technology services...

Attorney Tom Fabricio, a Republican from Miramar, defeated District 103 Fla. Rep. Cindy Polo, D-Miramar on Nov. 3. Fabricio could not be reached for comment. Polo, a homemaker and former communications director for the Miami-Dade Expressway Authority, had turned the district blue in 2018 by defeating former Miami Lakes Councilman Frank Mingo. She replaced then-state Rep. Manny Diaz Jr., a Republican who was term-limited that year and...

After nearly a decade, Miami-Dade County has a new mayor:  County Commissioner Daniella Levine Cava, who declared victory over County Commissioner Esteban "Steve" Bovo, Jr. “To the small business owners struggling to keep their doors open, to the families unable to make ends meet, to the frontline workers who put their lives at risk for us, to all the women with a dream of shattering our highest glass ceiling, we did...

On the third day of early voting at the Mary Collins Community Center in Miami Lakes, torrential downpours and flooded parking lots didn’t deter voters huddled beneath umbrellas on a line that stretched toward Picnic Park West. There is a lot of energy and excitement at this polling place, where poll workers applaud first-time voters. Some voters shared their political passions and reasons for their choices as the line inched...

Former Miami-Dade County Mayor Alex Penelas on Tuesday endorsed Miami Lakes Councilwoman Marilyn Ruano in her bid for reelection on Nov. 3. Ruano, a 43-year-old accountant, is being challenged by political newcomer Raymond Garcia for Seat 3. Garcia has the backing of Miami Lakes Mayor Manny Cid. Cid appointed Ruano to the town council in 2017. Raymond, 48, is a health insurance manager and former member of the Miami Lakes...