Miami Beach mayoral race heads to runoff between Meiner and Gongora – NBC 6 South Florida

Miami Beach’s mayoral race will be headed for a runoff after none of the four candidates in Tuesday’s election received the required 50% plus one vote total.

Steven Meiner and Michael Gongora will face each other in the runoff, after unofficial results from the Miami-Dade Supervisor of Elections showed them as the top two vote getters.

The runoff will take place in a couple weeks, on Nov. 21. The winner will replace Dan Gelber, who’s held the position since 2017 but was prevented from running again by term limits.

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Meiner, an attorney, gave up his spot as Miami Beach’s Group 4 commissioner to run for mayor.

Gongora, also an attorney, has served three terms as a Miami Beach commissioner, from 2006-2007, 2009-2013, and 2017-2021.

Mike Grieco, a former member of the Florida House of Representatives and a former Miami Beach commissioner, and former MTV executive Bill Roedy, finished out of the top two.

Commission Races

Three of the Miami Beach’s six commission seats were also up for grabs in Tuesday’s election.

For Meiner’s Group 4 seat, former marketing executive and Miami Beach Planning Board Vice Chair Tanya Katzoff Bhatt was the apparent winner over real estate broker and business consultant Andres Asion.

In the Group 5 race, marketing director David Suarez was the apparent winner over hotel owner and former Miami Beach Historic Preservation Board Chairman Mitch Novick.

For Group 6, Miami Beach Planning Board member Joe Magazine had a slim lead over activist and Chair of Art in Public Places for the City of Miami Beach Marcella Novela.