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• Bullard swamps Saunders with strong showing in Miami Dade

  The second time was not the charm for Ron Saunders.

  The veteran state representative and outgoing Democratic House leader cut his tenure short in the state House to take a long-shot chance to become the first senator from the Keys in 40 years and seek the state Senate seat he had sought [...]

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• Miami-Dade voters keep pit-bull ban

  Pit bulls are still outlaws in Miami-Dade County.

  Voters overwhelming opted to keep a 1989 ban on American Staffordshire terriers, Staffordshire bull terriers and high-content mixes of both.

  Dahlia Canes, founder of the Miami Coalition Against Breed-Specific Legislation, the group that spearheaded the ban repeal, was disappointed but not surprised.

  “We didn’t think [...]

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• Miami-Dade state attorney cruises to reelection

  Longtime Miami-Dade State Attorney Katherine Fernández Rundle claimed victory Tuesday over her Democratic primary opponent, effectively clinching her sixth elected term because no balloted candidates oppose her in November.

  “It’s about your record. It’s about your performance, the things you do every day working with victims in this community,” she told [...]

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• Florida Rep. Carlos Lopez-Cantera defeats incumbent Miami-Dade property appraiser

  Carlos Lopez-Cantera, the popular state House Republican leader who pulled strings in Tallahassee to save the city of Miami from a $1.2 million tax burden on parking garages at the new Miami Marlins ballpark, was on his way to victory Tuesday night over Pedro J. Garcia to become Miami-Dade’s second [...]

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• Norman Braman's slate of Miami-Dade candidates is defeated; commissioner avoids runoff by 9 votes

  Two-term Miami-Dade Commissioner Audrey Edmonson was forced into a rare runoff Tuesday, and filling the seat being vacated by Commission Chairman Joe Martinez — who lost his bid for the mayor’s post — will require a runoff as well.

  Auto magnate Norman Braman will have to watch the drama unfold from [...]

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• UPDATED Most of Norman Braman's slate of Miami-Dade candidates is defeated; commissioner race may go to runoff

  Miami-Dade Commissioner Bruno Barreiro appears to have been pushed into an unexpected runoff early Wednesday morning after the county elections department finished counting absentee ballots that arrived on Election Day, which showed the incumbent missed winning an outright majority by 11 votes.

  Late Tuesday night, it had appeared Barreiro had won [...]

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• Diaz de la Portillas roll dice, divide their luck on primary night

  Miami's Diaz de la Portilla family was poised for a complete comeback but, on Tuesday, fell short.

  While Miguel Diaz de la Portilla walked into a second state Senate term with no opponent, his younger brothers, Alex and Renier faced a fight. After two bitterly fought primaries, the brothers broke even. Alex [...]

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• Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Gimenez wins reelection; rival refuses to concede

  The Miami-Dade mayor’s race, which had recently gotten a dose of intrigue over an absentee-ballot fraud investigation, ended without any mystery Tuesday night when Mayor Carlos Gimenez cruised to victory.

  But his chief rival, County Commission Chairman Joe Martinez, wouldn’t give in.

  Martinez refused to concede late Tuesday despite returns that showed [...]

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• It was a bumpy ride for 'retreads' in legislative races

  Tuesday's primary election saw a bumper crop of former legislators seeking comebacks, most of them forced out by term limits. Some did better than other.:

  Alex Diaz de la Portilla, the ex-Senate majority leader from Miami, easily defeated ex-Rep. Gus Barriero to win the GOP nomination in House District 112. But his brother, Renier [...]

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• Gaetz's slate runs table in Senate GOP races

  Celebrating victory Tuesday night, Sen. Don Gaetz said his candidates were superior. But it didn't hurt to have more than $3 million for mail, TV ads and ground support, much of it from corporate interests in Tallahassee such as utilities, doctors, health care companies and agribusiness.

  In race after race, Republican Senate candidates backed [...]

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