The Blue Earthquake in the Capital of the Sun: How Eileen Higgins Fractured Three Decades of Republican Hegemony in Miami (Comprehensive Analysis)
(Team: Taylor-Maqueda-Mauvecin-Maurizio) On the night of December 9, 2025, Miami experienced a political phenomenon that electoral analysts will take years to fully decipher. Eileen Higgins, a 61-year-old Democrat and former Miami-Dade County Commissioner, did not simply win a municipal race: she executed a reengineering of the city’s political map, transforming a city that since 1998 had functioned as a fortress of Floridian conservatism.
Reading time: 4 minutes
(Team: Taylor-Maqueda-Mauvecin-Maurizio) On the night of December 9, 2025, Miami experienced a political phenomenon that electoral analysts will take years to fully decipher. Eileen Higgins, a 61-year-old Democrat and former Miami-Dade County Commissioner, did not simply win a municipal race: she executed a reengineering of the city’s political map, transforming a city that since 1998 had functioned as a fortress of Floridian conservatism.
Reading time: 4 minutes