Doral is a city in Miami-Dade County,Florida,United States. One of 34 municipalities in the county,it is located 5 miles (8 km) west of Miami International Airport and 13 miles (21 km) west of Downtown Miami. Doral occupies 15 square miles (39 km2) bordered on the west by the Ronald Reagan Turnpike and the Florida Everglades,on the north by the town of Medley,on the east by the Palmetto Expressway and on the south by the Dolphin Expressway and the city of Sweetwater. The city is part of South Florida's Miami metropolitan area. As of the 2020 census,Doral had a population of 75,874,up from 45,704 in 2010.
Hialeah is a city in Miami-Dade County,Florida,United States. With a population of 223,109 as of the 2020 census,Hialeah is the sixth-largest city in Florida. It is the second largest city by population in the Miami metropolitan area,which was home to an estimated 6,198,782 people at the 2018 census. It is located west-northwest of Miami,and is one of a few places in the county—others being Homestead,Miami Beach,Surfside,Bal Harbour,Sunny Isles Beach,and Golden Beach—to have its own street grid numbered separately from the rest of the county.
Opa-locka is a city in Miami-Dade County,Florida,United States. The city is part of South Florida's Miami metropolitan area. As of the 2020 census,the population was 16,463,up from 15,219 in 2010.
Alexander Penelas is an American attorney who is the former mayor of Miami-Dade County,Florida.
Miami Dade College is a public college in Miami,Florida. Founded in 1959,it has a total of eight campuses and twenty-one outreach centers throughout Miami-Dade County. It is the largest college in the Florida College System with more than 100,000 students. The college enrolls a significantly larger number of Hispanic students compared to other colleges and universities in the state of Florida. The college serves a higher number of minority students than any other college in the nation.
Raúl L. Martínez is a former mayor of Hialeah,Florida,United States. He is a Democrat and was mayor for 24 years,first elected in 1981 and was the Democratic congressional candidate for Florida's 21st congressional district in 2008.
Hialeah-Miami Lakes Senior High School is a public high school operated by Miami-Dade County Public Schools,located at 7977 West Twelfth Avenue in Hialeah,Florida,United States,on the boundary with the city of Miami Lakes.
The Miami-Dade Public Library System (MDPLS) is a system of libraries in Miami-Dade County,Florida.
Carlos Antonio Giménez is a Cuban-born American politician and retired firefighter serving as the U.S. representative for Florida's 28th congressional district. He was redistricted from Florida's 26th congressional district. A Republican,he served as mayor of Miami-Dade County from 2011 to 2020. He served as a Miami-Dade County Commissioner from 2003 to 2011,and was the fire chief of the City of Miami Fire Department.
Marcelo Llorente is a former Republican representative in the House of Representatives of the U.S. state of Florida. He was first elected in 2002 and re-elected in 2004,2006,and 2008. At the time of his election to the Florida House of Representatives,Marcelo was the third youngest person ever elected to that body.
Julio Robaina is a state representative from Florida. He was first elected to the Florida House of Representatives in 2003 from District 117. He ran for Florida Senate from District 36,which was being vacated by Alex Diaz de la Portilla,losing to Miguel Diaz de la Portilla,Alex's brother,in the Republican primary.
Esteban L. "Steve" Bovo Jr. is an American Republican politician from Florida and the current mayor of Hialeah,Florida. Bovo previously served on the Hialeah City Council,in the Florida House of Representatives,and on the Miami-Dade County Commission. He ran for mayor of Miami-Dade County in 2020,losing to Daniella Levine Cava. Prior to serving as an elected official,Bovo worked at the historic Hialeah Park as a marketing and advertising executive.
The 2011 Hialeah mayoral election was held on Tuesday,November 1,2011,in Hialeah,Florida. Acting Mayor Carlos Hernandez,who became mayor in 2011 when his predecessor,Julio Robaina,left office in May 2011 to pursue an unsuccessful bid for Mayor of Miami-Dade County,sought a full term. Four candidates contested the election. The election was officially nonpartisan.
Carlos Hernández is a Cuban-born American politician. Hernández served as the Mayor of Hialeah,Florida,from May 2011 to November 2021. He became acting mayor in 2011 upon the resignation of his predecessor,Julio Robaina,who left the Hialeah mayoral office to pursue an unsuccessful campaign for Mayor of Miami-Dade County.
Bryan Avila is an American Republican politician who currently serves as a member of the Florida Senate,representing the 39th District. He previously served in the Florida House of Representatives,representing the 111th District,which includes parts of Miami and Hialeah in northeastern Miami-Dade County,since 2014. Avila will be term limited in 2022 and has announced his intention to run for Miami Dade County commission district 6.
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Hialeah,Florida,USA.
The 2011 Miami-Dade County mayoral special election took place on May 24,2011 and June 28,2011 after the recall of County Mayor Carlos Álvarez earlier that year. After a May 24 first round,former County Commissioner Carlos A. Giménez narrowly defeated Hialeah Mayor Julio Robaina in a June 28 runoff. The election was officially nonpartisan.
The 2020 Miami-Dade County mayoral election was held on November 3,2020,to determine the mayor of Miami-Dade County,Florida. County Commissioner Daniella Levine Cava defeated fellow commissioner Esteban Bovo. Incumbent Mayor Carlos A. Giménez,first elected in 2011,was term-limited;instead running for the U.S. House of Representatives to represent Florida's 26th congressional district.
The 1996 Metro-Dade County mayoral election took place on September 1,1996. It was the first election in the Metro Dade County area since the election of Stephen P. Clark. The election pitted various well-known and popular figures in the Miami-Dade area. Maurice Ferre and Xavier Suarez and former rivals in the 1987 Miami Mayor race,Arthur Teele and young former Hialeah City Councilman Alex Penelas along with several other minor candidates. County Commissioners Arthur Teele and Alex Penelas went on to the run-off. Penelas's victory made him the first Cuban-American mayor in Dade County and as of 2020,the only Democrat Cuban-American. Penelas also has the distinction of being the youngest mayor elected in Miami Dade County history at the age of 34. Arthur Teele was the first African American man to run for Dade County mayor.
