More than twice as many people voted at early voting locations in the past two weeks than those who returned absentee or mail-in ballots.

As of Monday morning, and early voting ended Sunday, with 597.769 people going out to one of the 33 voting locations — mostly libraries — since Oct. 21, according to the number published by the Miami-Dade Elections Department.

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Coral Gables Mayor Vince Lago got an opponent to challenge his re-election easier this month when Michael Anthony Abbott filed paperwork indicating he would run.

Abbott is an accountant who has lived in Coral Gables since 2002. He said he is also a founding member and CFO for SynXGlobal, Inc., a logistics transportation company. His late brother, John Abbott, worked at the city’s building and zoning department.

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And she wants to be supervisor of elections

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It’s tradition now. The Kendall Federation Political Action Committee, the political arm of the Kendall Federation of Homeowners Associations, has come out with their endorsements for both Miami-Dade candidates and the state amendments on the ballot. 

The PAC decided not to endorse anyone in the State House races in districts 118 and 119, which cover parts of Kendall. But they have their favorites in all the county constitutional offices, a school board race and a county commission runoff. These are them:

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With a little more than a week before the Nov. 5 election, former Congresswoman Debbie Mucarsel-Powell‘s campaign has launched not one, not two, but three new TV ads against Sen. Rick Scott and his “toxic agenda” in what some call one of the closest watched and most competitive races in the country.

It’s part of a huge, 8-figure media buy in the Sunshine State.

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