Between them, the 12 candidates for the four Miami-Dade constitutional offices on the ballot — minus the sheriff’s race — have raised more than $1 million, according to the most recent campaign finance reports.
Half of that is thanks to former State Rep and former Miami Beach Commissioner David Richardson, who loaned himself $250,000 for his campaign for tax collector. He raised another $80,400 and rolled $174,200 from his previous campaign coffers for a total of $504,600. He’s the only Democrat in the race, so far.
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Miami-Dade Mayor Daniella Levine Cava and the seven incumbent commissioners up for re-election raised more than $1.7 million between them in the first quarter of the year, according to finance reports filed this week. This includes the $635,185 raised between them in their respective campaign accounts and another $1 million plus in political action committee funds.
About of a third of last quarter’s take is for the four candidates who are as of yet unopposed.
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Alian Collazo has major support from a state senator
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She also has the backing of most municipal mayors
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Miami-Dade Fire Rescue Captain Omar Blanco, a 20-veteran of the department and former union president, has officially announced that he is running for Florida House of Representatives in District 115, where Rep. Alina Garcia is vacating to run for Miami-Dade Elections Supervisor.
It was known that Blanco, who ran for Congress four years ago, would run for the open seat. He filed his state candidate statement and treasurer appointment with the Florida Division of Elections last month almost right after Garcia’s announcement. But Monday, the campaign made the official announcement.
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Miami-Dade Commissioner Roberto Gonzalez, who was appointed by the governor and has never been elected, has a challenger in this November’s election. School teacher Bryan Paz-Hernandez, former president of the West Kendall Dems — now an NPA — filed paperwork Wednesday intending to run.
“I’m tired of the traffic and high cost of housing,” Paz-Hernandez told Political Cortadito. “I’ve lived in Kendall almost all my life — except for when I went to college — and I see the problems go unaddressed.”
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