It’s never too early to start thinking about the 2022 race for Miami-Dade Commission, where there will be five open seats due to term limits and an opportunity for voters in District 8 to elect their commissioner, finally.

There are already five candidates each in the District 2 race to replace Commissioner Jean Monestime and the District 8 race, where Danielle Cohen Higgins was appointed in December. Cohen Higgins is one of them.

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Look out, Group 3. Here comes Alex Bucelo.

The sleeper candidate who jumped into the race to replace Coral Gables Commissioner Pat Keon — who is running for mayor — may be a 28-year-old newbie whose Papi is greasing the wheels. But he’s made an impression on people who are betting on him.

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