Miami Beach Mayor Dan Gelber won re-election easily Tuesday. Like Miami Mayor Francis Suarez, Gelber had basically no opposition. But instead of getting 80% of the vote, like Baby X did across the causeway, Gelber won with 62%, which is still a comfortable victory if not an overwhelming mandate.

He also won on his pet project, the non-binding referendum asking voters if the city should ban alcohol sales after 2 a.m., effectively moving last call up three hours (more on that later). Almost 57% of the voters said yes. Ladra wonders if the ballot question helped him or hurt him. Or if he helped the ballot question.

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