Just two weeks after, finally, announcing she would run for Florida Governor next year, State Sen. Annette Taddeo has already amassed more than $650,000 in contributions between her campaign account and her political action committee.

This isn’t reflected yet on the Florida Division of Elections page, but her political consultant, Christian Ulvert, said it would be in the October report that is to be filed Wednesday.

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Angelica Pacheco, who made the runoff for a Hialeah council seat last week, was arrested twice in the past. Once for assault in what she said was self defense against an abusive man and once for child abuse in what she said was a misunderstanding. But she used a belt.

Ladra didn’t even know about the assault charge when she called Pacheco Sunday to ask her about the arrest. Pacheco — who faces Bryan Calvo Nov. 16 — must have thought she meant her first arrest.

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Homestead Mayor Steve Losner hung on to his seat, winning re-election Tuesday by a small margin against former Councilman Elvis Maldonado, who had bounced back from a lost county commission race. Final score: 51 to 49%.

The difference was a scant 69 votes.

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Chief Sergio Velazquez abuses his position to retaliate and embarrass

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Hialeah Councilman Carl Zogby, the former police department spokesman, won re-election outright in a three-way Group 5 race Tuesday, with 57% of the vote. Mayra Jimenez got 27% and Salvador Blanco got 16%.

But the other two council races, the open seats which had five and six candidates vying, are headed into a runoff after nobody got 50% plus one by the end of the Election Day Nov. 2. And in less than two weeks, the city will have two more fresh, new council members that, depending on who wins, could tilt power one way or another.

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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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