Voters elect Live Local, condo reform advocate Vicki Lopez, shoot down Miami marina, Miami Beach office projects

Miami-Dade County voters shot down real estate ballot measures in Miami and Miami Beach, but elected a Live Local Act and condo reform advocate to a county commission seat.  Here are the results:  Miami-Dade County District 5 incumbent Vicki Lopez will keep her seat in the county commission after winning 60.6 percent of the vote from 27,250 voters in a runoff election, defeating Marine Corps veteran and underdog candidate Rob Piper, who secured 39.4 percent from 17,729 voters.  Lopez, who served as a Republican in the Florida House of Representatives, where she sponsored the state’s Live Local Act, received just […]

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