After a decisive reelection win as Miami-Dade County mayor, Daniella Levine Cava may soon be looking at a much harder race: Florida governor.
On Tuesday night, the first-term Democrat won another four years by a wide margin, turning back a slate of mostly Republican challengers in the officially nonpartisan race. Precinct data shows Levine Cava dominated Democratic strongholds and was competitive in parts of Miami-Dade that reliably vote Republican.
After months of quiet chatter about a potential Levine Cava statewide campaign, her camp is now pointing to her bipartisan support in Miami-Dade as a potential launch pad for a 2026 governor run in a state that hasn’t gone Democratic since the 1990s.
