The race for Miami Mayor is on track to be far less crowded come 6 p.m. Saturday.

That’s the deadline to qualify for what is now a 13-candidate contest to succeed term-limited Mayor Francis Suarez .

As of 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, just five candidates — Miami-Dade Commissioner Eileen Higgins , former City Manager Emilio González , former City Commissioner Ken Russell , entrepreneur Christian Cevallos and Laura Anderson , an affiliate of the Socialist Workers Party — have qualified.

Another candidate, Max Martinez , who placed second in the 2021 race for Mayor, has withdrawn from the contest.

Higgins, a Democrat, is alone so far in qualifying by petition . Her campaign submitted more than 3,000 signatures last month from Miami residents, well over the 2,048 required

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