Voters in three Miami-Dade cities will elect new mayors next week, and all eyes are on Hialeah, the county's second-largest and most Hispanic city, where early voting began Monday.

At the John F. Kennedy Library, the city's only early voting site, four of the five candidates were on hand to greet supporters as residents trickled in to cast their ballots.

For longtime resident Isis Gradaille, who has called Hialeah home for nearly six decades, voting early was about demanding change.

"New blood, someone who can do the right thing," she said. "It's horrible, the water, the taxes — honesty is what I'm looking for."

Her daughter, Desiree Martin, shared her frustration, saying local politics often stay within tight circles.

"It ends up becoming a 'click,'" she said. "Then the next generati

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