Rolando Escalona is still in a race for a Miami Commission seat after a Judge ruled that he is indeed a resident of District 3.

Miami-Dade Circuit Judge Beatrice Butchko Sanchez found Escalona sufficiently proved that he has rented and lived in an apartment since June 2024, like he claimed, and should not be disqualified from running for the seat, as demanded by his opponent, Denise Galvez Turros .

The ruling came at the end of a roughly five-hour hearing Wednesday, during which Escalona provided multiple items as evidence of his residency. Among them: his driver’s license, voter information card, and Amazon furniture and TV orders — all listing the District 3 apartment as his home — and the lease he signed for it June 4, 2024.

Galvez Turros, meanwhile, provided as evidence Esc

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