Add Miami-Dade’s top county official and Miami Beach’s immediate past Mayor to the list of current and former political leaders backing Monica Matteo-Salinas’ bid for the Miami Beach Commission.

Miami-Dade Mayor Daniella Levine Cava and ex-Miami Beach Mayor Dan Gelber , a former state lawmaker, are endorsing Matteo-Salinas in the Dec. 9 runoff for the City Commission’s District 1 seat.

Levine Cava, a former nonprofit executive who made history in 2020 as Miami-Dade’s first-ever woman Mayor, cited Matteo-Salinas’ work under two Miami Beach Commissioners and at Catalyst Miami , which Levine Cava founded, in explaining her support.

“Monica knows how the city works and, just as importantly, how it can work better for the people who call Miami Beach home,” she said in a stateme

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