MIAMI -- It has been nearly three decades since a Democrat held the mayor’s office in Miami, a span of futility the party is hoping to reverse during a special runoff election this week in one of the last electoral showdowns before next year’s midterms. While it is a local race, this election has become the latest test of the nation’s political mood nearly a year into President Donald Trump’s second term. Trump and other big-name Florida Republicans, including Gov. Ron DeSantis and Sen. Rick Scott , have weighed in for the conservative candidate, former city manager Emilio Gonzalez, in the otherwise nonpartisan race. Nationally known Democrats, including former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg , have offered support on behalf of Eileen Higgins, a Democrat who served on the county co

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