Democrats, flush from a flurry of election victories last month, are favored to win the mayor’s race in Miami for the first time in nearly 30 years, with Tuesday’s runoff vote closely watched as a test of voter mood in President Donald Trump’s stronghold of Florida.

Eileen Higgins, 61, a former Miami-Dade County commissioner, easily led a crowded field of candidates in last month’s race with 36% of the vote.

That was short of the majority needed to win outright but well ahead of Republican Emilio Gonzalez, a former Miami city manager and retired U.S. Army colonel, who garnered 20%. Another Democrat, Ken Russell, a former city commissioner, finished in third place with 18%.

A victory for Higgins would be the first Democratic win since 1997, when Xavier Suarez, father of the outgoing incu

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