Miami Mayor-elect Eileen Higgins believes the key to her election victory Tuesday — the first for a Democrat in almost 30 years — was her outreach to people of all political persuasions.

In an interview on CBS News just after the election, CBS News chief Washington correspondent Major Garrett asked her about the "Trump effect;" President Trump had endorsed her Republican opponent, drawing attention to the race.

"I don't know," Higgins responded. "What I know is what I did. I worked. I knocked on doors and called Republicans, independents and Democrats all across the city of Miami — because you cannot become the mayor of this city if only Democrats vote for you. You can't become the mayor of this city if only Republicans vote for you. You've got to have all three."

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