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Doral, Florida - The Republican National Committee placed a three-person team in Tallahassee for online training of poll-watchers to work during Early Voting and on Election Day. They helped to ensure that election integrity mostly prevailed during this election season. At a training webinar during this summer, with around 900 participants, the following message appeared on the chat: "Please check into Miami Dade GOP. They’re doing nothing. I’ve been volunteering for months and they don’t reply back."
Non-Partisan and Primary Elections in August
In the non-partisan and primary elections held during August, voter turnout was only slightly over 19%. The low-energy REC failed to engage the voters. In fact, they prefer a smaller party that they control, over a larger and growing party in which they share control. Leadership treats the REC as if it were the Big Five private social club: members only!
Incumbent Democrat County Mayor Levine Cava won with a majority of the votes in the first round. Out of her 163,000 votes, fully 92,000 were Vote-By-Mail, representing 56% of her votes. She represents the “Newyorkification” of county government. During her first term, we experienced: (1) higher taxes, including property taxes; (2) higher fees for public services, such as for garbage pickup; (3) near tripling of spending by her office; (4) growth of the county bureaucracy; and (5) the politicization of county contracting.
In her second term, she is likely to propose: (1) bringing back a multi-billion dollar debt issuance, which will require higher taxes; and (2) continue with her Agenda 21 policies regulating our lifestyles with woke progressive priorities. Are you ready to stop eating meat? Are you ready to stop driving gasoline-powered cars? Are you ready to live in a tiny rented apartment?
There was no effective Republican opposition to her re-election. This opposition was led by the mayor of a small town, who made a valiant effort with little support. There was no heavyweight opponent with full state and county party support in the most populous and prosperous county in the state.
The County Mayor’s race, however, did not represent the only failure of the REC during the elections in August. In addition, there were seven County Commissioners up for re-election, and while the three incumbent Republicans all had opponents, none of the four incumbent Democrats were opposed by Republican candidates. Instead, they were given a free pass by the REC.
In particular, the REC has almost no outreach into the black community, where three of those Democrat Commissioners are based. Nor does the REC reach out to Miami Beach wokesters, the base of the other Democrat Commissioner who was not challenged. Compare this approach with that of Donald Trump, who aims straight at conservatives in the black community, and at doubting wokesters in progressive precincts.
On the School Board, five seats were up for election:
1. The incumbent Democrat in District 1 (Miami Gardens) was not challenged by Republicans, probably because his base is in the black community.
2. There was an open seat in District 3 (Miami Beach), and this non-partisan election went to a runoff. The victor in the runoff election was a progressive Democrat. The lone conservative Republican in the race received no support from the state or local party, and did not make the runoff.
3. In District 5 (Doral), the Republican incumbent, appointed by Governor DeSantis, was not challenged for re-election.
4. In District 7 (Kendall), the race went to a runoff, won by a conservative Republican, also appointed by Governor DeSantis, over her far-left progressive Democrat opponent.
5. In District 9 (Pinecrest), the woke progressive Democrat incumbent defeated a conservative Republican challenger. Early last year, Governor DeSantis had let it be known, through the RPOF, of his interest in defeating this incumbent and encouraged a challenger. When the campaign started this year, however, neither the state nor the county Republican parties offered any support to the challenger. This race was another lost opportunity to expand the conservative majority on the School Board.
Finally, Republicans fielded no candidate at all for State’s Attorney and Public Defender, leaving unchallenged two long-serving Democrats. This failure leaves Republicans vulnerable to politically-motivated prosecutions and lawfare from their opponents, such as: (1) the prosecution of a County Commissioner for a dubious financial irregularity, which appears to have been an act of lawfare to take him out of the race for Sheriff; and (2) timing the conviction for election interference of a Republican former State Senator in October, just before the general elections in November. Through the country, Democrat prosecutors, often funded by George Soros and his affiliates, are facing electoral challenges. Nevertheless, no such challenge was launched by the Miami-Dade REC.
In summary, during the non-partisan and primary elections held in August, the Republican candidates outright lost or failed to challenge Democrats in the following offices:
1. County Mayor.
2. County Commissioners, Districts 1, 3, 5 and 9.
3. School Board, Districts 1, 3 and 9.
4. State’s Attorney.
5. Public Defender.
At the same time, Republican incumbents won re-election in the following offices:
1. County Commissioners, Districts 11 and 13.
2. School Board, Districts 5 and 7.
REC Elections in August
In Washington they say that people are policy, and that what you see depends on where you stand. Since the presidential election in 2020, the REC has been led by superannuated old women who have stayed past their “Use By” date, weak men who are compromised, each in his own way, and indicted, if not convicted, grifters.
Even the Vatican has a rule that Cardinals over the age of 75 may not vote. Vice President-elect Vance has warned us not to trust our government to “childless cat ladies,” because they have made no investment in the future. The same applies to childless cat guys. As C.S. Lewis put it, they are men without chests. When you have to spend your time defending yourself against criminal indictments, you don’t have much time to devote to the Republican party.
This leadership preaches unity, but then itself walks out of an REC meeting in order to annul a quorum and prevent free discussion. You can find better people in the Miami-Dade County Jail. The RINO leadership has more affinity with Miami Antifa than with Miami Young Republicans and the local right-to-life movement. County contractors cannot take on the county government.
REC leadership follows a policy of “bread and circuses” when dealing with its members and constituents. Since last year leadership has hosted lunches and dinners, with picture-taking and book-buying opportunities, for Senator Rick Scott, Judge Jeannine Pirro, Counselor Roger Stone, Mayor Rudy Giuliani and such.
Election Procedures
It is odd that non-partisan elections, like County Mayor, County Commissioners and School Board members, have to be won with a majority, requiring a runoff if necessary. On the other hand, party primaries do not require a majority, but can be won with a mere plurality.
Therefore, the Republican primary for Sheriff was won with 24% of the vote in the Republican primary, with the second-place finisher at 22%. This race clearly shows the need for a runoff system in party primaries between the top two vote-getters. Consider that in 2026 there are likely to be several Republican candidates for Governor: Mike Waltz, Matt Gaetz, Byron Donalds, Jimmy Patronis, Ashley Moody and Wilton Stimson. If none of those candidates wins a majority in the primary, then the top two vote-getters should face a runoff.
In another consideration, social science studies confirm that the order of names on a ballot matters. Thus, the Democrat County Mayor had herself listed first in the primary ballot under “C” as “Daniella Levine Cava.” On other occasions, however, she has been listed under “L” for “Daniella Levine-Cava.” A lawsuit filed by a Republican candidate for County Mayor alleges that the incumbent Democrat County Mayor was advised by election administrators to make this change. Such advice would constitute another example of election interference by the administrative state.
The REC not only does not recruit poll-watchers, door-knockers or voter registrars, but also does not recruit and train candidates for county offices. Once the county-wide campaigns for the general elections started, the REC provided little support, especially compared with the onslaught of advertising from Democrats.
Another example of the failing REC shows up when Republican politicians endorse Democrats for other offices. We have already seen that the RINO Mayor of Homestead endorsed the incumbent Democrat County Mayor in the August elections, but then a losing candidate in the Republican primary for Sheriff endorsed the Democrat candidate in the general election over the Republican. Several Republican office-holders endorsed a Democrat for County Judge. Some of the campaign advertising for county-wide Republican candidates omitted mentioning that they were Republicans.
Chase the Vote with Turning Point, going door-to-door during Early Voting and on Election Day, is independent of the REC. The Sunday before Election Day, the REC was pleading for campaign volunteers. That is a heck of a time to ask. Miami-Dade County has around 1,525,000 registered voters divided among some 762 precincts, but the REC has a maximum of 160 members, and usually slightly over 120. Each precinct should have its own committeeman and woman. The REC needs to get more people politically involved year around, and more voters registered Republican, so that they are ready for election season.
All of these shortcomings barely mattered in the general election, of course, because Trump’s coat-tails lifted up to victory almost all local Republican candidates. Nevertheless, we won’t always have Trump around to make up for our shortcomings. We will have to wait until 2028 for J.D. Vance.
