Miami Springs to get new mayor, 2 new council members

Realtor Jacky Bravo and Miami Dade College history professor Victor Vazquez defeated their opponents in Tuesday’s election in Miami

Springs, winning seats on the city council to replace one interim council member who chose not to seek re-election and another who won the mayor’s seat unopposed.

Bravo beat longtime Miami Springs resident Vivian Isla-Ray with 55% of votes, according to unofficial results posted shortly after 7 p.m. by Miami-Dade’s elections department. Vazquez won handily with 70% of votes against Vincent Medel, the president of the Miami

Springs Republican Club.

Just over 2,000 votes were cast out of nearly 9,500 registered voters in the city, a turnout of about 22%.

Bravo will succeed Councilwoman Maria Puente Mitchell, who ran unopposed for mayor.

She will replace termlimited Mayor Billy Bain.

Incumbent Councilmen

Bob Best and Walter Fajet also ran unopposed.

The new members will be sworn in at next Monday’s council meeting, which will be the last for Bain and Councilman Zavier Garcia, who was appointed last year after Jaime Petralanda resigned to run for school board. Vazquez will take Garcia’s seat.