Homestead begins early voting for its Nov. 4 election on Thursday. Two Council seats and the vice mayoralty are on the ballot.

So are four referendums affecting City Hall operations and bonding.

For Council Seat 1, incumbent Tom Davis hopes to repel a challenge from Realtor Kim Konsky .

For Council Seat 5, incumbent Erica Ávila faces Sonia Castro , a physical therapy pro.

Additionally, Davis is competing against fellow Council member Jenifer Bailey for the right to replace term-limited Councilman Sean Fletcher as Vice Mayor.

The winners next month will each earn a four-year term.

Homestead is Miami-Dade’s second-oldest incorporated municipality behind Miami. The city has an estimated 81,672 people living within its 15-square-mile bounds. Seventy-eight percent of its r

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