City of Miami Commission Chairwoman Christine King won her re-election bid on Tuesday, while Miami-Dade Commissioner Eileen Higgins and former Miami city manager Emilio González will head to a Dec. 9 runoff in the race to become the city’s next mayor.

King received more than 84% of the vote, defeating challengers Marion Brown and Frederick Bryant. She now enters her second and final four-year term representing District 5, a Black-majority district that includes Liberty City, Little Haiti, Overtown, Wynwood, Edgewater and the Upper East Side.

“I did not win tonight. We won tonight. The community won tonight, and it’s all because of you,” King said to a crowd of supporters following Tuesday night’s election results. “It’s because of your love and your support and your prayers that I stand

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