Miami, a city of 487,000 that is one of the municipalities of Miami-Dade County, is having its mayoral runoff on Tuesday. A Democrat is making her case to become the city’s first mayor of her party in over 25 years.

While it is a non-partisan race, the election is pitting a candidate endorsed by Trump and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, against Eileen Higgins, a former county commissioner who is campaigning alongside higher-profile Democrats.

Emilio Gonzalez is a former city manager who also served as director of the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services under President George W. Bush.

The Associated Press reporter Adriana Gomez Licon explains the race's importance to the democrat party.

“The city of Miami is one of the few large cities in the country run by a Republican mayor, but in this election on Tuesday, Democrats getting a chance to win it," said Gomez Licon.

"Democrats elsewhere are looking at this race in terms of how to show voters that they still can get the support from Latinos,” Gomez Licon added.

Early voting began Friday, and Higgins told The Associated Press she is confident she will receive support not only from Democrats, but also from unaffiliated and some Republican voters because of her work as an elected official.

If elected, Higgins would be the first non-Hispanic mayor of this Cuban enclave in almost 30 years.