The Miami City Commission has approved a controversial plan to postpone upcoming municipal elections — a move that has now been signed into law by the city’s mayor, despite warnings from Gov. Ron DeSantis and State Attorney General James Uthmeier.

According to the Miami Herald, the decision pushes city elections back to November 2026 to align with the federal election cycle. As a result, the current mayor and two city commissioners will remain in office for an extended period.

At least one candidate who would have been on the November 2025 ballot has filed a lawsuit against the move. Emilio González, former Miami city manager and mayoral candidate,  sued the city and pointed out how the change effectively keeps the sitting mayor and two commissioners in office longer than might have been the case had they lost in the originally scheduled November election.

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