2009 Hialeah mayoral election

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Candidate Julio Robaina Santiago A. Cardenas Party Nonpartisan Nonpartisan Popular vote 20,188 1,439 Percentage 93.35% 6.65%

Mayor before election Julio Robaina Nonpartisan Elected mayor Julio Robaina Nonpartisan

The2009 Hialeah mayoral election took place on November 15, 2009. Incumbent MayorJulio Robaina ran for re-election to a second term. Unlike the2005 election, Robaina faced only one little-known challenger, physician Santiago Cardenas. Robaina significantly outraised and outspent Cardenas,^[1] and won the endorsement of theMiami Herald, which praised him for "set[ting] a steady course that has kept Hialeah's budget in the black."^[2] Robaina ultimately won re-election in a landslide, winning 93 percent of the vote to Cardenas's 7 percent.^[3]

Robaina did not ultimately end up serving a full term. He resigned to unsuccessfully run forMayor of Miami-Dade County in2011, triggering aspecial election.^[4]

• Julio Robaina, incumbent Mayor^[1]
• Santiago A. Cardenas, physician^[1]

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