Beating the incumbent, Carlos Lopez-Cantera elected Miami-Dade Property Appraiser
Former Florida House Majority Leader Carlos Lopez-Cantera has won his race against incumbent Miami-Dade County Property Appraiser Pedro Garcia. In a close election, Lopez-Cantera, a onetime industrial Realtor and longtime politician, received 105,914 votes, or approximately 51.2 percent of all votes cast, according to preliminary data from the Miami-Dade County Elections Department. Garcia received 100,929 votes, or approximately 48.8 percent of the vote.
Lopez-Cantera had focused his campaign on a pledge to reframe the way the county conducts appraisals by including foreclosed home sales in assessing neighborhoods’ values. “I think that was probably the biggest thing,” real estate analyst Jack McCabe said. “He said he would lower property taxes by considering all the foreclosures, and I think that was what probably resonated most strongly with voters.”
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