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Robaina Wins Uncle Luke Endorsement
MIAMI (CBSMiami.com) – It seems Luther Campbell has gone from being as nasty as he wants to be to being as fickle as he wants to be. One day after he was scheduled to endorse Carlos Gimenez in the race...
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Robaina Lands Another Endorsement
MIAMI (CBSMiami.com) – Just a day after receiving the endorsement of former 2 Live Crew frontman Luther Campbell, Julio Robaina has lined up another big name supporting his campaign. Roosevelt Bradley...
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Campbell’s Endorsement Of Robaina May Have Had A Price
MIAMI (CBS4) – Former rap star-turned mayoral candidate Luther Campbell says he gave his endorsement to run-off candidate Julio Robaina, after Robaina promised a high level job to a Campbell friend. In...
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Early Voting For County Mayor’s Race Begins Saturday
MIAMI (CBS4) – Voters in Miami-Dade will be able to go to the polls beginning Saturday in a run-off election for County Mayor. Early voting for the election only lasts 8 days however, due to a new law...
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Robaina Denies Campbell Job Deal
MIAMI (CBSMiami.com) – One day after being implicated in a job-for-endorsement deal by former mayoral candidate Luther Campbell, Julio Robaina took to the airwaves this morning on WIOD to deny the...
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Robaina Denies Deal With Luther Campbell For Endorsement
MIAMI (CBS4) - The mayor’s race in Miami-Dade County has taken an interesting turn with some questions raised about Luther Campbell’s endorsement of candidate Julio Robaina. Tuesday night Robaina...
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Mudslinging Mayoral Candidates Angering Voters
PALMETTO BAY, Fla. (CBSMiami.com) – Miami-Dade County’s mayoral candidates are in the home stretch of their battle for the top office. Thursday, both candidates met in their only debate in South Dade...
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I-Team: Examining Robaina’s Record in Hialeah
HIALEAH (CBS4) – At every campaign appearance, Julio Robaina touts his record as Hialeah mayor, reminding voters he did not raise property or business taxes in the city. “As the mayor of the second...
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Early Voting Begins Saturday For County Mayoral Race
MIAMI (CBS4) – The Miami-Dade County runoff election is less than two weeks away. Voters in Miami-Dade County will choose a new Mayor and State House District 110 Representative. Early voting begins on...
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Early Voters Cast Ballots For Miami-Dade County Mayoral Race
MIAMI (CBS4) – The Miami-Dade County runoff election is less than two weeks away. Voters in Miami-Dade County will choose a new Mayor and State House District 110 Representative. Early voting began on...
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Carrie Meek Endorses Gimenez For Mayor
MIAMI DADE (CBS4) – Less than 24 hours after a new poll showed Miami-Dade mayoral candidate Carlos Gimenez with a substantial lead over his opponent Julio Robaina in the eyes of likely voters, he...
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New Poll Puts Gimenez Ahead Of Robaina In Mayor’s Race
MIAMI (CBS4) A new poll conducted by CBS4 news partner The Miami Herald and released Sunday shows former Miami-Dade commissioner Carlos Gimenez with a commanding lead in the race to become Miami-Dade’s...
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Eight Days Til Mayoral Election, Candidates Continue To Throw Punches
MIAMI (CBS4) – A day after a new poll conducted by CBS4 news partner The Miami Herald showed former Miami-Dade commissioner Carlos Gimenez with a commanding lead in the race to become Miami-Dade’s...
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CBS4 Hosts Final Mayoral Debate
MIAMI (CBSMiami.com) – Early voting for the Miami-Dade County Mayoral race ends Saturday, but both candidates made one final appearance together in a debate at CBS4’s studios Friday. And while a...
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Early, Absentee Voters Near 117 Thousand In Dade Election
DORAL (CBS4) – On Tuesday Miami-Dade voters who have not cast their ballots already will have their last chance to pick who they would like to see as the county’s next mayor. Early Voting started June...
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Special Miami-Dade Election For Mayor All Comes Down To Tuesday
DORAL (CBS4) – Miami-Dade voters who have not cast their ballots already will head to the polls on Tuesday to make their selection as to who they would like to see be the county’s next mayor. In his...
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Dade Voters Cast Ballots For New Mayor
DORAL (CBS4) – Miami-Dade voters headed to the polls on Tuesday to cast their ballot for the county’s next mayor. For the voters, it’s the end of an increasingly bitter campaign to replace former...
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New Miami-Dade Mayor Gimenez: ‘Work Begins Now’
DORAL (CBS4) – Carlos Gimenez has moved from a seat on the Miami commission to the Miami-Dade Mayor’s office, after beating former Hialeah mayor Julio Robaina in a bruising race for the county’s top...
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Mayor-Elect Gimenez To Be Sworn In Friday
MIAMI (CBSMiami.com) – Newly-elected Miami-Dade County Mayor Carlos Gimenez will take office after the election is certified by the canvassing board, but he’s wasting no time getting to work. “We are...
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Carlos Gimenez Sworn In As Miami-Dade Mayor
MIAMI (CBSMiami) – It’s official. Carlos Gimenez is the new Miami-Dade Mayor, three days after narrowly beating former Hialeah mayor Julio Robaina for the job. But if you expected a big, showy...
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Gimenez Installed As Miami-Dade’s New Mayor
MIAMI (CBS4) – In a public ceremony, Carlos Gimenez was sworn in Wednesday afternoon as the new mayor of Miami Dade County, vowing to shrink the size of county government, and cut taxes, without...
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Incumbant Mayor Stoddard Re-Elected In S. Miami
SOUTH MIAMI (CBSMiami) – The voters have spoken in South Miami. Residents of the small South Florida city decided on a new Mayor and two new city commissioners. Incumbent Mayor Philip Stoddard narrowly...
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Herald: Commissioner, Uncle Of Fmr. Hialeah Mayor Implicated In Absentee...
MIAMI (CBS4) – The absentee ballot scandal, which has already marred two Miami-Dade political campaigns, has now focused its attention on a county commissioner and the uncle of Hialeah’s former mayor....
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Report: M-D Commissioner’s Office Ensnared In Absentee Ballot Fraud
MIAMI (CBS4) – The absentee ballot scandal that erupted a little more than a week ago has marred two political campaigns in Miami-Dade County has now ensnared a county commissioner and the uncle of...
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Bovo Meets With Miami-Dade SAO About Absentee Ballot Probe
MIAMI (CBS4) – Miami-Dade Commissioner Esteban Bovo met with the Miami-Dade State Attorney’s Office Wednesday to speak with them about an ongoing investigation into absentee ballot fraud. A...
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Sergio Robaina Charged In Ballot Fraud Investigation
MIAMI (CBSMiami) – Sergio Robaina, the uncle of former Hialeah Mayor Julio Robaina, is now facing ballot fraud charges. State prosecutors charged the 74-year old Robaina with two felony counts of...
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Judge: Miami-Dade Has Authority To Enact Absentee Ballot Law
MIAMI (CBSMiami) – A Miami-Dade circuit judge has refused to throw out a county ordinance that makes possession of more than two absentee ballots a misdemeanor. According to our news partner The Miami...
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Former Hialeah Mayor Julio Robaina Charged With Tax Evasion
MIAMI (CBSMiami) – Former Hialeah Mayor Julio Robaina has been charged with federal tax evasion and is expected to surrender in federal court Friday morning. The investigation, first reported by CBS4...
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Former Hialeah Mayor Julio Robaina Bonds Out Of Jail
MIAMI (CBSMiami) – Former Hialeah Mayor Julio Robaina and his wife Raiza have bonded out of jail after they surrendered to federal authorities Friday and made their first court appearance. The Robainas...
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Former S. Miami Mayor: “I’m Not THAT Julio Robaina”
MIAMI (CBS4) – Shakespeare asked, “What’s in a name?” Well, a lot, it would appear if the the name is Julio Robaina. Former two time Hialeah Mayor Julio Robaina and his wife Raiza were arrested Friday...
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Former Hialeah Mayor & Wife Plead Not Guilty To Tax Evasion Charges
MIAMI (CBSMiami) – Former Hialeah Mayor Julio Robaina and his wife Raiza were arraigned Friday morning on federal tax evasion charges. Their attorney entered a not guilty plea and the court recommended...
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Prosecutors: Former Hialeah Mayor Had Mistress, Hid Cash
MIAMI (CBSMiami) – Prosecutors investigating former Hialeah Mayor Julio Robaina made a startling discovery in building a tax evasion case against him and his wife. Robaina had a secret mistress and...
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Tax Fraud Trial Against Former Hialeah Mayor Julio Robaina Begins
MIAMI (CBSMiami) – The tax fraud trial against former Hialeah Mayor Julio Robaina began Friday morning. Robaina and his wife Raiza are charged with fraud, conspiracy and falsifying documents. The two...
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Key Witness Testifies In Former Hialeah Mayor’s Tax Evasion Trial
MIAMI (CBSMiami) – A key witness has testified in the tax evasion trial of former Hialeah Mayor Julio Robaina. Convicted Ponzi scam artist Luis Felipe Perez testified Tuesday that he cooked up his...
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Closing Arguments Set For Ex-Hialeah Mayor’s Tax Evasion Trial
MIAMI (CBSMiami) – Closing arguments are set for Monday in the tax evasion trial of former Hialeah Mayor Julio Robaina and his wife. Robaina, 49, and his wife, Raiza, 40, were indicted by a federal...
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Deliberations Underway In Ex-Hialeah Mayor’s Tax Case
MIAMI (CBSMiami/AP) — Deliberations began Monday in the trial of Hialeah’s former mayor and his wife on charges of failing to report about $2 million in income to the Internal Revenue Service and lying...
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Jury Finds Ex-Hialeah Mayor & Wife Not Guilty Of Tax Evasion
MIAMI (CBSMiami/AP) — A Miami jury has found former Hialeah Mayor Julio Robaina and his wife Raiza not guilty on charges of tax evasion and filing fraudulent tax returns. Outside the federal...
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Former Hialeah Mayor Speaks After Being Cleared Of Tax Evasion Charges
MIAMI (CBSMiami) — Tuesday will mark one week since a jury cleared former Hialeah Mayor Julio Robaina and his wife on tax evasion charges. Monday, Robaina explained to CBS4′s David Sutta why he thinks...
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CBS4 Investigates: Donation By Intimidation?
Follow CBSMIAMI.COM: Facebook | Twitter MIAMI (CBSMiami) — It’s lunchtime at the Armando Badia Senior Center in Miami. If you’re over 60, provide your Medicare card, social security number and state...
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The Year In Florida Politics
Follow CBSMIAMI.COM: Facebook | Twitter MIAMI (CBSMiami) – If there was one word to describe Florida’s year in politics that word would be expensive. The Governor’s race between Rick Scott and Charlie...
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