Three-panel chart comparing reader-poll responses with estimated campaign cash in Coral Gables' mayoral, Group IV and Group V races. Cancio, Castro and Sanabria received larger shares of reader responses, while Lago, Menendez and Whiting held larger shares of estimated campaign cash.
Posted in Coral Gables Elections 2026 NEWS

Gazette readers favor the candidates with less money, poll finds

Coral Gables Gazette readers who answered an online poll in the closing weeks of the Coral Gables campaign favored Commissioner Melissa Castro over challenger Nestor Menendez by more than 2…

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Composite image of Coral Gables mayoral candidates Vince Lago, Jackson “Rip” Holmes and Laureano Cancio speaking at a candidates forum.
Posted in Coral Gables Elections 2026

Lago defends his record as Holmes, Cancio make case for change

The three candidates for Coral Gables mayor offered sharply different visions for the city at a candidates forum Wednesday night, with incumbent Mayor Vince Lago highlighting his more than a…

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