Matti Herrera Bower, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Matti Herrera Bower

Mayor of Miami Beach, Florida

Date of Birth: 04-Feb-1939

Place of Birth: Cuba

Profession: politician

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius


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About Matti Herrera Bower

  • Matilde "Matti" Herrera Bower is a Cuban-American politician and retired dental assistant.
  • Bower has been elected to three two-year terms as the Mayor of Miami Beach, Florida, beginning in 2007.
  • Most recently, because of a loophole in the term limits rule, Bower was able to run for an open commission seat, but lost by a considerably large margin in the run-off race against retired banker, Joy Malakoff .Bower won re-election to her third and final term as mayor on November 1, 2011.
  • She is the first woman, as well as the first Hispanic, to serve as Mayor of Miami Beach.
  • She is a Democrat, though Miami Beach elections are nonpartisan. Bower was born in Cuba and immigrated to the United States.
  • She attended Miami Technical High School and became a dental assistant.
  • Bower also spent decades as a local activist and preservationist, including advocacy for the successful preservation of the Miami Beach Architectural District.Bower served as a Miami Beach city commissioner from 1999 to 2007 before being elected mayor of the South Florida city in 2007.
  • She won re-election to a second term in 2009.
  • The city of Miami Beach received a bond rating upgrade in 2010 and saw a balanced budget that same year under Bower.
  • However, pension costs have risen to more than $50 million in 2011, up from just $3.5 million in 2000.
  • She has also dealt with controversy surrounding Urban Beach Week.In 2011, Bower announced her re-election campaign for a third, and final, term as Mayor of Miami Beach.
  • (Mayors are term limited to three, two-year terms in office).
  • Bower, who was 72 years old in November 2011, faced three opponents in the election: comedian Steve Berke, entrepreneur Dave Crystal, and public relations practitioner Laura Rivero Levey.Bower was easily re-elected to a third term on November 1, 2011.
  • She won 59.4% of the popular vote, or 4,103 votes.
  • Her closest opponent, comedian and Yale University graduate Steve Berke, garnered 23.38%, or 1,614. Matti Herrera Bower was sworn into her third mayoral term on November 2, 2011. Bower ran for the Miami Beach Commission Group 3 seat in 2013, but lost to Joy Malakoff, garnering 2,641 votes (40.27%) to Malakoff's 4,214 votes (59.73%).

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