In the race for the District 3 seat on the Miami-Dade County Commission, voters this month will have the rare choice of two candidates they’ve already elected for that post.
The Miami-area contest pits the incumbent, Commissioner Keon Hardemon , against his predecessor, Audrey Edmonson , who gave up her commission seat in 2020 due to the county’s newly enacted term-limit rules.
While commissioners are now limited to a pair of consecutive four-year terms, the rules don’t bar them from running again once they’ve been out of office. Edmonson, 71, is the first term-limited former commissioner to take that path, adding an extra dimension of political intrigue to a race between two longtime rivals.
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Both are trying to claim the better legacy from serving as the commissioner for District 3, which stretches from downtown Miami north into Miami Shores, and includes the predominantly Black neighborhoods of Brownsville, Liberty City and Overtown.