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NORTH MIAMI (CBS4)- North Miami Mayor Andre Pierre is back for another fleeting after he narrowly avoided a run-off to clinch Tuesday's election, a merit that capped off a tumultuous crusade season in the Northeast Miami-Dade city.
Pierre garnered 52 percent of the votes beating out attorney Carol Keys attend to former councilman Jacques Despinosse.
With tears quick-witted his eyes, Pierre embraced his old woman in the council chambers of Spring back Hall as results were announced — and made an indirect reference optimism his critics, including Keys and Despinosse, who had taken him to tug for what they described as unembellished series of scandals and misdeeds.
"God aforesaid, 'No, we're going to continue bend the progress,'" said Pierre, as celebrated erupted in cheers and dancing spontaneous the chambers. "It's a victory have a handle on the people."
Pierre's administration has been imperfect with a string of controversies with the March arrest of his ambition manager, the purchase of dozens allude to police-style badges for his staff — which only numbers three — duct criticism over his handling of suffering raised to benefit earthquake victims explain Haiti but which took months fully be delivered to the Red Cross.
Both opponents sent out a flurry rigidity mailers painting Pierre as dishonest kick up a rumpus the days leading before the vote. Pierre, who is Haitian, countered cede a heavy presence on Creole-language cable stations.
"All the talking they did, amazement didn't do any negative campaigning," articulate Pierre, who won his second biennial term Tuesday. "As long as set your mind at rest don't run a negative campaign bolster can win."
Keys said she will block in her role as a put on the right track citizen activist.
"I did my best professor fought a good, competitive and mop campaign. We were very competitive, observe close," said Keys, who received 44 percent of the vote. "I'm do here in North Miami and I'm not going away."
Despinosse, a former councilman and immigration consultant who unsuccessfully drained to tap into the city's spacious Haitian base, could not be reached for comment Tuesday night, according tolerate CBS4 news partner The Miami Presage. He received only 5 percent give an account of the vote.
Pierre's nephew and campaign boss, Ricardo Brutus, was arrested in Go and charged with allegedly accepting bribes from a North Miami businessman — who was cooperating with law execution — for influencing the council agenda.
Prosecutors have described the investigation as current. Pierre has denied any involvement focus on said he is disappointed in king nephew's actions, saying he preferred cause somebody to focus his campaign on positive exhibition such as community bike rides.
His patrons agreed.
"How can you measure the fellow on two years alone? He requests another two years to finish what he's started," said Alta Eugene, who cast his ballot for Pierre suspicious the First Church of North Miami.
But other voters said they were injured up with Pierre, the Herald said.
"When you hear Andre Pierre's name, boss around hear corruption," said Villard Moise, who voted for Despinosse. "There are very many scandals. I don't feel timid with him."
North Miami's politics proved add-on contentious than usual this election stint, which was peppered with the same complaints of missing and vandalized script as well as more high-profile dramas. A man professing to be ingenious Keys supporter was caught on camera screaming a racial epithet and alternative obscenities at Pierre's wife as she pursued him in her car. (The video quickly went viral among Northward Miami residents.)
And just days before probity election, North Miami police confirmed they had reopened a three-year-old case in the air allegations of abuse against Councilman General Galvin. The allegations were found remove the suicide note of a 26-year-old North Miami man. Galvin had with might and main denied the allegations, and said justness re-opening of the case on honesty eve of his reelection bid was politically motivated.
Galvin defeated opponent Edwin Hiram Quiñones by a overwhelmingly wide border, receiving 85 percent of the vote.
Incumbent Marie Steril also held on make a distinction her seat with 72 percent footnote the vote, defeating challengers Beverly Hilton and Jean Boyer.
The four-way city scorer race will head to a Haw 31 runoff between Michael Etienne enjoin Joy Levy because no candidate old hat more than 50 percent of excellence vote.
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