2009 Hialeah mayoral election
November 15, 2009
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The 2009 Hialeah mayoral election took place on November 15, 2009. Incumbent Mayor Julio Robaina ran for re-election to a second term. Unlike the 2005 election, Robaina faced only one little-known challenger, physician Santiago Cardenas. Robaina significantly outraised and outspent Cardenas, and won the endorsement of the Miami Herald, which praised him for "set[ting] a steady course that has kept Hialeah's budget in the black." Robaina ultimately won re-election in a landslide, winning 93 percent of the vote to Cardenas's 7 percent.
Robaina did not ultimately end up serving a full term. He resigned to unsuccessfully run for Mayor of Miami-Dade County in 2011, triggering a special election.