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Florida Democrats elect ex-Miami Mayor Diaz as state leader

by Terry Spencer
| January 9, 2021 12:30 PM

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Florida Democratic Party leaders elected former Miami Mayor Manny Diaz on Saturday as the state's new party chair, hoping the Cuban American can turn the party's fortune after losing two straight presidential races, six straight gubernatorial defeats and losses of both U.S. Senate seats.

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