Who represents Miami-Dade County

These seven offices are created directly by the Florida Constitution rather than by the county charter. They run independently of the Board of County Commissioners and the Mayor, each with their own budget, staff, and area of responsibility. State Attorney and Public Defender are elected separately for the 11th Judicial Circuit, which covers the same area as the county.

Most of these are new to Miami-Dade voters. For decades, the county's home rule charter let the Commission appoint people to run several of these functions instead of holding elections for them. Florida's 2018 constitutional amendment, known as Amendment 10, ended that option for charter counties. Miami-Dade held its first elections for a Tax Collector, Supervisor of Elections, and Sheriff in November 2024. The Property Appraiser had been elected on a nonpartisan ballot since 2008 and became a partisan constitutional office in the same election. The amendment took effect in Miami-Dade on January 7, 2025, the day the 2024 winners took office. The Clerk of Courts had already been an elected post; the role was expanded to include Comptroller duties around the same time.