Article: Miami gives ex-mayor another shot; Clark beats Alonso in runoff. (Steve Clark)

ATLANTA - Former mayor Steve Clark won Miami's nonpartisan runoff election for mayor Tuesday, beating Miriam Alonso.

Clark's margin of victory over Cuban-born Alonso was 58.5%, or 24,097 of the 41,157 votes cast. Clark is a registered Democrat; Alonso is a Republican.

In the general election held Nov. 2, Clark topped a six-person field with 45% of the vote. City Commissioner Alonso came in second with 39%. Because neither received a majority, the two candidates squared off in Tuesday's contest.

Clark and Alonso were seeking the seat vacated by incumbent Xavier Suarez, who was elected in 1985 as Miami's first Cuban-born mayor.

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