1. Bruno Arthur Barreiro was born on December 14,1965 and is a Republican politician from Florida.
16 Facts About Bruno Barreiro
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Bruno Barreiro served on the Miami-Dade County Commission from 1998 to 2018, representing part of Miami Beach and the Miami neighborhoods of Brickell, Little Havana, Coral Way, and West Flagler.
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Bruno Barreiro resigned on March 31,2018, to run unsuccessfully in the Republican primary for Florida's 27th congressional district in the 2018 election.
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Bruno Barreiro graduated from Christopher Columbus High School and attended the University of Miami in Coral Gables, Florida.
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Bruno Barreiro was first elected into public office in 1992 to serve in the Florida House of Representatives representing District 107.
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On June 2,1998, Bruno Barreiro was elected to serve as Miami-Dade County Commissioner representing District 5.
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Bruno Barreiro served as Chairman of the Board of County Commissioners in 2007 and 2008.
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Bruno Barreiro was re-elected for subsequent terms to represent constituents in portions of the Cities of Miami and Miami Beach, as well as the communities of Little Havana, Downtown, and South Beach.
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Bruno Barreiro was a key figure behind the Marlins Park baseball stadium in Miami, which attracted controversy due to its enormous cost to Miami-Dade County and benefit to Marlins owner Jeffrey Loria.
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Bruno Barreiro voted in 2012 to award a $25 Million contract to Munilla Construction Management for a testing track for Metrorail cars after receiving maximum donations from 4 Munilla family members, renting subsidized office space from the family, and acknowledging he was "close friends" with the family members.
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In May 2017, Bruno Barreiro announced he would run for Florida's 27th congressional district in the 2018 election, after incumbent Congresswoman Ileana Ros-Lehtinen announced she was retiring.
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On March 31,2018, Bruno Barreiro resigned his County Commission seat to run for Congress, following a change in Florida's resign-to-run law.
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Bruno Barreiro timed his resignation so that a special election would be called, in which his wife Zoraida could win his seat.
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Bruno Barreiro ran for District 112 in the 2020 Florida House of Representatives election, challenging incumbent Nick Duran.
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On June 4,2021, Bruno Barreiro filed paperwork to challenge Joe Carollo for city commission district 3.
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Bruno Barreiro is the owner of BABJ Investment Corporation, Marketing Vice President of Fatima Home Care and a Director of IUSA Partners, Inc.