Wikipedia Draft:Joe Martinez

Joe Martinez is a Miami politican he currently serves on the Miami Dade County Commission for District 11. Martinez represents West Dade's unincorporated areas, including Country Walk, Hammocks, Kendale Lakes, Bent Tree, and Lakes of the Meadows. Martinez began his public service career in 1984 as an officer with the Miami-Dade Police Department. He worked his way up through the ranks, serving as a detective with the General Investigations Unit from 1988 to 1992, and subsequently was promoted to Police Sergeant, Police Master Sergeant and Police Lieutenant. In 2000 Martinez succeeded Miguel Diaz de la Portilla in the County board of Commissioners as De la Portilla ran for Mayor. Marintez would serve for 12 years on the board with distinction. He is the only Commissioner to have been elected twice by his peers as the Chairman of the Board, serving in that capacity from 2005-07 and again in 2011-13.

Martinez would run for Miami-Dade Mayor in 2012 against incumbent mayor Carlos Gimenez, because Gimenez won 54% a runoff was not needed. Martinez would run for Congress for 26th district to run against incumbent Joe Garcia. Martinez was beaten in the Republican primary by Carlos Curbelo the eventual nominee. Martinez then returned to the Dade-County board of Commissioners in 2016. Martinez recently ran for re-election in 2020 beating former democratic state representative Robert Asencio.