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Frank Carollo | |
|---|---|
_official_portrait_with_blue_background.jpg) Official portrait, circa 2009 | |
| Member of the Miami City Commission from the 3rd district | |
| In office 2009–2017 | |
| Preceded by | Joe Sanchez |
| Succeeded by | Joe Carollo |
| Personal details | |
| Party | Republican |
| Relatives | Joe Carollo (brother) |
| Profession | public accountant, fraud investigator, police officer, SWAT officer |
Frank Carollo is an American politician who served as a member of the Miami City Commission. He has worked as a public accountant, fraud investigator, and a police officer.
Early life, education, career
[edit]Carollo was born in Miami (circa 1970) and grew up in Miami.[1] He attended local universities for his post-secondary education.[2] He is the younger brother of Joe Carollo (a Miami politician who served as mayor of Miami among other offices).[1]
Carollo is a certified public accountant.[1] He also worked as a fraud investigator, Miami-Dade police officer, and a SWAT team member. He modeled for a poster featured in the 1995 Miami-Dade Police Department's calendar.[2]
Carollo was the Republican Party nominee in the 1998 race for the 116th district seat in the Florida House of Representatives. Running against Democratic incumbent Annie Betancourt, Carollo lost the election; receiving 34.8% to Bettancourt's 65.2%.[3]
Miami City Commission (2009–2017)
[edit]In 2009, Carollo won election to the district 3 seat on the Miami City Commission. He was re-elected to a second term in 2013.[1]
Some Miami politicians, including former city mayors Tomás Regalado and Xavier Suarez, have described Carollo as easier to work with than his older brother. Suarez wrote in his memoir of Carollo, "he acts professionally enough; his mumbled tirades are not nearly as vitriolic as his older brother's used to be."[1]
With Carollo term limited from seeking an additional consecutive term in 2017, his brother Joe Carollo successfully ran for the seat instead. He initially held off on making a public endorsement in the race to succeed him, with his brother's opponent (Zoraida Barreiro) having been a candidate who Carollo had previously praised before his brother entered the race.[1]
2025 Miami City Commission campaign
[edit]With his brother being term-limited in the district 3 seat, Carollo ran in 2025 to again hold the district 3 seat on the Miami City Commission. If his campaign had been successful, it would have marked the fifth consecutive term for which either he or his older brother had won election to the seat.[1] Carollo's brother ran, ultimately unsuccessfully, in the coinciding mayoral election.
Carollo advanced to a runoff election with Rolando Escalona had been regarded as being aligned with the commission's existing political establishment, while Escalonda was fresh to electoral politics.[4] Due to voters approving a referendum imposing a lifetime cap of two full terms on the Miami City Commission in a vote coinciding with the first round of the election, a legal challenge questioned whether Carollo as eligible to remain on the ballot for the runoff. However, the judge hearing the matter declined to have Carollo removed from the ballot.[5] Nevertheless, he lost the runoff; receiving 46.9% to Escalona's 53.1%.[6]
References
[edit]- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Hanks, Douglas; Riski, Tess (September 8, 2025). "Dynasty city: How Three Miami Families May Extend Their Decades of Political Power". The Miami Herald. Retrieved May 11, 2026.
- 1 2 Lincoff, Nina (January 8, 2014). "Profile: Frank Carollo". Miami Today. Retrieved May 11, 2026.
- ↑ Multiple sources:
- Branch, Karen (July 18, 1998). "As dust settles, legislative races gel". Miami Herald. p. 1A. Retrieved August 12, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
- Finefrock, Don (November 4, 1998). "Three novices lead House races". Miami Herald. p. 8B. Retrieved August 12, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
- "November 3, 1998 General Election - Official Results - State Representative - District: 116". Florida Department of State Division of Elections. 1998. Retrieved August 12, 2025.
- ↑ Riski, Tess (November 4, 2025). "Frank Carollo headed to runoff against Rolando Escalona in Miami District 3 race". Miami Herald. Retrieved May 12, 2026.
- ↑ Ceballos, Joshua (November 12, 2025). "Frank Carollo Dodges Lifetime Term Limit Lawsuit, Cleared To Run For Miami Commission". WLRN. Retrieved May 12, 2026.
- ↑ "Frank Carollo". Ballotpedia. 2025. Retrieved May 11, 2026.