On January 12, Miami, Florida, held a special election to fill the vacant City Commissioner position, district 5. The voters elected Michelle Spence-Jones. The election is non-partisan.
The voters had also elected Spence-Jones in the last regular election for this seat, but Governor Charlie Crist had removed her from office last year. The Florida Constitution permits a Governor to remove an elected local official from office. The Governor has indicated he will remove her again. but Spence-Jones has filed a lawsuit to keep her seat. See this story.
Her indictment for grand theft came just after her re-election last November, and her alleged crime (diversion of county grant money to a family business) occurred prior to her first election in 2005.
The Florida Constitution (Article IV, Section 7(c)) permits the governor to suspend (not remove) an elected municipal city official indicted for a crime. The governor may also appoint a replacement.