Cordero-Stutz, 54, becomes Miami-Dade’s first female sheriff, a position that county voters eliminated in 1964 after a string of corruption scandals. Cordero-Stutz is also the first Hispanic female sheriff in Florida history, according to her campaign.

The first election for a sheriff in Miami-Dade County in more than six decades has come down to two candidates.

For the first time in six decades, Miami-Dade County voters have spoken and elected the Republican candidate to<a class="excerpt-read-more" href=" More

Larry Seward reports a team member for Miami-Dade sheriff's candidate Rosie Cordero-Stutz handed him a card with the phrase "We will do it" and an image of Rosie the Riveter, a symbol of women working in factories during World War II.