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Díaz de la Portilla ran again in 2004 and faced off against Carlos Álvarez, the Director of the Miami-Dade Police Department; County Commissioner Jimmy Morales; Maurice Ferré, the former Mayor of Miami and County Commissioner; and José Cancela, a broadcast journalist.
He served as chairman of the commission and vice mayor of Dade County.