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Bianca Padró Ocasio - Miami Herald Political Reporter
Bianca Padró Ocasio

Miami Herald Political Reporter

Bianca Padró Ocasio is a political reporter for the Miami Herald. She grew up in Puerto Rico and writes in English, Spanish and Portuguese. She graduated from Emerson College in Boston, and joined the Miami Herald in 2019.

  1. DeSantis to publish autobiography in February, fueling more speculation of 2024 run
    Nov. 30, 2022• The Buzz on Florida Politics
    Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis speaks at an annual leadership meeting of the Republican Jewish Coalition on Nov. 19, 2022, in Las Vegas. DeSantis is scheduled to publish an autobiography in February 2023.
  2. 2 top DeSantis aides now named in lawsuit over migrant flights
    Nov. 29, 2022• The Buzz on Florida Politics
    A Venezuelan migrant waves to a crowd before leaving St. Andrews Episcopal Church on Sept. 16 in Edgartown, Mass., on the island of Martha's Vineyard. A group of 49 migrants was flown to the island from Texas, leaving them stranded.
  3. Trump running for president again in 2024 amid dipping popularity, legal probes
    Nov. 16, 2022• The Buzz on Florida Politics
    Former President Donald Trump announces he is running for president for the third time as he speaks at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Tuesday.
  5. DeSantis emerges as the Trump alternative after Florida landslide
    Nov. 10, 2022• The Buzz on Florida Politics
    Ron DeSantis waves to a crowd of supporters during his election night party at the Tampa Convention Center on Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2022, in Tampa, Florida.
  6. Trump revels in support from conservative Hispanic voters during Miami rally
    Nov. 6, 2022• Elections
    Former President Donald Trump reacts to the crowd after he finished speaking at a campaign rally in support of the campaign of Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., at the Miami-Dade County Fair and Exposition on Sunday, Nov. 6, 2022, in Miami.
  7. Biden arrives in South Florida to campaign for Democrats in last-minute push
    Nov. 1, 2022• Elections
    President Joe Biden speaks about Social Security, Medicare, and prescription drug costs, Tuesday, Nov. 1, 2022, in Hallandale Beach, Fla.
  8. Biden, Trump to campaign for candidates in Miami
    Oct. 26, 2022• Elections
    A voting sign pictured at Jimmie B. Keel Regional Library for early voting on Friday, Aug. 12, 2022, in Tampa.
  9. Watch: Florida governor debate between Crist, DeSantis ahead of midterms
    Oct. 24, 2022• Elections
    Florida's Republican incumbent Gov. Ron DeSantis and Charlie Crist, a former governor, take the stage at Sunrise Theatre for their only scheduled debate, Monday, Oct. 24, 2022, in Fort Pierce.
  10. Miami trial over attack involving Trump, Biden fans starts with hunt for impartial jury
    Oct. 14, 2022• The Buzz on Florida Politics
    Eduardo Acosta, left, in the courtroom at Miami Dade Criminal Court with his attorney Eric Matheny, right, during jury selection. Acosta, a Trump follower, is standing trial for attempted murder for allegedly shooting at a man who had a Biden flag on his Jet Ski on Election Day 2020.
  11. Crist, DeSantis, White House and others react to Parkland verdict
    Oct. 13, 2022• The Buzz on Florida Politics
    Assistant Public Defender Melisa McNeill, seated with Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooter Nikolas Cruz, touches her hands to her head as the last of the 17 verdicts were read at the Broward County Courthouse in Fort Lauderdale on Thursday.
  12. Trump tells Miami audience that immigration policies are driving Latinos to the right
    Oct. 6, 2022• The Buzz on Florida Politics
    Former President Donald Trump tosses caps to the crowd as he holds a rally on Sept. 23, 2022, in Wilmington, N.C. This week, he gave the keynote speech at the America First Policy Institute’s Hispanic Leadership Conference in Miami.
  13. Post-Hurricane Ian, Florida midterm politics come roaring back
    Oct. 4, 2022• Hurricane
    Gov. Ron DeSantis holds a news conference last week at the Pinellas County Emergency Operations Center in Largo as Florida awaits Hurricane Ian's arrival. By the middle of this week, many of the state’s political strategists say they expect campaigns to be back in full swing.
  14. Some Florida counties could see mail ballot delays from Hurricane Ian, one official says
    Sept. 30, 2022• Hurricane
    Hurricane debris is scattered throughout a Tamiami Village mobile home community on Thursday, Sept. 29, 2022, in North Fort Myers. Hurricane Ian made landfall on the coast of Southwest Florida as a Category 4 storm Wednesday afternoon, leaving areas affected with flooded streets, downed trees and scattered debris.
  15. Hurricane Ian puts pause on Florida midterm politics and DeSantis, Biden tension
    Sept. 27, 2022• Hurricane
    In this July 1, 2021, photo, President Joe Biden, right, looks at Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, during a briefing with first responders and local officials in Miami on the condo tower that collapsed in Surfside.
  16. DeSantis y otros funcionarios de Florida demandados por 3 migrantes trasladados a Martha’s Vineyard
    Sept. 22, 2022• CENTRO
    FILE - Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis listens to a question during a press conference Sept. 7, 2022, in Miami, Fla. The Republican governors of Florida and Texas have delivered migrants on planes and buses to Washington, D.C., New York City and even Martha's Vineyard, but they may just be getting El gobernador de Florida, Ron DeSantis, escucha una pregunta durante una conferencia de prensa el 7 de septiembre en Miami. Tres de los casi 50 migrantes que fueron trasladados en avión a Martha's Vineyard por el estado de Florida la semana pasada están demandando al gobernador Ron DeSantis y otros funcionarios estatales.. Foto: AP /Rebecca Blackwell
  17. DeSantis, Florida sued by 3 migrants flown to Martha’s Vineyard
    Sept. 20, 2022• The Buzz on Florida Politics
    Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis listens to a question during a news conference Sept. 7 in Miami. Three of the nearly 50 migrants who were flown to Martha’s Vineyard last week by the state of Florida are suing Gov. Ron DeSantis and other state officials.
  18. DeSantis wants to keep Venezuelan migrants from Florida. Some may end up here anyway.
    Sept. 17, 2022• The Buzz on Florida Politics
    Edgartown Chief of Police Bruce R. McNamee helps Venezuelan migrants onto a bus at St. Andrews Episcopal Church on Friday, Sept. 16, 2022, in Edgartown, Mass on the island of Martha's Vineyard. A group of 48 migrants was flown to the island from Texas earlier this week, leaving them stranded. They are now being transferred to a military base in Cape Cod.
  19. Migrants leave Martha’s Vineyard for military base on Cape Cod
    Sept. 16, 2022• The Buzz on Florida Politics
    A Venezuelan migrant is led onto a bus at St. Andrews Episcopal Church on Friday, Sept. 16, 2022, in Edgartown, Mass on the island of Martha's Vineyard. A group of 48 migrants was flown to the island from Texas earlier this week, leaving them stranded. They are now being transferred to a military base in Cape Cod.
  20. Migrants stranded in Martha’s Vineyard say they were lied to
    Sept. 16, 2022• The Buzz on Florida Politics
    A man, who is part of a group of immigrants that had just arrived, flashes a thumbs up Wednesday, Sept. 14, 2022, in Edgartown, Mass., on Martha's Vineyard. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Wednesday flew two planes of immigrants to Martha's Vineyard, escalating a tactic by Republican governors to draw attention to what they consider to be the Biden administration's failed border policies.
  21. Sen. Rubio hammers culture war issues during speech with Florida faith leaders
    Sept. 1, 2022• Elections
    U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio speaks to a crowd during the Keep Florida Free Tour on Wednesday, Aug. 24, 2022, in Tampa.
  22. Crist to pick Miami-Dade teachers union head Karla Hernandez-Mats as running mate
    Aug. 26, 2022• Elections
    United Teachers of Dade President Karla Hernandez-Mats, joined by members of the Broward Teachers Union, speaks during a news conference about the health and safety gaps that need to be addressed before the reopening of schools in both counties. They gathered at the United Teachers of Dade headquarters in Miami Springs on Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2020.
  23. Núñez enfrenta críticas por comentarios sobre inmigrantes cubanos
    Aug. 23, 2022• CENTRO
    La vicegobernadora Jeanette Nuñez. y el Gobernador Ron DeSantis. [Wilfredo Lee | Associated Press]
  24. Nuñez faces backlash for comments about Cuban migrants
    Aug. 22, 2022• The Buzz on Florida Politics
    In this June 8 photo, Florida Lt. Gov. Jeanette Nunez speaks at a news conference along with Cuban exiles, about their concern over the sale of two local Spanish-language radio stations, at the Bay of Pigs Museum and Brigade 2506 headquarters in Miami's Little Havana neighborhood.