the effort. Alvarez was recalled in a March 15, 2011 election. More than 88% of the voters (some 176,000 people) voted for recalling Alvarez. The election was the largest municipal recall vote in United States history, and the second largest in the U.S. of any kind after the 2003 recall election of California governor Gray Davis. He officially left office on March 18, 2011 when the county canvassing board certified the results. Personal life Álvarez is the father of two sons and one daughter. After the recall, Álvarez began bodybuilding. In January 2013, he emerged from relative seclusion to compete in the National Physique Committee's South Florida “Over 60s” Master's bodybuilding competition, where he won first place. In April 2016, he was arrested on a domestic battery charge after a fight with his girlfriend. According to the police report, his girlfriend's teenage daughter told police that Álvarez had been violent toward her mother since 2013. See also List of mayors of Miami-Dade County, Florida References 1950s births Living people Year of birth uncertain American municipal police officers American politicians of Cuban descent Cuban emigrants to the United States Florida International University people Florida Republicans Mayors of Miami-Dade County, Florida Politicians from Miami Recalled American mayors Latino conservatism in the United States