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2019 Tampa mayoral election

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2019 Tampa mayoral election
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An election for Mayor of Tampa was held on March 5, 2019. The election is officially nonpartisan, and the winner is elected to a four-year term.

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Incumbent mayor Bob Buckhorn was not eligible to run for a third term.[1] Buckhorn was first elected in 2011 (winning in the second round with 62.86% of the vote) and reelected unopposed in 2015. Jane Castor and David Straz headed off into a runoff election on April 23, 2019, as no candidate received the majority fifty percent.[2][3] Castor defeated Straz in the runoff election, becoming mayor-elect of Tampa.

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Candidates

Declared

Did not file

  • Ed Narain, former state representative[16]
  • Mike Griffin, former chairman of Tampa Chamber of Commerce[16]

Withdrawn

  • Sam Gibbons, graduate student and grandson of late U.S. representative Sam Gibbons[17]
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Endorsements

David Straz Jr.
  • Northwest Florida Chapter of Black Women in Construction[18]
  • United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) 1625[18]
  • International Union of Operating Engineers Local 487[18]
  • Plumbers and Pipefitters Local Union 123[18]
  • International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) Local 824[19]
Jane Castor
  • Former police chief Steve Hogue[19]
  • Former police chief Bennie Holder[19]
  • Former fire chief Tom Forward[19]
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Fundraising

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Polling

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Results

First round

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Runoff

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References

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