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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.
Incumbent mayor Bob Buckhorn is 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.
| Campaign finance reports as of November 21, 2018 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate (party) | Total receipts | Total expenditures | |
| Jane Castor | $176,858.80 | $32,524.63 | |
| Harry Cohen | $97,625.00 | $38,217.37 | |
| Michael Anthony Hazard | $262.90 | $122.90 | |
| LaVaughn King | $0.00 | $0.00 | |
| Topher Morrison | $58,642.81 | $44,421.93 | |
| David Straz Jr. | $1,592,940.00 | $1,007,724.65 | |
| Mike Suarez | $49,788.00 | $8,183.00 | |
| Ed Turanchik | $171,474.00 | $76,401.36 | |
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| Poll source | Date(s) administered |
Sample size |
Margin of error |
Jane Castor |
Harry Cohen |
David Straz Jr. |
Mike Suarez |
Ed Turanchik |
Dick Greco, Jr. | Other | Undecided |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Pete Polls[21] | May 10, 2018 | 424 | ±4.8% | 47.3% | 5.4% | 7.8% | 5.5% | 9.7% | - | 8.3% | 15.9% |
| St. Pete Polls[22] | June 24, 2018 | 496 | ±4.4% | 40.9% | 7.3% | 10.6% | 7.2% | 7.2% | - | 7.8% | 18.9% |
| St. Pete Polls[23] | February 5, 2019 | 429 | ±4.7% | 45.3% | 7.5% | 12.9% | 6.0% | 6.7% | 9.3% | - | 10.8% |
| Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jane Castor | 23,324 | 47.98 | |
| David Straz Jr. | 7,522 | 15.47 | |
| Harry Cohen | 5,907 | 12.15 | |
| Ed Turanchik | 4,320 | 8.89 | |
| Dick Greco Jr | 4,158 | 8.55 | |
| Mike Suarez | 2,462 | 5.06 | |
| Christopher "Topher" Morrison | 839 | 1.73 | |
| Write-in | 80 | 0.16 | |
| Total votes | 48,612 | 100.00 | |
| Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jane Castor | 38,859 | 73.10 | |
| David Straz Jr. | 14,300 | 26.90 | |
| Total votes | 53,159 | 100.00 | |
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