External links
- City of Tampa biography page
- Tampa Mayor Sandy Freedman Oral History Project at the University of South Florida
  | This article about a mayor in Florida is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
Sandra Freedman | |
|---|---|
| 55th Mayor of Tampa | |
| In office July 16, 1986 –April 1, 1995 | |
| Preceded by | Bob Martinez |
| Succeeded by | Dick A. Greco |
| Council Chair of the Tampa City Council | |
| In office 1983 –July 16,1986 | |
| Member of the Tampa City Council | |
| In office 1974 –July 16,1986 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | September 21,1943 Newark,New Jersey,U.S. |
| Other political affiliations | Democratic Party |
| Education | University of Miami |
Sandra W. Freedman (born September 21,1943,in Newark,New Jersey) is a former politician in Tampa,Florida. She was the first female mayor of Tampa,Florida and after completing a term for Bob Martinez was elected to two terms.
Freedman graduated with a degree in government from the University of Miami. She married Michael J. Freedman,an attorney,and the couple has three children. She was also the chairman of the Board of the National Civic League from 2008 to 2011.
She served on the City Council from 1974 and then as Council Chair from 1983 through July 16,1986. She completed the remaining term of Bob Martinez who resigned to successfully campaign for Governor of Florida. After completing the remainder of Martinez's term,Freedman was twice elected Mayor of Tampa.
| | This article about a mayor in Florida is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
Elizabeth Castor is an American educator and former politician. Castor was elected to the Florida Senate and as Florida Education Commissioner, and she subsequently served as the President of the University of South Florida, and President of the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards.
James Oscar Davis III is an American politician from the U.S. state of Florida. He is a Democrat and served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1997 to 2007, representing Florida's 11th congressional district. He was the Democratic nominee for governor of Florida in the 2006 election, but was defeated by Republican Charlie Crist.
Robert Martinez is an American retired politician who served as the 40th governor of Florida from 1987 to 1991. A member of the Republican Party, Martinez was the first person of Spanish descent to be elected governor of Florida.
William F. Poe was the mayor of Tampa, Florida from 1974 to 1979. He later served as the Chairman of a Florida-based property and casualty insurance company. He served in the Air Force, and received his bachelor's degree from the University of Florida.
Julian Barnes Lane was the 48th mayor of Tampa, Florida, and later a member of the Florida Legislature.
The Tampa City Council is the legislative body of the municipal government of the U.S. city of Tampa, in Hillsborough County, Florida. The City Council consists of seven members, each representing one of seven corresponding districts from which they were elected. City Council, as the city's legislative branch, is responsible for enacting ordinances and resolutions administered by the corresponding executive branch, the Mayor of Tampa.
The 1990 Florida gubernatorial election took place on November 6, 1990. Incumbent Republican Governor Bob Martinez ran for a second term in office, but was defeated by Democratic challenger Lawton Chiles, a former U.S. Senator.
The 2004 United States Senate election in Florida took place on November 2, 2004 alongside other elections to the United States Senate in other states as well as elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Bob Graham decided to retire instead of seeking a fourth term. Graham made an unsuccessful bid for the Democratic presidential nomination. The primary elections were held on August 31, 2004. Republican Mel Martínez won the open seat with 49.4% of the vote to Democratic nominee Betty Castor's 48.3%. With a margin of 1.1%, this election was the closest race of the 2004 Senate election cycle.
The 2010 United States Senate election in Florida took place on November 2, 2010, concurrently with other elections to the United States Senate in other states, as well as elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections.
The 2014 Florida gubernatorial election took place on November 4, 2014, to elect the Governor and Lieutenant Governor of Florida.
Robert Francis Buckhorn Jr. is an American politician who served as the mayor of Tampa, Florida from 2011 to 2019. He is a member of the Democratic Party who also served two terms on the Tampa City Council.
A special election for Florida's 13th congressional district was held March 11, 2014, to elect a member of the United States House of Representatives, following the death of incumbent Republican Congressman Bill Young on October 18, 2013. Primary elections were held on January 14, 2014. Young, who had already announced that he would not be running for re-election in 2014, was re-elected in 2012 with 57 percent of the vote. With 100% of the precincts reporting, David Jolly was declared the winner.
The 2015 Tampa Mayoral Election took place on March 3, 2015, to elect the Mayor of Tampa, Florida.
Daniel Wright Burgess Jr. is an American politician who currently serves as a Florida State Senator from District 20, which includes parts of Tampa, Thonotosassa, New Tampa, and Zephyrhills. He previously served as the executive director of the Florida Department of Veterans' Affairs, as a member of the Florida House of Representatives, and as the mayor of Zephyrhills.
George Bascom Sparkman was an attorney who was twice served as mayor of Tampa, Florida: 1881–1883 and 1887–1888.
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.
Jane Castor is an American politician and former police chief serving as the 59th mayor of Tampa, Florida.
Clearwater, Florida, held a general election on March 17, 2020, to elect a mayor and two members of the city council. These elections coincided with the Democratic and Republican presidential preference primaries.
St. Petersburg, Florida, held an election for mayor on August 24, 2021. Incumbent Democratic mayor Rick Kriseman was term-limited and could not seek a third term in office. Municipal elections in St. Petersburg are officially nonpartisan. All candidates appeared on the same primary ballot, and because no candidate garnered at least 50% of the vote, the top two vote-getters advanced to a runoff election on November 2, 2021. Former Pinellas County commissioner Ken Welch easily defeated city councillor Robert Blackmon in the runoff and became the first black mayor of St. Petersburg.