2019 Tampa mayoral election

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2019 Tampa mayoral election
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Candidate Jane Castor David Straz Jr.Harry Cohen
First round23,324
47.98%		7,522
15.47%		5,907
12.15%
Runoff38,772
73.10%		14,238
26.90%		Eliminated
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CandidateEd TuranchikDick Greco JrMike Suarez
First round4,320
8.89%		4,158
8.55%		2,462
5.06%
RunoffEliminatedEliminatedEliminated
2019 Tampa Mayoral election by precinct.svg
Runoff results by precinct
Castor:     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90%     >90%
Straz:     50–60%
No votes:     
Mayor before election

Bob Buckhorn

Elected mayor

Jane Castor

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.

Contents

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.

Candidates

Declared

Did not file

Withdrawn

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]

Fundraising

Campaign finance reports as of November 21, 2018
Candidate (party)Total receiptsTotal 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
[20]

Polling

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size		Margin
of error		Jane
Castor		Harry
Cohen		David
Straz Jr.		Mike
Suarez		Ed
Turanchik		Dick Greco, Jr.OtherUndecided
St. Pete Polls [21] May 10, 2018424±4.8%47.3%5.4%7.8%5.5%9.7%-8.3%15.9%
St. Pete Polls [22] June 24, 2018496±4.4%40.9%7.3%10.6%7.2%7.2%-7.8%18.9%
St. Pete Polls [23] February 5, 2019429±4.7%45.3%7.5%12.9%6.0%6.7%9.3%-10.8%

Results

First round

2019 Tampa mayoral election results (first round) [24]
CandidateVotes %
Jane Castor23,32447.98
David Straz Jr.7,52215.47
Harry Cohen5,90712.15
Ed Turanchik4,3208.89
Dick Greco Jr4,1588.55
Mike Suarez2,4625.06
Christopher "Topher" Morrison8391.73
Write-in800.16
Total votes48,612 100.00

Runoff

2019 Tampa mayoral election results (runoff) [25]
CandidateVotes %
Jane Castor38,85973.10
David Straz Jr.14,30026.90
Total votes53,159 100.00

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