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 was not eligible to run for a third term. 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. Castor defeated Straz in the runoff election, becoming mayor-elect of Tampa.
Candidates Declared Jane Castor, former police chief Harry Cohen, two-term city councilman Dick Greco Jr., retired judge and son of former Mayor Dick A. Greco Michael Anthony Hazard, small business owner LaVaughn King, activist Topher Morrison, small business owner David Straz Jr., philanthropist Mike Suarez, member of Tampa City Council Ed Turanchik, former Hillsborough County commissioner
Did not file Mike Griffin, former chairman of Tampa Chamber of Commerce Ed Narain, former state representative
Withdrawn Sam Gibbons, graduate student and grandson of late U.S. Representative Sam Gibbons
Endorsements
Fundraising Campaign finance reports as of November 21, 2018Candidate (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
Polling {| class="wikitable" |- valign=bottom ! Poll source ! Date(s)administered ! Samplesize ! Marginof error ! style="width:75px;"| JaneCastor ! style="width:75px;"| HarryCohen ! style="width:75px;"| DavidStraz Jr. ! style="width:75px;"| MikeSuarez ! style="width:75px;"| EdTuranchik ! style="width:75px;"| Dick Greco, Jr. ! style="width:75px;"| Other ! style="width:75px;"| Undecided |- |St. Pete Polls | align=center| May 10, 2018 | align=center| 424 | align=center| ±4.8% | align=center| 47.3% | align=center| 5.4% | align=center| 7.8% | align=center| 5.5% | align=center| 9.7% | align=center| - | align=center| 8.3% | align=center| 15.9% |- |St. Pete Polls | align=center| June 24, 2018 | align=center| 496 | align=center| ±4.4% | align=center| 40.9% | align=center| 7.3% | align=center| 10.6% | align=center| 7.2% | align=center| 7.2% | align=center| - | align=center| 7.8% | align=center| 18.9% |- |St. Pete Polls | align=center| February 5, 2019 | align=center| 429 | align=center| ±4.7% | align=center| 45.3% | align=center| 7.5% | align=center| 12.9% | align=center| 6.0% | align=center| 6.7% | align=center| 9.3% | align=center| - | align=center| 10.8%
Results First round
Runoff
References