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In the 2019 Tampa mayoral election, held on March 5, 2019, Castor led all candidates, garnering 48.0% of the vote. [22] In the runoff election held on April 23, she defeated David Straz with 73% of the vote compared to Straz's 27%. She is the city's first openly lesbian mayor. [23] [24] She is the eighth openly gay mayor in Florida. [25]
The Mayor is the highest elected official in Tampa, Florida.Since its incorporation in 1856, the town has had 59 mayors. Tampa had no mayor from 1862 until 1866, during which time the city government was temporarily suspended during and immediately after the American Civil War.
The 2023 Tampa mayoral election was held on March 7, 2023, to elect the mayor of Tampa, Florida. The election was officially nonpartisan. Incumbent Democratic mayor Jane Castor ran for re-election to a second term in office. Castor was the only candidate on the ballot, as the only other person who qualified for the race was a write-in candidate.
Tampa Mayor Jane Castor has delivered a stark warning to those in the path of Hurricane Milton: leave, or you’ll likely die. Castor, 63, issued the warning during an appearance on CNN on Monday ...
Due to term limits limiting Tampa mayors to two consecutive terms, he could not run again in 2003 and was succeeded by Pam Iorio. Despite some controversy during his last years in office, Greco was still widely popular in Tampa and was the second former mayor (after Nick Nuccio) to be honored with a public statue.
The mayor of Tampa emphasized her warning for residents to evacuate as Hurricane Milton bears down on Florida as a catastrophic Category 4 storm. "Wherever that storm surge comes, if it's 10 to 15 ...
Tampa Mayor Jane Castor said at a news conference that the man, whose real name is Joseph Malinowski, had been "saved" by authorities and was in a shelter.
While mayor, Tampa hosted a Super Bowl and successfully attracted the 2012 Republican National Convention. [4] Iorio presenting a key to the city to talk show host Motown Maurice. In her official capacity as mayor, Iorio represented the city at important events such as the opening of the Tampa Bay History Center on January 17, 2009.