2019 Tampa mayoral election

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. 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.

Declared

 * Harry Cohen, two term city councilman
 * Jane Castor, former police chief
 * 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

 * Ed Narain, former state representative
 * Mike Griffin, former chairman of Tampa Chamber of Commerce

Withdrawn

 * Sam Gibbons, graduate student and grandson of late U.S. representative Sam Gibbons

Polling
{| class="wikitable" ! Poll source ! Date(s) administered ! Sample size ! Margin of error ! style="width:75px;"| Jane Castor ! style="width:75px;"| Harry Cohen ! style="width:75px;"| David Straz Jr. ! style="width:75px;"| Mike Suarez ! style="width:75px;"| Ed Turanchik ! style="width:75px;"| Dick Greco, Jr. ! style="width:75px;"| Other ! style="width:75px;"| Undecided
 * - valign=bottom
 * 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%
 * align=center| 9.3%
 * align=center| -
 * align=center| 10.8%