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Mayor’s Race:
Candidates Qualify For City Of Tampa Election
BY IRIS B. HOLTON Sentinel City Editor
Last Friday, eight Tampa residents qualified as candi- dates to replace current Mayor Bob Buckhorn. Mayor Buckhorn is leaving as a result of term limits. Reginald Howard qualified as a Write-In candidate.
Some of the candidates are well known in local govern- ment or as local businessmen. The election will take place on Tuesday, March 5, 2019. The candidates are:
Former Tampa Police Chief Jane Castor is the only woman vying for the office. She brings to the equation 31 years in law enforcement.
Harry Cohen currently seats on the City Council as the representative for District 4. A
JANE CASTOR
Tampa native, Cohen is a practicing attorney. Cohen was elected to Tampa City Council in 2011 and re-elected in 2015.
Dick Greco, Jr., is the son of former Tampa Mayor Dick Greco. A former Hills- borough County and Circuit Court Judge, and was elected to the County Court bench. In 1994, he was appointed to the
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DAVID STRAZ, JR.
13th Judicial Circuit Court by
Governor Lawton Chiles. Christopher “Topher” Morrison is a Tampa busi- nessman. He is the founder and Managing Director of the Tampa Branch of Key Person of Influence, a global business accelerator and personal
branding program.
David Straz, Jr., is a na-
tive of Wisconsin. He moved
DICK GRECO, JR.
MIKE SUAREZ
to Tampa in 1980 after start- ing a banking business in his native hometown. He is a major supporter of the Straz Center for the Performing Arts, the Lowry Park Zoo, the University of Tampa, along with other organizations and institutions.
A Tampa native, Mike Suarez accumulated political experience working for former
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ED TURANCHIK
Governor Bob Graham. He learned the business field working as an insurance pro- fessional. Suarez was elected as the District 1 representative on the City Council in 2011.
Ed Turanchik is a prac- ticing attorney and former Hillsborough County Commis- sioner. He has nearly 30 years of activism in Hillsborough County government.
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