TAMPA, Fla. \u2014 A former Tampa mayor is officially running to be the city\u2019s next mayor.<\/p>\n
Bob Buckhorn filed his paperwork to enter the race on Monday.<\/p>\n
He previously served as mayor from 2011 to 2019.<\/p>\n
Buckhorn spoke at a campaign kickoff event Monday and cited how he led the city through a recession. He emphasized the importance of Tampa\u2019s diversity.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m running to build a city that is the envy of the nation, and to continue down this path that we set out on 10 years ago,\u201d he said. \u201cWe\u2019ve proven we can do it. I\u2019ve already done it. Now it\u2019s time to write our next chapter.\u201d<\/p>\n
He said some of his top priorities include fixing the permitting process and making transportation more efficient.<\/p>\n
In a news release, Buckhorn said he wants to build a \u201cA Tampa for All of Us.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m running to help shape Tampa\u2019s future \u2014 building on what\u2019s working and making sure every neighborhood shares in our progress. I know what it takes to deliver.\u201d<\/p>\n
He said that building Tampa\u2019s future will require a shared effort across the community.<\/p>\n
\u201cBut I can\u2019t do it alone \u2014 we need each and every one of you.\u201d<\/p>\n
Current Mayor Jane\u00a0Castor leaves office in 2027 because of term limits.<\/p>\n
So far, two candidates have filed to run for mayor: Alan Henderson, an entrepreneur, and Julie Magill, a real estate broker.<\/p>\n
The\u00a02027 Tampa mayoral election\u00a0will be held on March 2, 2027.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"TAMPA, Fla. \u2014 A former Tampa mayor is officially running to be the city\u2019s next mayor. Bob Buckhorn…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":230059,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[3140,274,276,115,99,275,135,137,136,278],"class_list":["post-230058","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tampa","tag-app-local-state-politics","tag-app-top-stories","tag-hillsborough-county","tag-news","tag-politics","tag-spectrum-news-staff","tag-tampa","tag-tampa-headlines","tag-tampa-news","tag-top-stories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/230058","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=230058"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/230058\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/230059"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=230058"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=230058"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=230058"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}