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Tampa\u2019s municipal elections kick up next year, crowded with 11 mayoral candidates and three filed for council\u2014and the third returns for another showdown.<\/p>\n
Local attorney Hoyt Prindle announced his campaign for Tampa City Council District 6 this month. The district stretches north to Forest Hills, to about Interstate 275 in the east, south to Palma Ceia, and west into Westshore.<\/p>\n
Prindle almost won the seat in 2023 in a runoff against Tampa\u2019s longest-serving councilmember Charlie Miranda, who was first elected to the dais in 1974.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Miranda beat Prindle by only 135 votes in Tampa\u2019s last municipal election, a razor-thin margin that challenged Miranda\u2019s recent history of landslide turnouts. Before facing Prindle, Miranda\u2019s last three races saw him beat candidates by an average margin of 7,313.\u00a0<\/p>\n
But while their voter margin was narrow, Miranda\u2019s campaign received significantly more funding, with over $86,000 more in contributions than Prindle\u2019s 2023 campaign.<\/p>\n
Prindle, senior associate at Porter Wright Morris & Arthur LLP, told CL his campaign doesn\u2019t have a dedicated PAC or committee, and it\u2019ll receive donations directly. He is the only District 6 candidate filed to date.<\/p>\n
Prindle has some council connections, too. He serves on Tampa\u2019s Citizens Advisory Budget and Finance Committee\u2014a seat he was appointed to by District 1 Councilman, and current council chairman Alan Clendenin.\u00a0<\/p>\n
A press release says Prindle aims to lead a city \u201cthat is more responsive to residents and more focused on outcomes, not rhetoric.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cVoters are tired of listening to politicians repeat talking points without actually improving their<\/p>\n
daily lives,\u201d Prindle said in the press release.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Creative Loafing Tampa Bay endorsed<\/a> Prindle in 2023, highlighting his readiness and push for voter agency when it came to issues like the PURE wastewater reuse plan proposal\u2014which voters opposed heavily.\u00a0<\/p>\n This time, Prindle said he\u2019s ready to \u201croll up his sleeves and get to work for Tampa.\u201d<\/p>\n Pitch in to help make the Tampa Bay Journalism Project a success.<\/a><\/p>\n Subscribe to Creative Loafing newsletters.<\/a><\/p>\n Follow us:\u00a0Google News<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0NewsBreak<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0Reddit<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0Instagram<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0Facebook\u00a0<\/a>|\u00a0BlueSky<\/a><\/p>\n This article appears in Apr. 09 \u2013 15, 2026<\/a>.<\/p>\n \n\tRelated\n<\/p>\n \t