One more day until Tampa picks its next mayor
TAMPA — The race to become Tampa’s next mayor, a battle that stirred to life 15 months ago, will finally cross the finish line Tuesday evening when polls close on the runoff contest between Jane Castor and David Straz.
There have been just three face-to-face encounters between the two candidates in the seven weeks since the primary — a big change from past Tampa mayoral runoffs, when debates were much more frequent.
Early on, Castor, a former police chief, said she was open to as many forums as possible. But Straz declined, saying voters were tired of them.
Instead, the retired banker, who finished nearly 33 points behind Castor in the primary election, spent millions attacking her record leading the Tampa Police Department, and attempting to tie her to what he says is a corrupt, good-old-boy network that runs Florida’s third-largest city.
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