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David Straz
David Straz ran for election for Mayor of Tampa in Florida. Straz lost in the general runoff election on April 23, 2019.
Straz completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2019. Click here to read the survey answers.
Straz died in November 2019.[1]
Elections
2019
See also: Mayoral election in Tampa, Florida (2019)
General runoff election
General runoff election for Mayor of Tampa
Jane Castor defeated David Straz in the general runoff election for Mayor of Tampa on April 23, 2019.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Jane Castor (Nonpartisan) | 73.1 | 38,859 |
 | David Straz (Nonpartisan)  | 26.9 | 14,300 | |
| Total votes: 53,159 | |||
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General election
General election for Mayor of Tampa
The following candidates ran in the general election for Mayor of Tampa on March 5, 2019.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Jane Castor (Nonpartisan) | 48.0 | 23,324 |
| ✔ | | David Straz (Nonpartisan) | 15.5 | 7,522 |
 | Harry Cohen (Nonpartisan) | 12.2 | 5,907 | |
 | Ed Turanchik (Nonpartisan) | 8.9 | 4,320 | |
 | Dick Greco Jr. (Nonpartisan) | 8.6 | 4,158 | |
 | Mike Suarez (Nonpartisan) | 5.1 | 2,462 | |
 | Topher Morrison (Nonpartisan) | 1.7 | 839 | |
| Reginald Howard (Nonpartisan) | 0.0 | 0 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.2 | 80 | ||
| Total votes: 48,612 | |||
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Campaign themes
2019
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
David Straz completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2019. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Straz's responses.
What would be your top three priorities, if elected?
Quality of Life Cabinet- reorganizing city government to improve efficiency and accountability. Budget Management- Full audit of city government to see where the money is coming in and where its going out. Transportation/infrastructure With the tax referendum David is the most qualified candidate to manage the new money with honesty and integrity.
What areas of public policy are you personally passionate about?
Improving roads and safe sidewalks for children to get to school. Restructuring city government and the budget to allocate necessary funds to the correct areas without having the immense amount of fluff and trim that the current budget has. For example, https://floridapolitics.com/archives/285950-david-straz-blasts-city-leadership-over-defunct-ambulance-fleet
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Campaign website
Straz's campaign website stated the following:
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I am running for mayor because I love this city and I want to provide leadership and vision for the future. I have a lifetime of experience running high quality organizations at a high level. I want to apply all I’ve learned to improving the quality of life in every neighborhood. Here, you can read the positions I’ve taken on issues important to Tampa’s future.
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| —David Straz’s campaign website (2019)[3] | ||
See also
2019 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ WFTS Tampa Bay, "Tampa Bay philanthropist David Straz dies," updated November 18, 2019
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ David Straz for Mayor, “Issues,” accessed January 22, 2019
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