Elected Officials for Tampa Residents

Jane Castor is Tampa's 59th mayor, and seven City Council members share the legislative side, three elected citywide and four from districts, with Alan Clendenin serving as council chairman.

Castor is a lifelong Tampa resident and a graduate of Chamberlain High School and the University of Tampa (City of Tampa, Mayor Jane Castor). Council members are elected by voters within the Tampa city limits for four-year terms; Districts 1, 2 and 3 are at-large seats and Districts 4 through 7 are elected in individual districts (Tampa City Council, About Us).

The officer titles come from the council's member list, which names Clendenin chairman and Viera vice chair of the Community Redevelopment Agency board (Tampa City Council). A Tampa resident therefore has four council members: the three at-large members plus the member for the home district. District boundaries are covered in the Tampa council districts guide in this section.

The mayor's office also carries seats on regional bodies. Under the port's enabling act, one of the seven seats on the Port Tampa Bay Governing Board is occupied by the Mayor of the City of Tampa, and the board page lists Castor as a commissioner, alongside five gubernatorial appointees and a Hillsborough County commissioner (Port Tampa Bay, Governing Board). The board lists Castor in Seat 7 with a term of May 1, 2019 to April 30, 2027, so the Tampa mayor holds one of the seven port votes.

The next City of Tampa municipal election is on March 2, 2027, and the current council terms expire on April 30, 2027, according to the council and the Hillsborough County Supervisor of Elections.

The term end date appears on the Tampa council's own page (Tampa City Council, About Us). For the 2027 municipal election, the registration deadline is February 1, 2027, the deadline to request a mail ballot is February 18, 2027, and voted ballots must reach the elections office by 7 p.m. on March 2, 2027; early voting dates were still listed as to be determined (Supervisor of Elections, Election Dates and Deadlines).

If a Tampa race goes to a runoff, the elections office lists a registration deadline of March 29, 2027, a mail ballot request deadline of April 15, 2027 and a 7 p.m. return deadline of April 27, 2027 (Election Dates and Deadlines). The runoff election day falls three days before the April 30 term end. How the seats are contested and who may qualify is set out in the Tampa City Council election guide under civic engagement.

Seven commissioners sit on the Hillsborough County board, four in District 1 to 4 seats and three in countywide seats, with Ken Hagan as chair and Christine Miller as vice chair as of October 2026.

The roster and board roles are from the county's commission page, which also links the BOCC 2026 Master Calendar and meeting schedule (Hillsborough County, Board of County Commissioners). Tampa residents are county residents too, so each Tampa address has one district commissioner and the three countywide commissioners. Its meetings, workshops and public hearings for the year are posted in the BOCC 2026 Master Calendar on the same county page, which is the place to check before attending (Board of County Commissioners).

Beyond the commission, Tampa residents deal with countywide officers such as the Property Appraiser, Bob Henriquez, and the Supervisor of Elections, Craig Latimer, along with the Tax Collector and the School Board.

Henriquez, a Certified Florida Appraiser, is described by his office as born and raised in Tampa; the office's site offers property search, homestead exemption e-filing and a tax estimator (Hillsborough County Property Appraiser). Latimer's office (Hillsborough County Supervisor of Elections) publishes the 2027 City of Tampa municipal election calendar alongside the county and state dates (Election Dates and Deadlines).

The Tax Collector's office handles property tax payments, driver license services and registration renewals for Tampa residents and, in October 2026, carries an explainer on the proposed property tax reform on the 2026 ballot (Hillsborough County Tax Collector). Hillsborough County Public Schools, which has its own School Board, lists its address as 901 East Kennedy Boulevard, Tampa, phone (813) 272-4000 (Hillsborough County Public Schools). The district's board page did not show the members in readable text when checked, so they are not listed here.

The Supervisor of Elections precinct finder returns the precinct number, the polling place and the office holders who represent voters in that precinct, which settles the district question for any Tampa address.

The tool asks for the house number typed by hand, then prompts for a valid street name, and the same page links lists of all precincts and of polling place changes since the previous election (Supervisor of Elections, Voting Precincts). One lookup therefore answers both the Tampa council district and the county commission district.

For the November 3, 2026 general election, early voting runs October 19 through November 1, mail ballot requests close October 22, 2026, and voted mail ballots must arrive by 7 p.m. on election day (Election Dates and Deadlines). The elections office says early voting is open every day of that period from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. (Supervisor of Elections). Florida is a closed primary state, though every registered voter may vote on issues and nonpartisan races in a primary (Election Dates and Deadlines), and the office notes that dates and times are subject to change.

The City of Tampa's main contact is 306 East Jackson Street, phone (813) 274-8211, while the City Council office sits on the 3rd floor of City Hall at 315 East Kennedy Blvd., phone 813-274-8131.

The Jackson Street address and main number appear on the mayor's page (City of Tampa, Mayor). The council's About Us page gives the City Hall office, open Monday to Friday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., and pairs every member with a named legislative aide and a Customer Service Request link (Tampa City Council, About Us). Public records requests and the official record of council actions go through the City Clerk, Shirley Foxx-Knowles, at 315 E. Kennedy Blvd., phone (813) 274-8397 (City of Tampa, Office of the City Clerk).

The Supervisor of Elections keeps its main office in the Fred B. Karl County Center, 601 E. Kennedy Blvd., 16th Floor, phone 813-272-5850, and the Robert L. Gilder Elections Service Center at 2514 North Falkenburg Rd.; the main line is 813-744-5900 and office hours are 8 am to 5 pm (Supervisor of Elections). Voters in north Tampa can also use the Northwest Regional Office at 4575 Gunn Hwy., and the office runs a Southeast Regional Office in Riverview and the SouthShore Regional Service Center in Ruskin for the rest of Hillsborough (Supervisor of Elections). The Tampa government hub lists the city department and meeting guides.

Last verified: October 18, 2026, with the council roster and term date, the mayor's page, the county commission roster, the Port Tampa Bay board list and the Supervisor of Elections calendar each re-read that day.