The Brief
- Former Tampa Mayor Bob Buckhorn is preparing to run for another term as mayor.
- He is allowed to do so under the city’s term limits rule that permits former mayors who have served eight years, to return to office after eight years.
- Former Mayor Dick Greco is the most-recent mayor to take advantage of that rule, returning to office in 1995 after several decades.
TAMPA – When Bob Buckhorn left office in 2019, the chatter never stopped about him running again, apparently by design.
“(The secret was kept) as well as I wanted it to be kept,” Buckhorn said during an interview Friday.
Buckhorn going public with his intention to run again is a warning shot to other potential candidates who would have to compete with his networks of fundraisers, supporters, and his name recognition.
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