1975 Tampa mayoral election

none January 2025 January 2025 1975 Tampa mayoral election Florida Flag of Tampa, Florida.svg presidential no 1974 Tampa mayoral special election 1974 (special) 1979 Tampa mayoral election 1979 September 2, 1975 150x150px Bill Poe File:3x4.svg Nonpartisan 30,281 61.34% c0c0c0 Joe Kotvas File:3x4.svg Nonpartisan 19,081 38.66% c0c0c0 Mayor Bill Poe Nonpartisan Bill Poe Nonpartisan The 1975 Tampa mayoral election was held on September 2, 1975. Incumbent Mayor Bill Poe, who was first elected in a 1974 special election, ran for re-election to a full term. He was challenged by his opponent from the 1974 election, former City Councilmember Joe Kotvas. While Poe only narrowly defeated Kotvas in 1974, he won the rematch in a landslide, receiving 61 percent of the vote to Kotvas's 39 percent. Candidates Joe Kotvas, former city councilmember, 1974 candidate for mayorAllen Richard Kotvas To Run Again For Mayor Of Tampa The Tampa Tribune May 8, 1975 Tampa, Florida 1B https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-tampa-tribune/176035583/ July 6, 2025 Bill Poe, incumbent mayor Results 1975 Tampa mayoral election9/2/1975 Hillsborough County Supervisor of Elections http://votehillsborough.org/ERSummary.aspx?eid=-1908 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20101201093117/http://votehillsborough.org/ERSummary.aspx?eid=-1908 December 1, 2010 July 5, 2025 Bill Poe (inc.) Nonpartisan candidate 30,281 61.34% Joe Kotvas Nonpartisan candidate 19,081 38.66% 49,362 100.00% References 1975 election 1975 Tampa Category:20th century in Tampa, Florida