1975 Tampa mayoral election

1975 Tampa mayoral election
September 2, 1975
 
Candidate Bill Poe Joe Kotvas
Party Nonpartisan Nonpartisan
Popular vote 30,281 19,081
Percentage 61.34% 38.66%
Mayor before election

Bill Poe
Nonpartisan

Elected mayor

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.

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