Bob Buckhorn

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Bob Buckhorn (2006)

Robert Francis Buckhorn Jr. (born July 29, 1958 in Evanston , Illinois ) is an American politician ( Democratic Party ). He was Mayor of Tampa , Florida from April 1, 2011 to May 1, 2019 .

Life

Bob Buckhorn grew up as the eldest of three brothers in Falls Church , Virginia . He studied political science at Pennsylvania State University at University Park, where he received his bachelor's degree in 1980. In 1987 Buckhorn was the personal assistant to then Tampa Mayor Sandra Freeman . In 1995 he was first elected to the Tampa City Council. After two terms in the city council, Buckhorn initially withdrew from politics and worked for the political consulting agency Dewey Square Group. In 2007 he founded his own political advisory firm in Tampa.

Buckhorn applied for the mayor's office in Tampa back in 2003, but his first candidacy was unsuccessful. Before the mayoral election in 2011, in which the incumbent Pam Iorio could no longer run due to a term limit, Buckhorn announced his candidacy again. Although a member of the Democratic Party, he ran as an independent candidate. In the first round of elections on March 1, 2011, Bob Buckhorn got 23.5 percent of the vote and thus remained behind his strongest opponent Rose Ferlita, in the runoff election on March 22, 2011, however, he was able to unite 62.9 percent of the votes and bet thus by against Ferlita. On April 1, 2011, Buckhorn became mayor. After he announced his renewed candidacy on September 12, 2014, he was confirmed in office in 2015 with 95.9 percent of the vote and no opposing candidates. During Bob Buckhorn's tenure, the Tampa metropolitan area became one of the fastest growing metropolitan areas in the United States. The Money Magazine called Tampa in 2015 as the best city in the southeastern United States. He campaigned for an improvement of the WiFi network in the city and put the focus of his tenure on improving public safety and increasing the economic power of the city. Buckhorn also supports the expansion of local public transport and the cycle path network in Tampa.

In May 2017, Bob Buckhorn caused a stir and negative reaction from the press after pointing a .50-caliber machine gun at several journalists pretending to shoot them during a military parade in Tampa, after which he said he has never had adult men seen how little girls cry. Shortly afterwards he apologized for this statement. After eight years in office, Bob Buckhorn could no longer run for another term; on May 1, 2019, he was replaced by Jane Castor in the mayor's office. Bob Buckhorn is married and has two daughters.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Previous Mayors of Tampa. In: tampagov.net , accessed April 4, 2020.
  2. ↑ About Bob Buckhorn. In: Tampa Bay Business Journal , March 11, 2011, accessed April 4, 2020.
  3. ↑ Tampa mayor Buckhorn files to run for re-election. In: The Tampa Tribune , September 12, 2014, accessed April 4, 2020.
  4. ↑ Best Big Cities 2015. In: money.com , August 16, 2015, accessed April 4, 2020.
  5. ^ Buckhorn's joke about pointing machine guns at media draws fire. In: Tampa Bay Times , May 19, 2017, accessed April 4, 2019.
personal data
SURNAME Buckhorn, Bob
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Buckhorn, Robert Francis Jr. (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American Politician, Mayor of Tampa (2011-2019)
DATE OF BIRTH July 29, 1958
PLACE OF BIRTH Evanston (Illinois) , United States