2024 Elections

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Candidate Rules & Information

Election Dates

  • Primary Election: August 20, 2024
  • General Election: November 5, 2024
Please contact the Clerk's Office about future elections and more information on how to run for office
  • Email: city.clerk@stpete.org
  • Phone: 727-893-7448

Qualifying Period

  • Starts June 4, 2024, at 8:00 a.m.
  • Ends on June 18, 2024, at 5:00 p.m.
Qualifying papers may be accepted no earlier than May 21, fourteen days prior to the start of the qualifying period.

Qualifications

  • Must be a registered voter.
  • Candidates for Council Member must have been a resident of the declared district for at least the past 12 months, as of the date of the primary election.
  • Candidates for Mayor must have been a resident of the City for at least the past 12 months, as of the date of the primary election.
  • Candidates cannot have become and cannot be a candidate, a nominee, or representative of any political party or any committee or convention representing or acting for any political party.

Term of Office - 2024

  • The election for districts 1, 3, 5, and 7 are for a full term of approximately four 4 Years, beginning the first Thursday in January 2025 and running through the first Thursday in January 2029.

Campaign Finance Reporting Filings   2023-2024 Schedule of Reporting Dates

Categories always sorted by seq (sub-categories sorted within each category)
Documents sorted by HEADER in Ascending Order within category

Candidate Documents

2023 Election Laws
document Header 2023 Election Laws
2024 Candidate Handbook
document Header 2024 Candidate Handbook
2024 Forms and Fees Required To Qualify To Run For Office
document Header 2024 Forms and Fees Required To Qualify To Run For Office
City Charter
document Header City Charter
Council District 1 - Map
document Header Council District 1 - Map
Council District 3 - Map
document Header Council District 3 - Map
Council District 5 - Map
document Header Council District 5 - Map
Council District 7 - Map
document Header Council District 7 - Map
Guide to the Sunshine Amendment & Code of Ethics for Public Officers and Employees
document Header Guide to the Sunshine Amendment & Code of Ethics for Public Officers and Employees