Tampa City Council Districts — Tampa, Florida

Three of the seven seats on Tampa City Council are elected by every voter in the city. The City of Tampa's City Council About Us page states that Council members for Districts 1, 2 and 3 are elected at-large (meaning city-wide) and those from Districts 4 through 7 are elected in individual districts. Every member serves a four-year term, and the page states that the term of the current Council members expires on April 30, 2027. The numbering can mislead first-time readers: District 1, District 2 and District 3 are not places on a map of Tampa but labels for three citywide seats.

Alan Clendenin's City of Tampa biography makes the distinction explicit, describing his District 1 post as a citywide seat. A voter living in Ybor City, on Davis Islands or in New Tampa therefore helps choose four of the seven members: all three at-large members plus the one member for the district where that voter lives. The Council itself is described by the City of Tampa as the legislative branch operating under the 1974 Revised Charter, enacting the ordinances and resolutions that the mayor administers.

As listed on the Tampa City Council page updated September 30, 2026, the citywide seats are held by Alan Clendenin (District 1 At-Large, City Council Chairman), Guido Maniscalco (District 2 At-Large) and Lynn Hurtak (District 3 At-Large). The four district seats are held by Bill Carlson (District 4), Naya Young (District 5), Charlie Miranda (District 6) and Luis Viera (District 7), who is also listed as CRA Vice Chair. Last verified: October 8, 2026, on the City of Tampa website.

The City of Tampa's District 4 page describes a single member district, running South from San Jose Street to MacDill AFB, including all of Davis Island and Harbour Island. Water defines three of its four sides: the district is bordered on the west by Old Tampa Bay, on the south by Tampa Bay and on the east by Hillsborough Bay. That makes District 4 the peninsula seat, covering the South Tampa interbay land that ends at the Air Force base.

The northern edge of District 4 is the complicated part. The city's written description traces it street by street, west along Swann Avenue from Magnolia Avenue, then along Boulevard, Platt Street, Willow Avenue, Horatio Street, Oregon Avenue and on through Armenia Avenue, Howard Avenue, Henderson Boulevard and Dale Mabry Highway before finishing west along San Jose Street. The zigzag means some blocks of Hyde Park and the Swann Avenue corridor sit in District 4 while neighboring blocks fall into District 5 or District 6.

The city lists the neighborhood associations inside District 4 as Ballast Point, Bayshore Beautiful, Bayshore Gardens, Belmar Shore, Port Tampa, Davis Islands, Fair Oaks Manhattan, Golfview, Historic Hyde Park, New Suburb Beautiful, Virginia Park, Palma Ceia, Gandy/Sun Bay South, South Westshore and portions of Sunset Park and Oscawana. Bill Carlson's City of Tampa biography describes him as the member representing District 4 (South Tampa) and states that he was elected on March 5, 2019.

District 5 holds the oldest commercial core of Tampa. According to the District 5 page, it is a single member district running north from McKay Bay and Palmetto Beach and including all of Downtown Tampa, the Channel District and Ybor City. Its eastern edge follows the city limit line along the Tampa Bypass Canal and the Palm River, and to the south the line runs to the southern tip of the Port of Tampa before turning north along the western boundary of the port at Sparkman Channel.

From the Garrison Channel the District 5 line moves west along Platt Street and then winds north through Tampa Heights, around Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard, Nebraska Avenue and Sligh Avenue, crossing the Hillsborough River before following streets near Waters Avenue and Rowlett Park Drive. The northern edge reaches east along Busch Boulevard and down 40th Street, then follows the Hillsborough River northeast to the city limit line. The shape gives District 5 a long north to south reach, from the port and Ybor City up into the neighborhoods east of Interstate 275.

Naya Young represents District 5. Her City of Tampa biography states that in October 2025 she was elected to Tampa City Council representing District 5, and that she chairs the Neighborhood and Community Affairs Committee. Before her election she served as Executive Director of the Tampa Heights Junior Civic Association, according to the same biography.

District 6 is the middle band of Tampa. The District 6 page describes a single member district running north from San Jose Street to Waters Avenue and including Drew Park, Beach Park and the Westshore Business District. Its western boundary is a line of landmarks: Old Tampa Bay, the Courtney Campbell Causeway, Rocky Point Golf Course, Tampa International Airport and the city limit line up to Hillsborough Avenue. From there the line follows Hillsborough Avenue, Henry Avenue and Armenia Avenue north to Waters Avenue.

On its eastern side District 6 shares a long, irregular boundary with District 5, which is why the two descriptions trace many of the same streets in reverse, including Nebraska Avenue, Lambright Street and Columbus Drive. The city lists its neighborhood associations as Armenia Gardens Estates, Beach Park, Beach Park Isles, Bon Air, Carver City/Lincoln Gardens, Culbreath Bayou, Culbreath Heights, Culbreath Isles, Drew Park, Gray Gables, Lowry Park, MacFarlane Park, Mid-Peninsula, Midtown, North Hyde Park, Riverside Heights, South Seminole Heights, Wellswood and West Tampa, among others, plus sections of Southeast Seminole Heights and Tampa Heights.

Charlie Miranda holds the District 6 seat as of the City of Tampa listing verified October 8, 2026. The district page directs residents with neighborhood association questions to the Neighborhood Engagement office at 813-274-7574.

Yes. The District 7 page describes a single member district running north from Waters Avenue to County Line Road and including Forest Hills, Terrace Park, New Tampa and the University of South Florida. It is the largest district by distance, stretching from the neighborhoods north of Waters Avenue to the Pasco County line at County Line Road.

The District 7 boundary follows the city limit line along Armenia Avenue, Fowler Avenue, USF, Fletcher Avenue, 46th Street, Interstate 275, Interstate 75, County Line Road, Bruce B. Downs Boulevard, Cross Creek Boulevard, Morris Bridge Road and 50th Street, then runs south along 52nd Street and the west boundary of the City of Temple Terrace to the Hillsborough River. Its southern line is shared with District 5 through Busch Boulevard, 40th Street and Rowlett Park Drive. Luis Viera holds the District 7 seat as of October 8, 2026.

The Council long predates its district map. The City Clerk's archive of previous City Council members states that the City Council of the City of Tampa was originally created in the City Charter granted by a Special Act of the Florida State Legislature signed by Governor Broome on December 15, 1855, and notes that the body has held other designations, including Board of Representatives and City Aldermen. The archive keeps a list of Tampa City Council members from 1849 through 2025, revised June 26, 2025.

The Tampa district structure also shapes appointments. For the 2026 Charter Review Advisory Commission, each Council member appointed one commissioner, listed by seat: Garrett Greco for District 1 At-Large, Stephen Benson for District 2 At-Large, Bobby Creighton for District 3 At-Large, Bill Schifino for District 4, Ashley Morrow for District 5, Rebecca Kert for District 6 and Alan Cohn for District 7.

The next Tampa municipal election is set for March 2027. The Tampa Bay Times reported on April 15, 2026 that two-term Tampa City Council member Bill Carlson joined the 2027 mayoral race, one of eleven candidates who had filed for that election. Because the current Council terms end on April 30, 2027, every one of the seven seats, citywide and district, is on the same cycle.