ABOVE: WATCH THE DEBATE
ST. PETERSBURG — The Tampa Bay Times and Spectrum Bay News 9 partnered to host Tuesday's debate between St. Petersburg mayoral candidates.
The debate was shown Tuesday, June 22 on tampabay.com/politics and Bay News 9 and was moderated by Times Political Editor Steve Contorno and Bay News 9 anchor Holly Gregory.
Those who have filed to run for mayor are: City Council members Darden Rice and Robert Blackmon, former Pinellas County Commissioner Ken Welch; former City Council member and state Rep. Wengay Newton; restaurateur Pete Boland; real estate agent Vincent Nowicki; former political operative and marketer Marcile Powers; University of South Florida political science student Michael Ingram; and former congressional write-in candidate Michael Levinson.
All candidates who qualified for the race will be included in the debate.
The primary election will take place Tuesday, Aug. 24. If no candidate garners at least 50 percent of the vote, the top two vote-getters will face off in the general election on Tuesday, Nov. 2.