A professional outdoor portrait of Hoyt Prindle III. He is smiling and standing with his arms crossed, wearing a navy blue blazer over a light-colored button-down shirt. He has dark hair and a groomed beard. The background is a soft-focus view of a wooden bridge and green trees under natural daylight. — Hoyt Prindle III Credit: c/o Civilized Consulting

Tampa’s municipal elections kick up next year, crowded with 11 mayoral candidates and three filed for council—and the third returns for another showdown.

Local attorney Hoyt Prindle announced his campaign for Tampa City Council District 6 this month. The district stretches north to Forest Hills, to about Interstate 275 in the east, south to Palma Ceia, and west into Westshore.

Prindle almost won the seat in 2023 in a runoff against Tampa’s longest-serving councilmember Charlie Miranda, who was first elected to the dais in 1974.

Miranda beat Prindle by only 135 votes in Tampa’s last municipal election, a razor-thin margin that challenged Miranda’s recent history of landslide turnouts. Before facing Prindle, Miranda’s last three races saw him beat candidates by an average margin of 7,313.

But while their voter margin was narrow, Miranda’s campaign received significantly more funding, with over $86,000 more in contributions than Prindle’s 2023 campaign.

Prindle, senior associate at Porter Wright Morris & Arthur LLP, told CL his campaign doesn’t have a dedicated PAC or committee, and it’ll receive donations directly. He is the only District 6 candidate filed to date.

Prindle has some council connections, too. He serves on Tampa’s Citizens Advisory Budget and Finance Committee—a seat he was appointed to by District 1 Councilman, and current council chairman Alan Clendenin.

A press release says Prindle aims to lead a city “that is more responsive to residents and more focused on outcomes, not rhetoric.”

“Voters are tired of listening to politicians repeat talking points without actually improving their

daily lives,” Prindle said in the press release.

Creative Loafing Tampa Bay endorsed Prindle in 2023, highlighting his readiness and push for voter agency when it came to issues like the PURE wastewater reuse plan proposal—which voters opposed heavily.

This time, Prindle said he’s ready to “roll up his sleeves and get to work for Tampa.”

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This article appears in Apr. 09 – 15, 2026.