TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) -- Voters in Tampa’s District 5 City Council race can cast ballots on Tuesday.

There are 14 candidates vying for the seat left opened by the sudden passing of council member Gwendolyn Henderson back in June.

According to county data, there are 45,000 eligible voters in the district and just over 3,500 of them have cast early voting ballots. If no candidate gets more than 50 percent of the votes, a runoff election will be held next month.

District 5 includes downtown, Ybor City, east Tampa, Tampa Heights, and a part of west Tampa. Some voters feel this large area is in dire need of addressing specific funding issues

"District 5 needs attainable housing. District five needs businesses and corporations. District five needs to use their CRA money to get TIFF funding,” sa

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