Pasco County is a county located on the west central coast of the U.S. state of Florida. According to the 2020 census,the population was 561,691,making it the eleventh-most populous county in the state. Its county seat is Dade City,and its largest city is Zephyrhills. The county is named after Samuel Pasco.
New Port Richey is a city in Pasco County,Florida,United States. It is a suburban city included in the Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater,Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was counted at 16,728 in the 2020 census.
Port Richey is a city in Pasco County,Florida,United States. It is a suburban city included in the Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater,Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area. As of 2020,the city had a population of 3,052.
Gulf High School is a four-year public high school in New Port Richey,Florida. It is part of the Pasco County School System in Pasco County,Florida. It is the first high school in western Pasco County and the second school in Pasco County to offer the International Baccalaureate Program,the other being Land O' Lakes High School. Gulf High School is so named because it was originally located less than one mile from the Gulf of Mexico.
Elroy McKendree Avery,Ph.D.,LL.D. was school principal,politician,author,and historian. Avery was an Ohio State Senator in the 1890s before becoming an early resident of west Pasco County,Florida,and was the first mayor of New Port Richey,Florida. As an author,Avery wrote school textbooks about physics and chemistry as well as books about the history of the United States,Cleveland,and New Port Richey.
The Tampa Bay Area Regional Transit Authority,or TBARTA,was a regional transportation agency of the U.S. state of Florida which was created on July 1,2007. The transportation agency ceased all operations on December 30,2023,after the governing board voted unanimously to disband. The purpose of the agency was "to plan,develop,finance,construct,own,purchase,operate,maintain,relocate,equip,repair,and manage multimodal systems in Hernando,Hillsborough,Manatee,Pasco,and Pinellas Counties." The agency coordinated its efforts with the Florida Department of Transportation to improve transportation in the Tampa Bay Area.
Dennis K. Baxley is a state legislator in Florida who served in the Florida Senate from 2016 to 2024. A Republican,he represents the 12th district including Sumter County and parts of Lake County and Marion County in Central Florida. He previously served in the Florida House of Representatives,representing parts of Marion County from 2000 to 2007 and again from 2010 until his election to the Senate in 2016. He served on the Belleview City Commission and as its mayor.
John Legg is Superintendent of Schools for Pasco County Schools in Pasco County,Florida. A Republican,he served as a member of the Florida Senate,representing the 17th District,which includes Tampa and Zephyrhills in northwestern Hillsborough County and southern Pasco County. Prior to his election to the Senate,he served as a member of the Florida House of Representatives,representing the 46th District.
Will Weatherford is an American politician who was a Republican member of the Florida House of Representatives from 2006 to 2014,representing the 61st District from 2006 to 2012 and the 38th District,which included eastern Pasco County,from 2012 to 2014. During his final term in the legislature,he served as the Speaker of the Florida House of Representatives,which made him the youngest presiding officer of any state legislative chamber in the United States at the time.
Tampa Bay Water (TBW) is a regional wholesale drinking water utility that serves customers in the Tampa Bay,Florida region. The agency is a special district of the state created by inter-local agreement among six member governments. A nine-member board of directors composed of two elected commissioners from each member county and one elected representative from each member city oversees the policy decisions of the agency. The member governments that make up the board of directors are:The cities of New Port Richey,St. Petersburg,Florida,and Tampa,and Hillsborough County,Pasco County,and Pinellas County. These member governments provide water to over 2.5 million citizens.
Ed Hooper is a Republican member of the Florida Senate,representing the 21st District,which includes Clearwater and Largo in northern Pinellas County and western Pasco County,since 2018.
The 2010 Florida Attorney General election took place on November 2,2010,to elect the Attorney General of Florida. Incumbent Attorney General Bill McCollum opted to run for run for Governor rather than seek reelection. The election was won by Republican Pam Bondi,a former assistant state attorney for Hillsborough County,who defeated Democrat Dan Gelber by a 54.8% to 41.1% margin. Bondi took office in January 2011.
Janet Cruz is an American politician who formerly served as a Democratic member of the Florida Senate,representing part of Hillsborough County and Tampa from 2018 until 2022 before losing re-election,as well as four terms in the Florida House of Representatives,representing a Tampa-based district from 2010 until her election to the Senate.
Amanda Hickman Murphy is a Democratic politician from Florida. She served in the Florida House of Representatives from 2013 to 2016,representing parts of western Pasco County,including the city of New Port Richey. She was a candidate for the Florida Senate in the 2018 elections,but was defeated by Ed Hooper.
Kathleen M. Peters is an American politician of the Republican Party and a former member of the Florida House of Representatives,representing the 69th District,which includes southern Pinellas County,stretching from Redington Shores to St. Pete Beach,from 2012 to 2018.
Richard Michael Corcoran is an American politician who was speaker of the Florida House of Representatives. A Republican,Corcoran represented the 37th district,which includes central Pasco County,from 2012 to 2018,and previously represented the 45th district from 2010 to 2012. From 2019 to 2022,Corcoran was the state's education commissioner. In 2023,he became president of the New College of Florida.
The New Port Richey Public Library is a public library in New Port Richey,Florida. The library is the only public library in Pasco County that is not a member of the Pasco County Library Cooperative
The 2018 Florida gubernatorial election was held on November 6,2018,to elect the next governor of Florida,alongside an election to the United States Senate,elections to the United States House of Representatives and other state and local elections. Incumbent two-term Republican Governor Rick Scott was term-limited and could not run for a third term,and he successfully ran for Florida's Class I Senate seat.
Daniel Wright Burgess Jr. is an American politician who currently serves as a Florida State Senator from District 20,which includes parts of Tampa,Thonotosassa,New Tampa,and Zephyrhills. He previously served as the executive director of the Florida Department of Veterans' Affairs,as a member of the Florida House of Representatives,and as the mayor of Zephyrhills.
Carlos Guillermo Smith is an American community activist,lobbyist,and Democratic politician. He is a member of the Florida Senate from the 17th district since 2024,covering much of Orange County east of I-4,having been elected without opposition upon the qualifying deadline on June 14th. He previously served as a member of the Florida House of Representatives from District 49,situated in northeastern Orange County from 2016 through 2022,which covered the University of Central Florida area,Alafaya,Goldenrod,Union Park,Rio Pinar,and Waterford Lakes.
