Pasco County is located on the west central coast of the U.S. state of Florida. According to the 2020 census,the population was 561,691. 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.
WZRA-CD is a low-power,Class A television station licensed to Oldsmar,Florida,United States,serving ethnic groups in the Tampa Bay area. The station carries a variety of mostly news-oriented programming from broadcasters outside the United States,in several languages.
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.
Dennis K. Baxley is a state legislator in Florida who has served in the Florida Senate since 2016. 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. He served on the Belleview City Commission and as its mayor.
John Legg is a Republican politician who has served as a member of the Florida Senate since 2012,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.
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 2012 United States Senate election in Florida was held on November 6,2012,alongside a presidential election,other elections to the House and Senate,as well as various state and local elections. The primary election was held August 14,2012. Incumbent Senator Bill Nelson won reelection to a third term,defeating Republican U.S. Representative Connie Mack IV by 13%,winning 55% to 42%. Nelson defeated Mack by over 1 million votes.
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.
The 2014 United States House of Representatives elections in Florida were held on Tuesday,November 4,2014 to elect the 27 U.S. representatives from the state of Florida,one from each of the state's 27 congressional districts. The elections coincided with the elections of other federal and state offices,including Governor of Florida. There was no net party change,as Democrat Gwen Graham defeated Republican incumbent Steve Southerland in the 2nd district,while Republican Carlos Curbelo defeated Democratic incumbent Joe Garcia in the 26th district.
Gulf View Square Mall is an enclosed mall in Port Richey,Florida. Opened in 1980,it is anchored by Best Buy &Dillard's Clearance Store and is owned by Namdar Realty Group.
The 2016 United States Senate election in Florida was held November 8,2016 to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the State of Florida,concurrently with the 2016 U.S. presidential election,as well as other elections to the United States Senate in other states and elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections. The primary elections for both the Republicans and Democrats took place on August 30,2016.
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.
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 politician. A Democrat,he served as a member of the Florida House of Representatives from District 49,which covered the University of Central Florida area.
John C. Brasher was an American judge and politician. He served as a Republican member of the Florida House of Representatives.
