Pinellas County is a county located on the west central coast of the U.S. state of Florida. As of the 2020 census,the population was 959,107,which makes it the seventh-most populous county in the state. It is also the most densely populated county in Florida,with 3,491 residents per square mile. The county is part of the Tampa–St. Petersburg–Clearwater,Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area. Clearwater is the county seat. St. Petersburg is the largest city in the county,as well as the largest city in Florida that is not a county seat.
St. Petersburg is a city in Pinellas County,Florida,United States. As of the 2020 census,the population was 258,308,making it the fifth-most populous city in Florida and the second-largest city in the Tampa Bay Area,after Tampa. It is the largest city in the state that is not a county seat. Along with Clearwater,these cities are part of the Tampa–St. Petersburg–Clearwater Metropolitan Statistical Area,the second-largest in Florida with a population of around 2.8 million. St. Petersburg is on the Pinellas peninsula between Tampa Bay and the Gulf of Mexico,and is connected to mainland Florida to the north.
Clearwater is a city located in Pinellas County,Florida,United States,west of Tampa and north of St. Petersburg. To the west of Clearwater lies the Gulf of Mexico and to the southeast lies Tampa Bay. As of the 2020 census,the city had a population of 117,292. Clearwater is the county seat of Pinellas County and is the smallest of the three principal cities in the Tampa–St. Petersburg–Clearwater metropolitan area,most commonly referred to as the Tampa Bay Area.
Dunedin is a city in Pinellas County,Florida,United States. The name comes from Dùn Èideann,the Scottish Gaelic name for Edinburgh,the capital of Scotland. Dunedin is part of the Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater metropolitan area and is the fifth largest city in Pinellas County. The population was 36,068 as of the 2020 census.
Largo is the third largest city in Pinellas County,Florida,United States,as well as the fourth largest in the Tampa Bay area. As of the 2020 Census,the city had a population of 82,500,up from 69,371 in 2000.
Pinellas Park is a city located in central Pinellas County,United States. The population was 53,093 at the 2020 census. The city is the fourth largest city in Pinellas County. The city was incorporated in 1914.
The Tampa Bay area is a major metropolitan area surrounding Tampa Bay on the Gulf Coast of Florida in the United States. It includes the main cities of Tampa,St. Petersburg,and Clearwater. It is the 18th-largest metropolitan area in the United States,with a population of 3,175,275 as of the 2020 U.S. Census.
Jack Russell Memorial Stadium is a baseball field in Clearwater,Florida. It opened as Jack Russell Stadium in 1955. It was the spring training home of the Philadelphia Phillies Major League Baseball team from 1955 through 2003. Since 2017,it has been home to the Clearwater High School and St. Petersburg College baseball teams.
Patricia "Pat" Gerard is a Democratic politician. From 2014 to 2022,she was a member of the Pinellas County Commission from the 2nd District. Previously,she served as mayor for the city of Largo,Florida.
Richard David Kriseman is an American politician who served as the 53rd Mayor of St. Petersburg from 2014 to 2022. A member of the Democratic Party,he previously served as a member of the Florida House of Representatives,representing the 53rd district from 2006 to 2012.
John Stansel Taylor (1871-1936) was a Largo,Florida politician,citrus grower,and businessman who served as the first State Senator from Pinellas County,Florida. He was born "six miles south of Largo" on March 21,1871,before Largo became a municipality and when Pinellas County was still Western Hillsborough County. Taylor’s parents were among the Pinellas Peninsula's first pioneers,and he was one of the first residents to be born in the Largo area. He was one of four members of his family to serve in the State Legislature. He was one of the largest landowners in Pinellas County,owning citrus groves and a packing plant at a time when Largo was nicknamed "Citrus City." Taylor was President of the Florida Citrus Exchange and a Member of the State Citrus Commission. He has been called "the father of Pinellas County." He died in 1936. Taylor Lake Park,a Pinellas County park,was named in his honor.
Janet C. Long is a Democratic politician and educator who serves as a member of the Pinellas County Commission for the at-large District 1. Previously,she represented District 51 in the Florida House of Representatives from 2007-2011,and was a member of the Seminole,Florida City Council from 2002 to 2006.
Harold William Heller was an American politician and educator.
Frank Winston Peterman,Jr. is a Democratic politician who was a member of the Florida House of Representatives for District 55 and who served as the Secretary of the Florida Department of Juvenile Justice. He was first elected to the Florida House in 2000 and served until 2008. He was appointed by Governor Charlie Crist to head the Department of Juvenile Justice in February 2008,where he served until February 2011. His appointment spurred a special election to serve out the remainder of his term that was won by Darryl Rouson,former St. Petersburg NAACP president. Peterman is married to St. Petersburg native June Kicklighter and they have four children.
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.
David William Foster is an American attorney and former mayor of St. Petersburg,Florida. He was elected in 2009. Before being elected mayor Foster served on the city council and worked as a lawyer.
A special election for Florida's 13th congressional district was held March 11,2014,to elect a member of the United States House of Representatives,following the death of incumbent Republican Congressman Bill Young on October 18,2013. Primary elections were held on January 14,2014. Young,who had already announced that he would not be running for re-election in 2014,was re-elected in 2012 with 57 percent of the vote. With 100% of the precincts reporting,David Jolly was declared the winner.
Clearwater,Florida,held a general election on March 17,2020,to elect a mayor and two members of the city council. These elections coincided with the Democratic and Republican presidential preference primaries.
St. Petersburg,Florida,held an election for mayor on August 24,2021. Incumbent Democratic mayor Rick Kriseman was term-limited and could not seek a third term in office. Municipal elections in St. Petersburg are officially nonpartisan. All candidates appeared on the same primary ballot,and because no candidate garnered at least 50% of the vote,the top two vote-getters advanced to a runoff election on November 2,2021. Former Pinellas County commissioner Ken Welch easily defeated city councillor Robert Blackmon in the runoff and became the first black mayor of St. Petersburg.
Kenneth T. Welch is an American politician serving as mayor of St. Petersburg,Florida. A member of the Democratic Party,Welch served on the county commission of Pinellas County,Florida. Welch is the city's first African-American mayor.
