Hernando 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 194,515. Its county seat is Brooksville,and its largest community is Spring Hill.
The 2006 Florida gubernatorial election took place on November 7,2006. Incumbent Republican Governor Jeb Bush was term-limited,and could not run for reelection to a third consecutive term. The election was won by then-Republican Charlie Crist,the state's Attorney General. The election was notable in that for the first time,the state elected a Republican governor in three consecutive elections.
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.
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.
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.
Richard B. "Rich" Nugent is an American retired law enforcement officer and former United States Congressman. He is a member of the Republican Party. He is a former Sheriff of Hernando County,Florida. On November 2,2010,Richard Nugent defeated Democratic nominee James Piccillo,to replace retiring Congresswoman Ginny Brown-Waite. Nugent was a member of the Tea Party Caucus. On November 2,2015,Nugent announced he would not seek reelection.
The 2014 Florida gubernatorial election took place on November 4,2014,to elect the Governor and Lieutenant Governor of Florida.
Jack Latvala is a Republican politician from Florida. He represented the Pinellas County area in the Florida Senate from 1994 to 2002,and again from 2010 to 2018.
Wilton Earl Simpson is an American politician who has served as the Florida Commissioner of Agriculture since 2023. From 2012 to 2022,he served as a member of the Florida Senate,representing areas around Citrus,Hernando,and Pasco Counties. He was elected Senate President for the 2020–2022 legislature.
Carl Zimmermann is an American Democratic politician and a former member of the Florida House of Representatives,representing the 65th district for a single term,2012–2014.
Jimmie Todd Smith is an American politician. he is a former member of the Florida House of Representatives for the 34th District,which includes Citrus County and northern Hernando County,elected in 2012. He also was a House member representing the 43rd District from 2010 to 2012. His last office was as a member of the Citrus County Board of Commissioners,starting in 2016,until losing renomination in a separate district. He is a Republican and U.S. Army veteran.
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.
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.
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.
Neil Combee is a Republican politician from Florida who represented parts of northern Polk County and northwestern Osceola County in the Florida House of Representatives from 2012 to 2017.
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.
Blaise Ingoglia is an American politician who currently serves as a member of the Florida Senate,representing the 11th district,since 2022. A member of the Republican Party,he previously served in the Florida House of Representatives from 2014 to 2022 in the 35th district,as well as chairman of the Republican Party of Florida from 2015 to 2019.
Christopher Joseph Sprowls is an American attorney and Republican politician from Florida. He served as speaker of the Florida House of Representatives for the 2020–22 legislative term and represented the 65th District,which included Clearwater,Dunedin,and Tarpon Springs in northern Pinellas County,from 2014–22.
Amber Mariano is an American politician who served in the Florida House of Representatives from 2016 through 2022. A member of the Florida Republican Party,she was first elected to the Florida legislature in 2016 while still a student at the University of Central Florida. At 21,she was the youngest representative ever elected. She was reelected in 2018.
