Hillsborough County is located in the west central portion of the U.S. state of Florida. In the 2020 census,the population was 1,459,762,making it the fourth-most populous county in Florida and the most populous county outside the Miami metropolitan area. A 2021 estimate has the population of Hillsborough County at 1,512,070 people with a yearly growth rate of 1.34%,which itself is greater than the populations of 12 states according to their 2019 population estimates. Its county seat and largest city is Tampa. Hillsborough County is part of the Tampa–St. Petersburg–Clearwater Metropolitan Statistical Area.
James Oscar Davis III is an American politician from the U.S. state of Florida. He is a Democrat and served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1997 to 2007,representing Florida's 11th congressional district. He was the Democratic nominee for governor of Florida in the 2006 election,but was defeated by Republican Charlie Crist.
Robert Martinez is an American retired politician who served as the 40th governor of Florida from 1987 to 1991. A member of the Republican Party,Martinez was the first person of Spanish descent to be elected governor of Florida.
Tom Lee is an American Republican politician from Florida. He represented parts of the Tampa area in the Florida Senate from 1996 to 2006,and again from 2012 to 2020. He served as Senate President from 2004 to 2006. He was the Republican nominee for Chief Financial Officer of Florida in 2006,but lost to Democratic nominee Alex Sink.
Gus Michael Bilirakis is an American lawyer and politician serving as the U.S. representative for Florida's 12th congressional district since 2013. A member of the Republican Party,he first entered Congress in 2007,where he succeeded his father Michael Bilirakis,representing Florida's 9th congressional district until redistricting. His district includes much of the northern portion of the Tampa Bay area. Bilirakis previously served as the Florida state representative for the 48th district from 1998 to 2006.
Ronda R. Storms is an American politician representing her adopted home state of Florida. Affiliated with the Republican Party,she represented the 10th District in the Florida Senate from 2006 to 2012. She decided not to run in 2012 for the new 24th District.
Martin David "Marty" Kiar is a Democratic politician who currently serves as the Broward County Property Appraiser. Kiar was formerly the Mayor of Broward County and a Broward County Commissioner,representing the 1st District from 2012 to 2016. Prior to being elected to the Broward County Commission,Kiar served as a member of the Florida House of Representatives from 2006 to 2012,representing the 97th District.
William Gregory Steube is an American attorney and politician serving as the U.S. representative for Florida's 17th congressional district since 2019. His district stretches across a large swath of south-central Florida,from the outer suburbs of Sarasota and Fort Myers through the Everglades to the shores of Lake Okeechobee. A member of the Republican Party,Steube served three terms in the Florida House of Representatives,representing the Sarasota-Manatee area from 2010 to 2016,as well as two years in the Florida Senate until 2018,representing Sarasota County and the western part of Charlotte County.
James William "J.W." Grant is a Republican politician from Florida. Since August 2020,he has been Florida's chief information officer and director of the Division of State Technology within the state Department of Management Services. Previously,he represented parts of Hillsborough and Pinellas Counties in the Florida House of Representatives from 2010–2014 and 2015–2020.
Jake Raburn is a Republican politician and a former member of the Florida House of Representatives,representing the 57th District,which includes eastern Hillsborough County,from 2012 to 2018.
Dan Raulerson is a former Republican politician from Florida. He served in the Florida House of Representatives from 2012 until his resignation in 2017. He represented the 58th District,including northeastern Hillsborough County.
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.
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 of the special election.
The 2015 Tampa Mayoral Election took place on March 3,2015,to elect the Mayor of Tampa,Florida.
Shawn Edward Harrison is a Republican politician and a former member of the Florida House of Representatives,representing the 63rd District,which includes northern Tampa,Pebble Creek,Lake Magdalene,University,and Carrollwood in northern Hillsborough County,from 2014 to 2018. Harrison previously represented the 60th District from 2010 to 2012.
Ashley Brooke Moody is an American attorney and politician serving as the Florida attorney general since January 2019.
Robert A. "Bob" Gualtieri is an American law enforcement officer,lawyer and politician who is serving as the 15th and current sheriff of Pinellas County,Florida. He previously served as Chief Deputy and General Counsel to PCSO under Sheriff Jim Coats. Gualtieri was appointed Sheriff by Governor Rick Scott in 2011 to succeed Coats. Gualtieri was elected to the office in his own right in 2012,and was re-elected in 2016. He is a member of the Republican Party.
Lesley J. Miller Jr. is a Democratic politician who currently serves as a Hillsborough County Commissioner,representing the 3rd District since 2010. Prior to serving on the County Commission,Miller served in the Florida House of Representatives from 1992 to 2000,and in the Florida Senate from 2000 to 2006,and unsuccessfully ran for Congress in 2006.
St. Petersburg,Florida,held an election for mayor on August 24,2021. Incumbent Democratic mayor Rick Kriseman is term-limited and cannot seek re-election to 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.
Sandra L. "Sandy" Murman is a former Republican member of the Florida House of Representatives. She was first elected as a Democrat in 1996,but switched parties in 1997. In 2006,Murman ran for the Florida Senate. However,she lost the Republican primary to Ronda Storms. Murman was elected to the Hillsborough County Commission in 2010,representing District 1. In 2020,Murman ran for District 6,but she lost to Pat Kemp.
