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.
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. 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 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.
Tampa is a city on the Gulf Coast of the U.S. state of Florida. The city's borders include the north shore of Tampa Bay and the east shore of Old Tampa Bay. Tampa is the largest city in the Tampa Bay area and the seat of Hillsborough County. With a population of 384,959 according to the 2020 census,Tampa is the third-most populated city in Florida after Jacksonville and Miami and is the 52nd most populated city in the United States.
Clearwater is a city located in Pinellas County,Florida,United States,northwest of Tampa and 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.
Raymond James Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Tampa,Florida that opened in 1998 and is home to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers of the National Football League (NFL) and the University of South Florida (USF) Bulls college football program. The seating capacity for most sporting events is 69,218,though it can be expanded to about 75,000 for special events with the addition of temporary seating. Raymond James Stadium was built at public expense as a replacement for Tampa Stadium and is known for the replica pirate ship located behind the seating area in the north end zone. Raymond James Financial,a financial service firm headquartered in the Tampa Bay area,has held the naming rights for the stadium for the stadium's entire existence.
The Tampa Bay area is a major populated area surrounding Tampa Bay on the west 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.
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.
Pamela Dorothy Iorio is an American politician and author,who served as mayor of Tampa,Florida from 2003 to 2011.
Hillsborough High School is a public high school located at 5000 N. Central Ave,in the heart of the historic Seminole Heights neighborhood,in Tampa,Florida. Hillsborough High is the oldest public high school in Hillsborough County,Florida.
Gwendolyn M. Miller is the former Chairwoman of the City Council in Tampa,Florida. An educator by training,Miller served four terms on the City Council. She was the first African-American woman elected to the Tampa City Council.
Downtown Tampa is the central business district of Tampa,Florida,United States,and the chief financial district of the Tampa Bay Area.
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.
Brenda Lulenar Lawrence is an American politician serving as the U.S. representative from Michigan's 14th congressional district since 2015. A member of the Democratic Party,Lawrence served as mayor of Southfield,Michigan,from 2001 to 2015,and was the party's nominee for Oakland County executive in 2008 and for lieutenant governor in 2010. Her district covers most of eastern Detroit,including downtown,and stretches west to take in portions of Oakland County,including Farmington Hills,Pontiac,and Lawrence's home in Southfield.
The Tampa City Council is the legislative body of the municipal government of the U.S. city of Tampa,in Hillsborough County,Florida. The City Council consists of seven members,each representing one of seven corresponding districts from which they were elected. City Council,as the city's legislative branch,is responsible for enacting ordinances and resolutions administered by the corresponding executive branch,the Mayor of Tampa.
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.
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.
Frederick Brennan "Fred" Karl was an American politician. A decorated U.S. service member,he began his political career serving in the Florida House of Representatives from 1956-1964,after which he was elected to the Florida State Senate from 1968-1971 and the Florida Supreme Court from 1977-1978.
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.
