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 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.
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 82,485,up from 77,648 in 2010.
Robert E. Jackson was the mayor of Largo,Florida. He was first elected to Largo City Commission in 1974,Mayor Jackson served nine terms as City Commissioner before being elected as Mayor in 2000 and being re-elected in 2003. He lost narrowly in a bitterly contested race against Largo's first woman mayor,Patricia Gerard.
This is a timeline of history of the city of Largo,Florida,United States.
Susan Stanton was the city manager of Largo,Florida,until her termination in 2007. She was city manager of Lake Worth,Florida,from 2009 until her termination in December 2011 by a newly elected City Commission. After serving as City Manager in Greenfield,California for four years,she served as Chief Operating Officer of Administrative Services of the Santa Clara Valley Water District in San Jose,California until her resignation on November 30,2017. On September 11,2020,she was ordained to the Priesthood in the Episcopal Church by Bishop Lucinda Ashby in Carmel-by-the-Sea,California.
Peter Nehr is an Austrian-born American politician and former Republican member of the Florida House of Representatives who represented the 48th District of Florida from 2006 to 2012.
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 to 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.
Lori Berman is a Democratic member of the Florida Senate,representing parts of central Palm Beach County since being elected in an April 2018 special election. She previously served four terms in the Florida House of Representatives from 2010 until her election to the Senate.
St. Petersburg,Florida,held an election for mayor on August 27 and November 5,2013. A non-partisan primary election was held on August 27,2013. No candidate won a majority of the vote,so the top two finishers,incumbent Mayor Bill Foster and former State Representative Rick Kriseman,advanced to a runoff.
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.
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.
Wengay M. Newton is an American politician from Florida. A Democrat,he served two terms in the Florida House of Representatives from 2016 to 2020,representing parts of Pinellas,Sarasota,Manatee,and Hillsborough Counties.
Robert A. "Bob" Gualtieri is an American law enforcement officer,lawyer,and politician who is serving as the 15th 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.
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.
