Kelly HayesDecember 9, 2020
5min574
Townsend is expected to finalize her decision soon.
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Kelly HayesDecember 9, 2020
Peter SchorschApril 5, 2018
3min207
More than three quarters of Hillsborough County voters say they’re in favor of making countywide constitutional offices nonpartisan, according to a new poll. The poll of Hillsborough County voters found 76 percent were in support of the change while 13 percent were opposed. It was paid for by Leadership for Florida’s Future, a political committee […]
Mitch PerryMarch 7, 2018
8min361
Commissioner Les Miller‘s proposal to have Hillsborough County ban assault weapons died Wednesday after failing to pick up a second vote from the County Commission. The five-member board did come out to support a measure extending the waiting period to buy a firearm in the county from three days to five, as well as voting to advance new […]
Mitch PerryMarch 1, 2018
5min405
Former Florida Democratic Party president Sally Boynton Brown is in Tampa Thursday night to lead a “progressive message trailing” session. Some Hillsborough Democrats aren’t happy about Brown coming to town. The former executive director of the Idaho Democratic Party was hired in April 2017 by then-FDP chair Stephen Bittel to replace longtime President Scott Arceneaux. But Boynton Brown’s tenure […]
Mitch PerryDecember 5, 2017
7min385
At a League of Women Voters House District 58 candidates forum Monday night, two of the candidates were accused of being disrespectful to the Muslim community. The forum was held at the Islamic Society of Tampa Bay in Temple Terrace, and featured Democrat Jose Vazquez, Libertarian Bryan Zemina and non-party affiliated candidate Ahmad Saaldaldin. Republican Lawrence […]
Mitch PerryDecember 4, 2017
4min504
On Monday, Alma Gonzalez released a slew of endorsements from elected Democratic officials in Tampa and Hillsborough County. Each of them is backing the Hillsborough County State Committeewoman’s bid to become the next chair of the Florida Democratic Party. The list includes the entire seven-member board of the Tampa City Council. Gonzalez is involved in a […]
Mitch PerryDecember 4, 2017
5min380
Stacey Patel traveled Sunday to Polk and Hillsborough County to visit Democrats as part of the Brevard County Democratic Executive Committee Chair’s statewide campaign to become the next leader of the state party. “It’s been a whirlwind,” Patel said while sitting with her husband, Sanjay, at an outdoor table at the Bricks in Ybor City, […]
Mitch PerryOctober 31, 2017
7min622
Two months after the group Save Southern Heritage Florida filed a defamation suit against two Hillsborough County Democratic Party activists, the activist group dropped the case, citing a recent court ruling that they contend made their case impossible to win. Save Southern Heritage Florida spearheaded a campaign earlier this summer to persuade Hillsborough county commissioners […]
Mitch PerryOctober 11, 2017
5min226
For a scheduled speech in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, Wednesday evening, President Donald Trump is expected to say that truckers and other middle-income workers stand to benefit significantly from his proposed tax plan. Hundreds of miles away, however, a group of progressive activists gathered in Tampa earlier the same day to denounce the proposal as currently laid out, calling […]
Mitch PerryJune 5, 2017
6min310
In 2016, Democrats targeted a handful of Florida House districts they believed they could flip from red to blue. One of them was Hillsborough County’s House District 63, where the Florida Democratic Party put some money behind Lisa Montelione in her bid to oust Republican incumbent Shawn Harrison. After a close race, Harrison ultimately prevailed, 51 to 49 […]