Daniel Figueroa IVNovember 9, 2021
9min2098
Years of grievances with party leadership have led donors to form a splinter group.
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Daniel Figueroa IVNovember 9, 2021
Janelle Irwin TaylorJanuary 14, 2021
5min992
They won't come back until there's a 'Patriot Party.'
Janelle Irwin TaylorAugust 19, 2020
3min829
Schiff replaces a GOP chair Jim Waurishuk ally, Clarice Henderson.
Janelle Irwin TaylorJune 8, 2020
6min1495
Mai said the posts showed poor judgment and a lack of leadership.
Janelle Irwin TaylorJune 7, 20208min1329
Jim Waurishuk claims Black Lives Matter protesters will murder anyone.
Mitch PerryFebruary 20, 20184min833
Retired U.S. Air Force Colonel and Hillsborough County’s Republican State Committeeman Jim Waurishuk is the new Chairman of the Hillsborough Republican Executive Committee. Waurishuk defeated political consultant April Schiff, 76-58 Tuesday night during the party’s monthly meeting in Tampa. The military veteran has only been involved with local party politics since 2011 when he joined the […]
Mitch PerryFebruary 19, 2018
3min255
For years, the Hillsborough GOP dominated local politics. However, over the past few years, their grip has begun to loosen. Long known as a bellwether in presidential elections, Hillsborough went big for Hillary Clinton in 2016, while the rest of the state went for Donald Trump. And while local Republicans won all of the county’s legislative elections, former federal […]
Mitch PerryJanuary 9, 2018
4min363
Deborah Tamargo is stepping down from her position as Hillsborough County Republican Executive Committee Chair. The change is effective as of 5 p.m. Tuesday. By order of succession, Party Secretary Jeanne Webb will assume the interim chair position, Tamargo said. Tamargo’s resignation follows months of controversy that had boiled up inside the Hillsborough GOP, advanced when Webb […]