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#22 on list of Tampa Bay’s Most Powerful Politicians — Amy Foster

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St. Pete City Council member Amy Foster is the only member of her board to make this year’s list of 25 most powerful Tampa Bay area politicians. Since winning office in 2013, Foster wasted no time in making a name for herself. Almost immediately, she took one of her biggest campaign promises to the dais and began pushing for some of the city’s worst nuisance abatement offenders to close their doors. The infamous Mosley Motel on 34th Street North near…

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#23 on list of Tampa Bay’s Most Powerful Politicians – James Grant

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Through an unusual legal situation, Hillsborough/Pinellas GOP state Representative James Grant could serve up to 14 years in the House if he wants, despite term-limit laws that hold House members to eight. That means in the never-ending battle for power in Tallahassee, Grant, the son of former GOP lawmaker John Grant, could become House Speaker in 2022 if he chooses to stay in that body for the duration. Pinellas County political strategist Barry Edwards said Grant is a potential future Speaker,…

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#24 on list of Tampa Bay’s Most Powerful Politicians — Janet Long

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A Pinellas County commissioner, Long bumped her way up from dead last on the 2015 list of most powerful Tampa Bay politicians to second to last. A Democrat, she was elected to the commission in 2012 after serving in the Legislature from 2006 until 2010. Long is nearing the end of her first term on the county commission and looks a shoo-in for re-election. She’s also vice chairwoman of this year’s board, lending her strength on the dais now, for…

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#25 on list of Tampa Bay’s Most Powerful Politicians — John Legg

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A list regular for years (14 on last year’s list), the GOP lawmaker from Trinity chaired the influential Senate Committee on Education Pre-K-12. He’s effectively killed several education bills simply by not scheduling hearings for them. Legg’s legacy on education policy will be extensive when he calls it a career in Tallahassee. He spent five years working on creating end-of-course exams. He helped rewrite the state’s school grading system, and advocated for a greater connection between teacher evaluations and student…

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#1 on list of Tampa Bay’s Most Powerful Politicians — Richard Corcoran

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The 50-year-old third-term state representative from Trinity owes his number one ranking (up from #6 in 2014) to two significant developments: his appointment to the head of House Appropriations, and the official announcement last fall that made him House speaker for the 2016-2018 legislative session. Richard Corcoran is the former chief of staff for then-Florida House Speaker Marco Rubio, an adviser for former Speakers Daniel Webster and Tom Feeney, as well as the brother of prominent Tallahassee lobbyist Mike Corcoran.…

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#2 on list of Tampa Bay’s Most Powerful Politicians — Bob Buckhorn

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Upon taking office, the mayor of Tampa automatically became the area’s most visible leader, which hasn’t been a problem for Bob Buckhorn to embrace. After losing a bid for County Commission in 2004, this longtime public servant/political animal’s time in the spotlight was on life support when he announced in 2010 that he would run to succeed Pam Iorio to lead City Hall. A decided underdog, he barely made it out of the primary election four years ago (topping Dick…

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#3 on list of Tampa Bay’s Most Powerful Politicians — David Jolly

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The Pinellas County Republican has been an activism-oriented congressman since winning the special election to succeed the late U.S. Rep. C.W. Bill Young . Called “the most underestimated man in America” by GOP consultant Chris Ingram regarding public perception of him going into last year’s special election, the 42-year-old lawmaker has demonstrated quickly since being elected how seriously he takes his positions. He recently proposed a bill that had no chance of passage, yet amply demonstrated his priorities. That legislation: a proposal that would…

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