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Republican HD 60 candidate Rebecca Smith gets endorsement from contractors group

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Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC), Florida Gulf Coast Chapter is endorsing Rebecca Smith for the House District 60 seat based in Hillsborough County. “Today, we are pleased to offer our endorsement of Rebecca Smith to become the District 60 Representative to the Florida State Legislature,” said Steve Cona III, President and CEO of the group. “Rebecca has been a long-standing business leader in the Tampa area for more than three decades. The success of her construction management company, A.D. Morgan Corporation, demonstrates her understanding of…

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Rebecca Smith enters HD 60 race

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Tampa businesswoman Rebecca Smith announced on Thursday that she is now a candidate for the Hillsborough County area House District 60 seat. The seat is currently occupied by Dana Young, but she will vacate it this fall, as she attempts to advance to the state Senate District 18 seat recently created due to redistricting. “Over the past three decades, I’ve built a successful business here in Tampa,” Smith said in a statement. “I know what it takes to balance a…

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Nancy Watkins will not run for the Tampa HD 60 seat

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Nancy Watkins, the South Tampa CPA who has served as campaign treasurer for hundreds of local and national Republicans, will not run for the Florida House District 60 seat being vacated this fall by Dana Young. Watkins, who has never run for public office before, had been rumored to be seriously considering running for the seat, which encompasses South Tampa, northwest Hillsborough County, and a slice of South Hillsborough. “I am truly grateful for the incredible amount of encouragement I’ve received…

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Tampa Democrats ponder entering new campaigns

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The recent creation of a state Senate seat in Tampa via a redistricting lawsuit has spurred some Hillsborough County political figures into action. Republican political figures that is. Dana Young said last week she’ll not run for re-election to her House District 60 seat this year and instead seek the new state Senate seat encompassing west Hillsborough County, extending from MacDill Air Force Base north to Pasco County. That prompted fellow Republican Jackie Toledo to declare her candidacy for Young’s…

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Dana Young files to run in newly created state Senate seat in Hillsborough County

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House Majority Leader Dana Young has officially entered the race to win the newly created Senate District 18 seat. “This morning, I officially filed to run in the newly created Senate District 18, serving the citizens of Tampa and western Hillsborough County,” the Tampa Republican told FloridaPolitics.com. While I am excited about this new opportunity to continue to serve my community, my focus now, as House Majority Leader, is on the work of the House of Representatives during the 2016 Legislative…

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Jackie Toledo files for Dana Young’s HD 60 seat

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Former Tampa City Council candidate Jackie Toledo is throwing her hat into the ring for House District 60, to succeed Republican Dana Young as she seeks a newly drawn Senate seat. Toledo, who narrowly lost the City Council District 6 seat in a runoff election against Guido Maniscalco last year, made the announcement Wednesday afternoon on her Facebook page. “After heavy consideration I have decided to announce my candidacy for State Representative, District 60,” Toledo writes. “I would like to…

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Mitch Perry’s Top 10 stories in Hillsborough politics of 2015

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As first said by Greek philosopher Heraclitus, in the universe change is the only constant. Nowhere was that more applicable than in Tampa Bay during the past 12 months. From the much-ballyhooed dismissal of MaryEllen Elia as Hillsborough County School Board District superintendent to redistricting and the rising (and falling) fortunes for hizzoner Bob Buckhorn, many of the leading political issues of the year centered on shaking up the status quo. With that, here are Hillsborough County’s top ten stories in 2015: 1) MaryEllen Elia…

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