Madeira Beach and St. Pete Beach will each have a new mayor.
Madeira Beach and St. Pete Beach will each have a new mayor.
Voters from 11 cities and towns from around Pinellas County had plenty of decisions to make during municipal elections March 14.
REDINGTON SHORES — On Tuesday, March 14, District 3 residents here will go to the polls to pick one of two candidates — incumbent Kenny Later or challenger Lisa Hendrickson — to fill one of the five seats on the Town Commission.
BELLEAIR BLUFFS — Pinellas County voters will head to the polls on Tuesday, March 14, as municipal elections are being held in several municipalities, including Belleair Bluffs, where three candidates are running for two open City Commission seats.
TREASURE ISLAND — Ashley Wagner, who serves as building services coordinator and business tax official for the city of South Pasadena, is challenging incumbent Treasure Island commissioner Deborah Toth for a chance to represent District 1 and the Isle of Capri section of the city.
NORTH REDINGTON BEACH — The Army Corps of Engineers is refusing to fund the Sand Key Beach nourishment project, which entailed restoring sand on the beaches from Clearwater to North Redington Beach. Updates on the issue were discussed at the Feb. 9 North Redington Beach commission meeting.
INDIAN ROCKS BEACH — There was little doubt what topic would dominate the Indian Rocks Beach candidate forum hosted by the League of Women Voters at City Hall on Feb. 8.
ST. PETE BEACH — With questions that focused on handling future development, possible hotel expansion and potential changes to the city’s Comprehensive Plan, incumbent Mayor Al Johnson faced real estate broker Adrian Petrila in an hour-long League of Women Voters candidate forum, tackling se…
MADEIRA BEACH — Two candidates for mayor faced off in a Feb. 2 forum that contrasted an incumbent commissioner touting a city “doing the right things” with a newcomer to city politics who mostly agreed but saw room for improvement. The election is March 14.
CLEARWATER — Voters on Nov. 8 gave the OK to the most ambitious attempt in decades to revitalize the city’s downtown, approving the sale of two waterfront parcels to developers who plan to build a $400 million project with high-rise apartments, a hotel and retail.
Pinellas County voters had plenty of decisions to make in the Nov. 8 general elections.
Conservative candidates swept Pinellas County on Tuesday night as the Republican challenger for the lone open county commission seat and the right-leaning candidates for two nonpartisan school board seats all claimed victories.
LARGO — Some familiar faces will be returning to the Largo City Commission.
It’s game over for a proposed sports complex near the Largo Central Park Nature Preserve.
Pinellas County School Board candidate Dawn Peters amended her response to questions about a handful of 2020 social media posts linking her to the QAnon group and conspiracy theories.
The race for Sixth Judicial Circuit State Attorney, covering Pinellas and Pasco counties, offers voters distinct choices on criminal justice policies and strong reasons to vote this year.
I always vote. And I always vote on Election Day itself. I don’t like early voting, never have and never will. Too much can happen from the time I vote early until the actual election day that might change my mind. Remember the “Access Hollywood” tape? Or the time a dead man was elected to t…
Dawn Peters has made no secret of her strong support for the Republican education agenda in her bid for an at-large seat on the Pinellas County School Board.
LARGO — Two candidates are running for seat 2 and two for seat 5 on the Largo City Commission.
LARGO — Two candidates are running for Seat 2 and two for Seat 5 on the Largo City Commission.
The two races pit two candidates with commission experience against a pair of political newcomers in the Nov. 8 general election.
Pinellas County voters went to the polls for the Aug. 23 primaries and made their choices on congressional, state and local races.
The final hours approach to cast a ballot by mail or in person in the primary elections that will determine which Republican and Democratic candidates will compete in the Nov. 8 general election.
SEMINOLE — This year’s mayoral and City Council races turned out to be mere walks in the park.
DUNEDIN — The four candidates who have qualified to run for City Commission seats in the Nov. 8 election all have a record of providing community service.
Before first-term incumbent Nicole Carr bowed out of her reelection bid, Keesha Benson and Carl Zimmermann hadn’t given much thought to seeking a spot on the Pinellas County School Board.
Bronson Oudshoff says conservatives were excited when voters elected Lisa Cane to the Pinellas County School Board in 2018.
LARGO — Largo will have at least two new city commissioners following the Nov. 8 general election.
Election offices throughout the state of Florida are gearing up for the Aug. 23 primaries, when voters will decide the Democratic and Republican candidates for federal, state and local offices to compete in the Nov. 8 general election.
The race to represent the newly revamped District 59 in the Florida House is getting crowded, with a trio of Republicans having registered campaigns with the Department of State’s Division of Elections.
NORTH REDINGTON BEACH — The luck of the Irish was with the town of North Redington Beach when its March meeting fell on St. Patrick’s Day. Two commissioners were sworn in and five new ordinances as well as a resolution passed unanimously at the March 17 town hall meeting.
CLEARWATER — City Council member David Allbritton won a second term in Seat 4 on March 15, defeating two challengers with 56% of votes, according to unofficial results.
CLEARWATER — Artist and community activist Lina Teixeira won a three-way race for Seat 5 on the City Council on March 15, overcoming an opponent who attempted to link her to the controversial Church of Scientology.
MADEIRA BEACH — The 2022 election in Madeira Beach will be remembered for its surprising results. In District 1, a popular incumbent commissioner who has served as a leader during her term in office was decisively defeated by a political newcomer, while in District 2 the outcome needed to be…
Lina Teixeira and incumbent David Allbritton capture seats in Clearwater City Council race. Commissioner Costa Vatikiotis will be the next mayor in Tarpon Springs.
OLDSMAR — With the 2022 municipal election just a few days away, many Oldsmar voters have either mailed in their ballots or already decided who they plan to vote for on Tuesday, March 15.
CLEARWATER — Aaron Smith-Levin, a familiar figure in the world of Church of Scientology defectors, said he is someone who understands the church’s impact on Clearwater and will work to address it if he is elected to the City Council.
CLEARWATER — After community activist Lina Teixeira lost a five-way race for City Council in March 2020, she grieved in her art studio.
CLEARWATER — The city’s $84 million effort to transform the downtown waterfront into a regional attraction is already under construction, so Gerry Lee does not intend to try to stop it now.
BELLEAIR — Although there are no open commission seats for Belleair residents to vote on this Election Day, there is an important referendum item on March 15 ballot that could impact the town’s future.
CLEARWATER — There are two years of David Allbritton’s first term on City Council that he wishes he could do over.
OLDSMAR — The four candidates vying for two open Oldsmar City Council seats on March 15 faced each other for the first time during a candidates’ forum hosted by the League of Women Voters of Pinellas County and the Upper Tampa Bay Chamber of Commerce on Jan. 27.
CLEARWATER — Maranda Douglas stood in front of the lectern in City Council chambers on Jan. 20 and warned the Clearwater political establishment not to count her out.
CLEARWATER — More than 30 years ago, when Jonathan Wade saw drugs and crime hit a peak in the North Greenwood neighborhood where he was born and raised, he felt he had to do something.
REDINGTON SHORES – Two commission seats are up for election in Redington Shores, with one being a rerun of the last race.
BELLEAIR BLUFFS — Longtime commissioners Joe Barkley, first elected 2009, and Taylour Shimkus, a commissioner since 2010, have an opponent this year.
MADEIRA BEACH — There are two commission seats up for election in the city, and both are contested. The commissioners each run from their districts, but everyone in the city votes on all the candidates.
BELLEAIR BEACH — There are eight candidates running for seats on the City Council this year. The mayor has an opponent, and there are six candidates for the three open council seats. Reflecting the city’s political divide, there are contests for every seat up for election. The election is March 15.
With the new year comes a new election season, and from St. Pete Beach to Tarpon Springs, Pinellas County has plenty of races coming up.
ST. PETE BEACH — The City Commission race between previous rivals for St. Pete Beach District 1 is bound to heat up, as former Commissioner Terri Finnerty challenges incumbent Chris Graus.
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