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Phyllis Busansky (March 3, 1937 – June 23, 2009) was the Democratic Commissioner of Hillsborough County, Florida from 1989 to 1997. In 1995 she was named a "Public Official of the Year" by Governing magazine, She ran in Florida's 9th congressional district election, 2006, unsuccessfully.
Democracy is on the ... DeSantis is also an autocrat who recently raided the office of Hillsborough County’s elected state attorney and removed him from office because he did not agree with the ...
Hillsborough County is located in the west-central portion of the U.S. state of Florida. In the 2020 census, the population was 1,459,762, [ 2 ] making it the fourth-most populous county in Florida and the most populous county outside the Miami metropolitan area .
However, with the Republican Party far exceeding its national average in Florida in the 2022 midterm elections, many analysts believe that the state has transitioned from being a Republican-leaning swing state into a reliable red state, with Democratic-leaning trends in Hillsborough County, Orange County, and Osceola County unable to offset ...
DeSantis and the Republicans move to dilute Black voting power, state Sen. Shevrin Jones says.
The program began in January 1987 when the Hillsborough County Commissioners approved ordinance with $21 million in acquisition funding over four years. In 1990 voters approved a 20-year bond issuance for additional land purchases. Again in November 2008 another bond program was approved by voters for up to $200 million. [1]
Valdes started her political career in 2016 when she won a seat on the Hillsborough County school board. [1] Valdes was elected unopposed on 6 November 2018 from the platform of the Democratic Party. [2] In 2020 and 2022, her Democratic Party primary was canceled and she advanced to the general election without contest.
Florida's 12th congressional district is an electoral district for the U.S. Congress and was assigned along the Gulf coast of central Florida.The district includes Citrus County and Hernando County, as well as most of Pasco County, including the places of New Port Richey, Dade City, Spring Hill, and Homosassa Springs.