Politics

Republican Chris Scherer, a local business owner, is the first candidate to file for the Pinellas County Commission District 1 seat for the 2024 cycle.

To the untrained observer, Tampa City Council member Luis Viera might not immediately jump to mind when contemplating influential politicians.

Just as pandemic politics seemed to fade from the rearview, culture war battles sped into the inside lane and are gaining fast.

Tampa City Council member Bill Carlson’s power is defined perhaps not by what he does, but by what he attempts to do.

Gone are the days when Chris Latvala, son of former Sen.

A pair of women elected to the Florida House are sharing the No.

Hillsborough County Commissioner Pat Kemp saw a slight dip from last year’s list of Tampa Bay’s Most Powerful Politicians, when she landed at No.

Laurel Lee has served as a federal prosecutor, a circuit court judge and as Florida’s Secretary of State.

The St.

Gov.