FL Primary: Who's On The Ballot In Hillsborough County?

HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, FL — In preparation for Tuesday's primary elections, about 250 Hillsborough County supervisor of elections clerks spent Saturday picking up necessary supplies to run their polling places.

The supervisor of elections hosted a clerk's drive-thru at the Robert L. Gilder Elections Service Center warehouse at 2514 N. Falkenburg Road.

For those who haven't already voted by mail or voted early, the primary polls will be open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Tuesday.

As of Saturday, 164,174 of Hillsborough County's eligible voters had cast their ballots by mail or early voting, an 18.2 percent turnout.

Hillsborough County voters will cast ballots for Republican and Democratic candidates who will face opponents in the Nov. 3 general election including:

• Republican candidates for Florida's 14th Congressional District Paul Sidney Elliott and Christine Y. Quinn. The winner will face Democratic incumbent Kathy Castor on Nov. 3.
• Democratic candidates for Florida's 15th Congressional District Alan Cohn, Adam Hattersley, Jesse Philippe and Kel Britvec.
• Republican candidates for Florida's 15th Congressional District incumbent Ross Spano and Scott Franklin.
• Republican candidates for Florida Senate District 21 Jim Boyd and John Manners Houman. The winner will face Democrat Amanda Linton in the general election.
• Republican candidates for Florida House District 59 Danny Kushmer and Michael Owen. The winner will face Democrat Andrew Learned on Nov. 3.
• Democratic candidates for Florida House District 70 Keisha Ann Bell, Michelle Grimsley, Mark Oliver and Michelle K. Rayner.
• Candidates for Hillsborough County Clerk of Circuit Court Kevin Beckner and Cindy Stuart. Both are Democrats. There is no Republican opponent so the primary will decide the new clerk of circuit court.
• Republican candidates for Hillsborough County sheriff incumbent Chad Chronister and Charles Brian Boswell. The winner will face Democrat Gary Pruitt and Ron McMullen, who has no party affiliation.
• Democratic candidates for tax collector April Griffin and Nancy C. Millan. The winner will face Republican T.K. Matthew in the general election.
• Democratic candidates for Hillsborough County Commission District 1 Harry Cohen and Jen McDonald.
• Republican candidates for Hillsborough County Commission District 1 Scott Levinson and Tony Morejon.
• Democratic candidates for Hillsborough County Commission District 3 Ricardo "Rick" Fernandez, Gwen Myers, Frank Reddick, Thomas Scott and Sky U. White. The winner will face Republican candidate Maura Cruz Lanz.
• Candidates for District 1 School Board District 1 Nadia Combs, incumbent Steve Cona, Ben Greene and Bill Person.

The Aug. 18 primary will decide the winners of the nonpartisan Hillsborough County School Board races.

• Running for the District 1 seat are Nadia Combs, incumbent Steve Cona, Ben Greene and Bill Person.
• Running for the District 3 seat are Alexandra Gilmore, Leo Haggerty, Jennifer Hill, Mitch Thrower, Jessica Vaughn and Rick Warrener.
• Running for the District 5 seat are Elvis Piggott, incumbent Tammy Shamburger, Selena Ward and Henry "Shake" Washington.
• Running for the District 7 seat are incumbent Lynn Gray, Sally A. Harris, Jeffrey Alex James Johnson and Angela Schroden.

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