Compiled by Kyle LoJacono
The deadline for candidates to file for the upcoming primary election has expired, and area voters will have many options this voting cycle.
The Laker/Lutz News will be printing profiles submitted by those vying for the offices starting July 18 and ending Aug. 8, the week before the primary on Aug. 14.
All those who want to vote in the primary election must be registered by July 16. For Pasco, visit www.pascovotes.com or call (800) 851-8754. For Hillsborough, visit votehillsborough.org or call (813) 744-5900.
The races The Laker/Lutz News will be covering include:
U.S. House of Representatives
District 12
Gus Bilirakis, Republican
Paul Sidney Elliott, no party
John Russell, no party
Jonathan Michael Snow, Democrat
District 15
Dennis Ross, Republican
Florida Senate
District 17
Wes Johnson, Democrat
John Korsak, Republican
John Legg, Republican
Rob Wallace, Republican
District 18
Katherine Rebecca Barnette, write-in
Wilton Simpson, Republican
Joshua Smith, Democrat
District 24
Elizabeth Belcher, Democrat
Rachel Burgin, Republican
Tom Lee, Republican
Randolph Link, write-in
Florida House of Representatives
District 37
Richard Corcoran, Republican
Strother Hammond, Republican
Timothy Harris, write-in
District 38
Will Weatherford, Republican
District 63
Mark Danish, Democrat
Z.J. Hafeez, Democrat
Shawn Harrison, Republican
District 64
James Grant, Republican
Pasco County Commission
District 1
Ron Oakley, Republican
Rachel O’Connor, Republican
Ted Schrader, Republican
District 3
Randy Evans, Republican
Christopher Gregg, Republican
Joshua Griffin, Republican
Karen King, Republican
Matthew Murphy, Democrat
Kathryn Starkey, Republican
District 5
William Jesse Gunter, Republican
Jack Mariano, Republican
Hillsborough County Commission
District 1
Sandra Murman, Republican
District 2
Sharon Calvert, Republican
Victor Crist, Republican
District 6
Kevin Beckner, Democrat
Margaret Iuculano, Republican
Don Kruse, Republican
Pasco County superintendent**
Kenneth Benson, Republican
Kurt Browning, Republican
Edward Collins, write-in
Heather Fiorentino, Republican
Kat Lambert, write-in
Pasco County School Board*
District 2
Joanne Hurley
Don Stephenson
District 4
Alison Crumbley
Hillsborough County School Board*
District 1
Eddy Calcines
Susan Valdes
District 3
Jack Lamb
Cindy Stuart
District 5
Henry Ballard Jr.
Doretha Edgecomb
District 7
Joseph Jordan-Robinson Jr.
Terry Kemple
Carl Francis Kosierowski
Carol Kurdell
Robert McElheny
Michael Weston
Bryan Vincent Williams
Pasco County sheriff
Kim Sterling Bogart, Democrat
Roger Joseph Fortney, Republican
Chris Nocco, Republican
Maurice Radford, Republican
Hillsborough County sheriff
David Gee, Republican
Robert Wirengard, write-in
Pasco supervisor of elections
Brian Corley, Republican
Hillsborough supervisor of elections
Rich Glorioso, Republican
Craig Latimer, Democrat
Thomas Scott, Democrat
Pasco clerk of the circuit court
Roberta Cutting, no party
Paula O’Neil, Republican
Hillsborough clerk of the circuit court
Pat Frank, Democrat
Pasco property appraiser
Allison Newlon, Democrat
Walter Price, Republican
Mike Wells, Republican
Hillsborough property appraiser
James DeMio, no party
Bob Henriquez, Democrat
Ronda Storms, Republican
Rob Townsend, no party
Rob Turner, Republican
Pasco tax collector
Edward Blommel, Republican
Mike Olson, Democrat
Hillsborough tax collector
Doug Belden, Republican
*School board members do not give a party affiliation
**Hillsborough County’s superintendent is appointment
