Meet Pinellas County Election Candidates at the Leadership Breakfast
At their breakfast honoring community leaders, the Tampa Bay Beaches Chamber of Commerce hosts a meet-and-greet with Pinellas County election candidates.Photo courtesy of the City of St. Petersburg
Each year, the Tampa Bay Beaches Chamber of Commerce hosts its Community Leaders Breakfast. This year, it’s pairing the tradition with a meet-and-greet with candidates in the upcoming Pinellas County elections. On August 9, attendees, county leaders and candidates will meet at the Marriot Suites Sand Key Clearwater Beach. The event begins at 8 a.m., with the breakfast and Community Hero Award ceremony at 9 a.m.
Who could be at the leaders’ breakfast?
The meeting is not focused on a specific election. All candidates running in all Pinellas County elections are invited. This includes partisan contests such as the U.S. Senate race, District 13 and 14 representatives, District 21 State Senate and District 3 Board of County Commissioners. There are also a variety of at-large, nonpartisan elections. This includes the Supervisor of Elections, two Circuit Judges for the 6th Circuit and the School Board members for Districts 1, 4 and 5.
Municipal elections will be at the heart of this meeting. The Councilmember 2 seat in Oldsmar will see a race between Sean Swauger and Valerie Tatarzewski. In St. Pete Beach, the race for District 2 Commissioner is between Nick Filtz and Lisa Robinson. St. Petersburg sees a race for District 3 Councilmember between Pete Bland, Nick Carey, Mike Harting, Juan Lopez and Barry Rubin. St. Petersburg also sees an election for District 7 Councilmember between Donald Bowens Jr., Eritha Cainion, Treva Davis, Corey Givens Jr., Wengay “Newt” Newton and Dan Soronen. Finally, Tarpon Springs sees a race for Commissioner 2 seat between Frank DiDonato and Chris Hrabovsky.
For more information, visit tampabaybeaches.com.
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