2022 Elections: List of candidates in the greater Tampa Bay region

Two Congressional districts in the region should be hotly contested.

Eight people have qualified for a newly redrawn Congressional district that includes western St. Petersburg and southern Pinellas County. On the Republican side are Anna Paulina Luna, Amanda Makki, Kevin Hayslett and Christine Quinn, who ran against Tampa Democrat Kathy Castor two years ago. The winner of August's primary will face Eric Lynn, the sole Democrat to qualify. State Representative Ben Diamond and Michele Rayner dropped out after being drawn out of the district.

Castor's seat now includes downtown St. Petersburg. The Democrat faces a primary challenge from Christopher Bradley, with the winner facing Republican James Judge in November.

Incumbent Republican Scott Franklin is leaving Congressional District 15, which includes northern Hillsborough, southern Pasco and northeastern Polk counties. Democrat Alan Cohn is running again and will face off against three other Democrats. Several heavyweight Republicans are running, including state Senator Kelli Stargel, state Representative Jackie Toledo and former Secretary of State Laurel Lee.

Here's a list of some of the local races coming up this year:

U.S. House of Representatives (In districts serving the greater Tampa Bay area)

District 12:

• Bilirakis, Gus Michael (REP)  *Incumbent
• Martin, Jack  (REP)
• Perras, Brian  (REP)
• Preskitt, Sid  (REP)
• Smith, Charles  (WRI)

District 13:

• Craft, Frank  (Libertarian)
• Curnow, Jacob Daniel (WRI)
• Hayslett, Kevin  (REP)
• Luna, Anna Paulina (REP)
• Lynn, Eric  (DEM)
• Makki, Amanda  (REP)
• Quinn, Christine Y. (REP)
• Young, Dwight  (WRI)

District 14:

• Castor, Kathy  (DEM)  *Incumbent
• Bradley, Christopher  (DEM)
• Judge, James  (REP)
• Samar "Sam" Nashagh (REP)
• Jerry Torres (REP)
  

District 15:

• Brown, Gavin  (DEM)
• Cohn, Alan M. (DEM)
• Geller, Eddie  (DEM)
• Grimes, Demetries "Commander" (REP)
• Lee, Laurel  (REP)
• McGovern, Kevin "Mac" (REP)
• Ramirez, Cesar  (DEM)
• Stargel, Kelli  (REP)
• Toledo, Jackie  (REP)

District 16:

• Buchanan, Vern  (REP)  *Incumbent
• Hartman, Ralph E. (WRI)
• Hyde, Martin  (REP)
• Schneider, Jan  (DEM)

District 17:

• Bevan, Andrew  (DEM)
• Kale, Andrea Doria (DEM)
• Murray, Theodore "Pink Tie" (NPA)
• Steube, Greg  (REP)  *Incumbent

District 18:

• Franklin, Scott  (REP)  *Incumbent
• Hartpence, Kenneth "Kenny" James (REP)
• Hayden Jr,Keith R. (NPA)
• Schmeling, Wendy June (REP)
• Raybon, Jennifer  (REP)
• Serratore, Leonard L (WRI)
  

State Senate (In districts serving the greater Tampa Bay area)

District 11:

• Holleran, Marilyn J. (DEM)
• Ingoglia, Blaise  (REP)
• Moore, Brian Patrick (GRE)

District 12:

• Burton, Colleen  (REP)
• Dokur, Veysel  (DEM)

District 14:

• Collins, Jay  (REP)
• Cruz, Janet  (DEM)
• Harrison, Shawn  (REP)

District 16:

• Paylan, Christina B. (REP)
• Rouson, Darryl Ervin (DEM)

District 18:

• DiCeglie, Nick  (REP)
• Ortiz, Eunic  (DEM)

District 20:

• Boyd, Jim  (REP
• Houman, John  (REP)

District 21:

• Hooper, Ed  (REP)
• Lionheart, Amaro  (DEM)

District 22:

• Gruters, Joe  (REP)
• Johnson, Michael  (REP)

District 23:

•  Burgess, Danny  (REP)

District 27:

• Albritton Jr.,Ben  (REP)
• Proia, Christopher  (DEM)

State House of Representatives (In districts serving the greater Tampa Bay area)

District 48:

• Killebrew, Sam  (REP)

District 49:

• Bell, Melony  (REP)

District 50:

• Canady, Jennifer  (REP)
• Walker, Phillip  (REP)

District 51:

• Olson, William "Bill" (REP)
• Tomkow, Josie  (REP)

District 53:

• Holcomb, Jeff  (REP)
• Kocovic, Anthony  (REP)
• Laufenberg, Keith G (DEM)

District 54:

• Maggard, Randy  (REP)
• Otwell, Ryan S. (NPA)
• Staver, Brian  (DEM)

District 55:

• Hacker Jr,Charles "C.J."  (CPF)
• Papadopoulos, Gabriel  (REP)
• Sollberger, Brad  (REP)
• Steele, Kevin M. (REP

District 56:

• Cocuzza, Jayden  (REP)
• Moore, Scott  (REP)
• Yeager, Brad  (REP)

District 57:

• Anderson, Adam  (REP)
• Brownfield, Austin  (REP)

District 58:

• Berfield, Kimberly "Kim" (REP)
• Fensterwald, Bernard "Bernie" (DEM)

District 59:

• Douglas, Dawn  (DEM)
• Jacques, Berny  (REP)
• Nadkarni, Dipak D. (REP)
• Wilson, Jennifer  (REP)

District 60:

• Cross, Lindsay  (DEM)
• Henson, Audrey  (REP)

District 61:

• Chaney, Linda  (REP)

District 62

• Brown, Jeremy M. (REP)
• Newton, Wengay "Newt" (DEM)
• Philippe, Jesse  (DEM)
• Rayner, Michele K. (DEM)

District 63:

• Hart, Dianne "Dee" (DEM)

District 64:

• Cruz Lanz, Maura  (REP)
• Valdès, Susan L. (DEM)

District 65:

• Gonzalez Pittman, Karen  (REP)
•  Hoffman, Jake  (REP)
• McDonald, Jen  (DEM)

District 66:

• Koster, Traci  (REP)
• Tillery, David  (DEM)

District 67:

• Bonano, Lisette  (REP)
• Driskell, Fentrice  (DEM)

District 68:

• Hatfield, Paul  (REP)
• McClure, Lawrence  (REP)
• Wright, Lorissa  (DEM)

District 69:

• Alvarez, Daniel "Danny" (REP)
• Learned, Andrew  (DEM)
• Petty, Megan Angel (REP)

District 70:

• Beltran, Mike  (REP)
• Salazar Jr,Eleuterio "Junior"  (DEM)

District 71:

•  Robinson, Will (REP)  *Incumbent

District 72:

• Dameus, Roberts Guy (DEM)
• Gregory, Tommy  (REP)

District 73:

• McFarland, Fiona  (REP)
• Reich, Derek  (DEM)

District 74:

• Buchanan, James  (REP)  *Incumbent

District 75:

•  Grant, Michael  (REP)  *Incumbent

State Attorney, Circuit Judge, and Public Defender races can be found on the Florida Department of State website.

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