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Politics follows power in the Tampa Bay area: four county commissions, city halls from Tampa and St. Petersburg to Brooksville, the school boards and the region's delegations in Tallahassee and Washington. The desk traces the money in Federal Election Commission filings and shows who votes, and where, with county election records and Census Bureau data.

Bigger Hillsborough County commission would cut each seat's share by 49,972 residents

Each commissioner now represents about 224,874 residents, a load that has grown by 15,410 since the start of the decade.

By The Tampa Journal Data Desk · Oct 21, 2026
Bigger Hillsborough County commission would cut each seat's share by 49,972 residents