Danieala Simic Credit: Daniela Simic for Hillsborough County School Board, District 2/Facebook

In the race for District 2 school board, Hillsborough County chose the candidate with an immense educational background. 

According to the Hillsborough Election Supervisor website, Daniela Simic has won with 52.22% of the vote with 85 of 92 precincts reporting, defeating Republican challenger Brittany Lyssy.

Hillsborough County’s District 2, school board race was a hotly contested battle between Simic – a former teacher with a bachelor’s in elementary education, a master’s in educational policy and leadership, and has worked in education in various forms for years, and Lyssy, – the former TBYR president, whose homesteaded house is in Longboat Key. 

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This article appears in Oct. 29 – Nov. 04, 2026.

Colin Wolf has been working with weekly newspapers since 2007 and has been the Digital Editor for Creative Loafing Tampa since 2019. He is also the Director of Digital Content Strategy for CL's parent...