Former Tampa City Councilman John Dingfelder is playing it close to the vest in terms of his official reaction to a lawsuit that Hillsborough County Republican Party chair Deborah Cox-Roush warned was coming.
The Democratic candidate for Hillsborough County Commission District 1 resigned suddenly two weeks ago after he submitted his paper work late declaring his intention to resign and run for another office. Then last week, he dropped out of the race for County Commission, but was voted back in by the Hillsborough Democratic Executive Committee the following evening.
Now, as the St. Pete Times reports, a lawsuit has been filed by a Republican in the district named Brian Lothrop.
This article appears in Jul 8-14, 2010.