Plain and simple, this is the CL Tampa Bay cheat sheet when it comes to your 2020 ballot. See the reasoning behind all of Creative Loafing Tampa Bay’s 2020 recommendations here. Download an image of our recommendations here.
President/Vice President
Joe Biden and Kamala Harris
U.S. House of Representatives
District 12: Kimberly Walker District 13: Charlie Crist
District 14: Kathy Castor District 15: Alan Cohn District 16: Margaret Good
Florida Senate
District 19: Darryl Rouson District 20: Kathy Lewis District 21: Tony Eldon
Florida State Representative
District 57: Scott “Mr. H” Hottenstein
District 58: Cleo L. “CL” Townsend Jr.
District 59: Andrew Learned
District 60: Julie Jenkins District 62: Susan Valdes District 64: Jessica Harrington District 65: Kelly Johnson
District 66: Patricia Plantamura
District 67: Dawn Douglas
District 68: Ben Diamond
District 69: Jennifer Webb
Sheriff
Hillsborough: Choose your own adventure
Pinellas: Eliseo Santana
Tax Collector
Hillsborough: Nancy Millan Pinellas: Joe Saportas
Property Appraiser
Hillsborough: Bob “Coach” Henriquez Pinellas: Trevor Mallory
Supervisor of Elections
Pinellas: Dan Helm
State Attorney
Andrew Warren
Hillsborough County Board of County Commissioners
District 1: Harry Cohen District 3: Gwen Myers District 6: Patricia “Pat” Kemp
Pinellas County Board of County Commissioners
District 1: Janet Long
District 3: Charlie Justice
District 7: René Flowers
Hillsborough County School Board
District 1: Nadia Combs District 3: Jessica Vaughn District 5: Henry Shake Washington
District 7: Lynn Gray
Hillsborough County Court Judge Group 7
Bill Yanger
Pinellas County School Board
At large: Laura Hine
District 7: Caprice Edmond
Hillsborough Soil & Water Conservation
District 2: Doug Rivero District 4: Sonja Brookins
Local referendums
Pinellas County school district special tax: Vote yes
The Landings Golf Club light industrial office park: Vote no
Justice of the Supreme Court
Vote no on Justice Carlos Muñiz
District Court of Appeals
Daniel Sleet: No
Drew Atkinson: No
Andrea Teves Smith: No
Morris Silberman: Yes
Amendments: YES on 2; NO on everything else
Amendment 1: No
Amendment 2: Yes
Amendment 3: No
Amendment 4: No
Amendment 5: No
Amendment 6: No
See all of Creative Loafing Tampa Bay’s 2020 recommendations here.
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This article appears in Oct 22-29, 2020.