The next elections for Hillsborough County Commission aren't for nearly two years, but Democrats are lining up to run in the countywide District 7 seat currently held by Republican Mark Sharpe.
In late September, former County Commissioner and Tampa City Councilman Thomas Scott mused to Tampa Bay Times columnist Sue Carlton that he was contemplating a run in 2014 for Sharpe's seat.
Perhaps coincidentally (though Scott thinks otherwise), his former Council colleague, Mary Mulhern, announced a day later that she was definitely in the race for the District 7 seat.
In a conversation with CL on Monday morning, Scott confirmed that he is indeed looking quite strongly at running for Sharpe's seat, but won't make an official announcement until 2013.
This article appears in Nov 22-28, 2012.