For nearly a year now, Thomas Scott has been out of the political spotlight. His loss in attempting to become Tampa's first black mayor meant he no longer had a government job for the first time since 1996, and he is apparently hungry to get back into the fray.
Speaking to CL at the Florida State Fair Governor's Day Luncheon on Thursday, Scott confirmed reports that surfaced this week that he will decide within the next month or so if he will run for office again.
Though there has been some speculation that he was looking at the Clerk of the County's position currently held by Pat Frank, Scott said Frank has informed him that despite some recent health issues, she will run for re-election this year.
That leaves the Supervisor of Elections gig.
This article appears in Feb 9-15, 2012.