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Pinellas County Commissioner Brian Scott is hoping for a different colleague in the District 1 seat currently held by Janet Long. He’s instead backing GOP challenger, businessman Chris Scherer.
Long, a Democrat, is not seeking re-election. Scherer, a Republican, is running to flip the seat red. He faces Indian Rocks Beach Mayor Cookie Kennedy, a Democrat, at the ballot box this year.
Scott, one of the board’s newest members and part of a slate of conservatives who flipped control of the Commission to the Republican Party in 2022, is backing Scherer because he believes he better aligns with pro-business ideology.
– Janelle Irwin, Florida Politics