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Hillsborough County Sheriff Chad Chronister will get another four-year term after Democratic challenger Gary Pruitt failed to qualify for the race.
The qualifying deadline came and went Friday at noon without Pruitt paying the qualifying fee or submitting petitions in lieu of the fee. Without any other candidates in the race, Chronister will be re-elected without opposition.
It’s not surprising, given the uphill battle that Pruitt, a Democrat, would have faced against the incumbent Republican. Chronister raised more than $1 million for his campaign and had more than $2 million available in his affiliated political committee, Friends of Chad Chronister.
– Janelle Irwin, Florida Politics