Sen. Marco Rubio rolls out Manatee, Tampa Bay team
The Marco Rubio for Senate campaign released Marco’s Tampa Bay area grassroots leadership team Tuesday, with more than 70 activists, state-elected officials and congressional members, including state Sen. Bill Galvano of Bradenton. The campaign plans to roll out other state leadership teams later this week.
Members of the Tampa Bay team include: Florida Agriculture Commissioner Adam Putnam; state Reps. Gus Bilirakis, Dennis Ross, Larry Ahern, Ben Albritton, Daniel Burgess Jr., Colleen Burton, Julio González, Jamie Grant, Shawn Harrison, Chris Latvala, Kathleen Peters, Ray Pilon, Jake Raburn, Jimmie T. Smith, Ross Spano, Chris Sprowls and John Wood; state Sens. Bill Galvano, Jeff Brandes, Nancy Detert, Denise Grimsley, Jack Latvala and Tom Lee; speaker designate Richard Corcoran; and Pasco County Sheriff Chris Nocco
Manatee County
Rob Hartwell, Matt Saldano and Peggy Simone
Sarasota County
Steven Hilding, Frank Patti, Kathleen “Casey” Pilon and Harry Walia
Citrus County
Maria Converse, Robert Hagaman and Jackie Kulp
Hardee County
Dan Graham
Hernando County
Thomas Hogan
Highlands County
Virgil Beato
Hillsborough County
Steve Cona III, Debbie Cox-Roush, Tony DeSisto, Cyndi Frump, Tom Gaitens, Chris Hart, Tony Jackson, Ian McConnell, Sean McCoy, Jessica Pasquotto, Tina Pike and Jonathan Torres
Pasco County
Dennis Bonfiglio, Bill Bunting, Peter Cracciola, Minnie Diaz and Sandy Graves
Pinellas County
JJ Beyrouti, Mary Erickson, Pam Hinds, Chely Miller, Rosemary Mills, Barbara Stephens, Chet “Chester” Renfro and Nancy Riley
Polk County
Allen Goldstein, Shirley Goldstein, Jim Guth, Jeff Mann, JC Martin, Ana Rivera and Kelly Treon
This story was originally published August 2, 2016 at 2:40 PM with the headline "Sen. Marco Rubio rolls out Manatee, Tampa Bay team."