Politics & Government

Sen. Marco Rubio rolls out Manatee, Tampa Bay team

Florida Sen. Marco Rubio addresses the crowd at a public town hall meeting on economic policy at Marine Concepts in Sarasota, south Manatee County.
Florida Sen. Marco Rubio addresses the crowd at a public town hall meeting on economic policy at Marine Concepts in Sarasota, south Manatee County. Tiffany Tompkins Bradenton Herald file

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."

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