Cohn entered the race in mid-April and has not yet filed his first campaign finance report, which is due July 10 for the period covering April through June. Cohn\u2019s only opponent, Morris Lopez III, has already raised<\/a> more than $36,000.<\/p>\n Boggs\u2019 endorsement is a big get and lends some amount of star power to Cohn\u2019s campaign. Boggs is one of the most iconic baseball stars in MLB history, having played with premier teams like the Boston Red Sox and New York Yankees, and locally for the Tampa Bay Rays. Boggs also spent nearly two decades coaching baseball at Wharton High School and is active in his New Tampa community.<\/p>\n \u201cAlan Cohn has spent his career asking tough questions, standing up for ordinary people, and holding powerful interests accountable,\u201d Boggs said. \u201cThose are exactly the qualities we need on the Tampa City Council. Alan understands our community and will be a strong voice for the residents of District 7.\u201d<\/p>\n Cohn said he was honored to receive Boggs\u2019 support.<\/p>\n \u201cLike me, Wade raised his family in New Tampa and cares deeply about this community. He understands that our neighborhoods need a representative who will fight for the police, fire protection, infrastructure, and city services our residents deserve. He also knows the importance of having someone who isn\u2019t afraid to ask tough questions, get answers, and hold government accountable,\u201d Cohn said.<\/p>\n Cohn is a former longtime news anchor. He previously ran in Florida\u2019s 15th Congressional District. He won the Democratic nomination<\/a> in 2022, but lost in the General Election<\/a> to U.S. Rep. Laurel Lee. He also ran unsuccessfully in CD 15 in 2020.<\/p>\n Tampa City Council races are held next year. District 7 is the only City Council contest so far to draw more than one candidate.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Major League Baseball Hall of Famer Wade Boggs, a New Tampa resident, is endorsing Alan Cohn in his…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":308018,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[128607,128608,135,610,137,78970,136,128609],"class_list":["post-308017","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tampa","tag-alan-cohn","tag-morris-lopez-iii","tag-tampa","tag-tampa-city-council","tag-tampa-headlines","tag-tampa-municipal-election","tag-tampa-news","tag-wade-boggs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/308017","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=308017"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/308017\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/308018"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=308017"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=308017"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=308017"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Ads-Florida-Politics-Abbott_728x90.jpg\")
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