{"id":333734,"date":"2026-07-08T23:29:38","date_gmt":"2026-07-08T23:29:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/333734\/"},"modified":"2026-07-08T23:29:38","modified_gmt":"2026-07-08T23:29:38","slug":"politics-in-pinellas-st-pete-catalyst","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/333734\/","title":{"rendered":"Politics in Pinellas &#8211; St Pete Catalyst"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Stay informed and meet the candidates shaping the future of Pinellas County at the Politics in Pinellas Candidate Showcase on Thursday, July 9 from 4:00 to 7:00 PM at Ruth Eckerd Hall.<\/p>\n<p>Hosted in partnership with the Safety Harbor Chamber of Commerce, this event offers the public a complimentary opportunity to connect with local candidates, learn about important issues impacting our community, and engage in meaningful conversations ahead of the upcoming election season.<\/p>\n<p>Confirmed participating candidates include:<\/p>\n<p>Curtis Campogni \u2013 School Board Member District 3 (At Large)<br \/>\nBrandt Robinson \u2013 United States Representative District 13<br \/>\nTony D&#8217;Arrigo &#8211; United States Representative District 13<br \/>\nLeela Gray &#8211; United States Representative District 13<br \/>\nEd Pope \u2013 United States Representative District 16<br \/>\nGlenn Pearson \u2013 United States Representative District 16<br \/>\nKim Berfield\u00a0\u2013 Florida House of Representatives District 58<br \/>\nMelissa Rutland\u2013 Florida House of Representatives District 60<br \/>\nJudge Liz Jack \u2013 6th Circuit Court Judge, Group 44<br \/>\nElizabeth Constantine \u2013 6th Circuit Court Judge, Group 39<br \/>\nNick Fiorentino \u2013 6th Circuit Court Judge, Group 10<br \/>\nZachariah Wade \u2013 6th Circuit Court Judge, Group 10<br \/>\nBianca Latvala \u2013 Clearwater City Council, Seat 4<br \/>\nJared Leone, Clearwater City Council, Seat 4<br \/>\nMark Bunker,\u00a0Clearwater City Council, Seat 5<br \/>\nSam Wilson &#8211; Clearwater City Council, Seat 5<\/p>\n<p>Candidate tables and sponsorship opportunities are still available. For more information, contact Meegan Massey at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/app.constantcontact.com\/pages\/campaigns\/email\/edit\/activity\/95aa7a0a-a11e-4cea-959e-9e0cc3b64cbb\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" data-link-type=\"web\">[email\u00a0protected]<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Stay informed and meet the candidates shaping the future of Pinellas County at the Politics in Pinellas Candidate&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":333735,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[202,204,203,199,201,200],"class_list":["post-333734","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-st-petersburg","tag-st-pete","tag-st-pete-headlines","tag-st-pete-news","tag-st-petersburg","tag-st-petersburg-headlines","tag-st-petersburg-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/333734","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=333734"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/333734\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/333735"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=333734"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=333734"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=333734"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}