© St. Petersburg Times, published September 5, 2002
These candidates, all incumbents, were unopposed and won automatic re-election:
GROUP 3: Barbara Gurrola
GROUP 5: Richard Tombrink Jr.
GROUP 6: Mark Hill
GROUP 9: Jack Singbush
GROUP 11: Ric Howard
GROUP 12: Don Briggs
GROUP 13: Jack Springstead
GROUP 14: Richard Singeltary GROUP 15: Sandra Edwards-Stephens
GROUP 18: T. Michael Johnson
GROUP 21: Brian Lambert
GROUP 22: Curtis Neal
Sandra "Sam" Himmel