Election results
Smooth vote has Iorio gleeful
Only a few minor problems develop with new voting equipment as it is inaugurated in Hillsborough.

4 commissioners hold leads
Jim Norman, Pat Frank and Chris Hart all cruise toward wins.

Storms with big lead over Waldron
TAMPA -- It looked early Wednesday as though Hillsborough County's most outspoken commissioner will return to the board for another two years.

Forthright Storms fends off challenger
Outspoken incumbent Ronda Storms held an apparently solid lead over challenger Arlene Waldron in the Hillsborough County Commission District 4 race late Tuesday. Waldron attacked Storms' leadership, saying her sometimes controversial comments polarized people.

House races finish: some nasty, close
CARROLLWOOD -- Northdale lawyer Kevin Ambler and Forest Hills marketing executive Jill Collins were running neck and neck Tuesday night in the Republican House 47 primary, a race that turned increasingly bitter toward the end of the campaign.

Culp eases ahead in State House District 57 race
TAMPA -- Faye Culp took a big step toward a political comeback Tuesday, easing ahead of her two opponents in the Republican race for House District 57.

State House 47 primaries too close to call
CARROLLWOOD -- Northdale lawyer Kevin Ambler and Forest Hills marketing executive Jill Collins were running neck and neck early Wednesday in the Republican primary for the state House 47 seat.

Hillsborough judges fight off challengers; runoffs likely in other races
TAMPA -- The only two Hillsborough judges to draw opposition appeared headed toward easy victories early Wednesday..

Norman ahead of Easterling; Castor cruises
TAMPA -- After one of the season's most bitterly-fought campaigns, Hillsborough Commissioner Jim Norman appeared early Wednesday to have fended off fellow Republican board member Stacey Easterling.

Hillsborough County news
First resident speaks of hopes for housing
TAMPA -- Belmont Heights Estates, the mixed-income community that will replace two of Tampa's most infamous public housing projects, won't be ready for occupancy until late October, but it has one of its first residents.

Judge leaps to big lead; another in close contest
TAMPA -- The only two Hillsborough judges to draw opposition appeared in early results to be fighting off their challengers Tuesday.

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