District 7 Tampa Metropolis Council member and New Tampa resident Luis Viera says he hasn’t decided but, however he’s both a State Home of Representatives or Hillsborough County Fee run in 2026, earlier than his present Metropolis Council time period expires in March of 2027.
Whereas introducing Viera, who was the visitor speaker at North Tampa Bay Chamber of Commerce’ (NTBC)’s month-to-month Enterprise Breakfast on Feb. 4, NTBC president & CEO Hope Kennedy talked about that she had heard Viera may be contemplating a run for Mayor of Tampa, however Viera mentioned he was extra taken with a run for the District 67 State Home seat at the moment occupied by Home Minority Chief Fentrice Driskell, who will attain her time period restrict with the Nov. 2026 election.
Since that Feb. 4 assembly, Viera says he has been approached by a number of media shops about his plans going ahead. He says he’s mulling over the potential for operating not just for Driskell’s Dist. 67 State Home seat, but in addition for one of many County Fee seats up for election in 2026. “I haven’t decided but,” Viera says. “However, as soon as I announce which of these workplaces I’ll select to run for, I should quit my Metropolis Council seat earlier than my time period ends.”
Though he’s a registered Democrat (Metropolis of Tampa elections are all nonpartisan), the 47-year-old Viera additionally mentioned his capability to work with different political workplace holders — together with reaching throughout the political aisle — in Hillsborough and Pasco counties, in addition to with Rep. Driskell, Dist. 20 State Senator Danny Burgess and with Dist. 15 U.S. Congresswoman Laurel Lee. He additionally talked about New Tampa’s standing because the “Alaska” of the Metropolis of Tampa, was effectively as zip code 33647’s cultural range, in addition to what he has completed within the 9 years since first successful election — by 65 votes within the two-candidate Particular Election runoff in Nov. 2016 — in his first election over fellow New Tampa resident Dr. Jim Davison.
Search for a full recap of Councilman Viera’s Chamber breakfast chat, and extra details about his political plans, within the March 4 New Tampa Neighborhood Information Difficulty #5-25.
