Kathy CastorIncumbent

Candidate for U.S. Representative, Florida District 14

Kathy Castor was first elected to Congress in 2006 and represents Tampa and parts of Hillsborough County. She is the first woman to represent Hillsborough and Pinellas counties in Congress. She serves on the House Energy and Commerce Committee, including its Commerce, Manufacturing and Trade and Communications and Technology subcommittees, and on the Select Committee on the Strategic Competition between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party. From 2019 to 2022 she chaired the former House Select Committee on the Climate Crisis. Before Congress she was a Hillsborough County commissioner and chaired the county's Environmental Protection Commission. She began her legal career at the Florida Department of Community Affairs and later practiced land use and environmental law representing local governments. She graduated from Chamberlain High School in Tampa, Emory University and the Florida State University College of Law.

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