Tag: Election
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Linda Norris announces intention to run for Oldsmar City Council in March 2019
When Linda Norris left the Oldsmar City Council in March 2016 due to term limits, she didn’t rule out a return to office. “I plan to run for mayor, so who knows, in a few years I could be sitting in Doug’s (Bevis) seat!” she said upon receiving the Council/Manager Award in February of that year.…
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Oldsmar’s 2019 campaign season already in high gear
Oldsmar’s 2019 municipal election is more than five months away, and the qualifying period doesn’t officially begin for another few weeks. But with four City Council spots, including Mayor, up for grabs on March 12, several candidates have already declared their intention to run, kicking off the winter long campaign season before the official start…
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Oldsmar Vice-Mayor Eric Seidel to run for mayor in 2019
Three-term Oldsmar City Council member and current Vice-Mayor Eric Seidel recently announced his 2019 mayoral candidacy. Seidel, who served on the council from 2007-2009 before being elected to Seat 1 in 2015, where he was automatically reappointed in March, made the announcement in a social media post last week. “Today, I officially filed my paper work…
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No election in Oldsmar next March: McGee, Seidel automatically reelected
There’s an old political adage that says there are only two ways to run an election: scared or unopposed. In Oldsmar, a pair of City Council incumbents took the latter route, as Eric Seidel and Gabby McGee will be automatically reappointed to Seats 1 and 3, respectively, after no candidates qualified to run against them…
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Oldsmar City Council members McGee, Seidel will seek reelection in 2018
The qualifying period for Oldsmar’s 2018 municipal election begins on Tuesday, October 17, as a pair of City Council seats will be up for grabs on March 13. And while potential candidates have until Friday, November 17 at 5:00 p.m. to qualify to run for Seat 1 or Seat 3, incumbents Gabby McGee and Eric…
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Oldsmar’s 2016 municipal election candidates set
The 2016 Oldsmar municipal election is right around the corner, with the polls set to open on Tuesday, March 15. While one race is already over before the campaign season even began—Mayor Doug Bevis automatically earned a second term when no one qualified to run against him—there are two council seats up for grabs in…