Democrat Jane Castor elected Tampa's first LGBTQ mayor

[RandySF]

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[SunSeeker]

1. Wow. Tampa is pretty conservative. That is quite an accomplishment!

[TwilightZone]

2. Hillsborough County went 52/45 for Hillary.

It's one of the bluer spots in Florida and has been on the blue side of purple for a few elections now. We also won it in 2012 and 2008.

The suburbs are a little more conservative. Pinellas County, where St. Petersburg is, went 48/47 Trump.

[RandySF]

4. A progressive is gearing up for the 2021 St Petersburg election

[SunSeeker]

5. I have in-laws in the suburbs of Tampa. They and their neighbors are extremely right wing.

Fox is on every TV. It's sickening. But yes, I know there are blue pockets, thankfully.

[TwilightZone]

7. It's more than just pockets.

Nearly all of the precincts in the city proper went to Hillary.

Result map:

https://enr.electionsfl.org/HIL/1649/Map/ContestResults/

Precinct map:

https://www.votehillsborough.org/Portals/Hillsborough/Documents/2017%20Maps/District%20Maps/Tampa.pdf

[SunSeeker]

9. Good. Looks like Tampa trurned blue like my once red Orange County, CA did.

[Ligyron]

3. The knuckledraggers are losing the culture war.

You see more of this inclusiveness all the time in spite of some hate attacks here and there. I hope news like this ruins their week.

[Honeycombe8]

6. Excellent. nt

[CaptainTruth]

8. Good for us in Florida! I get tired of all the negative FL news, glad to see this.

[lpbk2713]

10. Tampa wins.