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Kathy Castor
Katherine Anne Castor (/kæstər/ KASS-tər; born August 20, 1966) is an American politician and lawyer serving as the U.S. representative for Florida's 14th congressional district since 2007. The district, based in Tampa, was numbered as the 11th district from 2007 to 2013. A member of the Democratic Party, she previously served on the Hillsborough County Commission from 2002 to 2006.
Kathy Castor was born in Miami and raised in Tampa. She is the daughter of politician and educator Betty Castor (née Elizabeth Bowe), who served as a Hillsborough County commissioner, Florida education commissioner, president of the University of South Florida, and member of the Florida Senate. Her father, Donald Castor, was a Hillsborough County judge. She has a brother and sister.
Castor attended Chamberlain High School and graduated in 1984. She then attended Emory University, where she earned a Bachelor of Arts in political science in 1988. As an undergraduate, she interned for U.S. Senator Lawton Chiles. She later received a Juris Doctor from the Florida State University College of Law in 1991.
After graduating from law school, she served as an assistant general counsel for the Florida Department of Community Affairs until 1994. Her work there included issues related to growth management and land-use policy. She then worked in private practice as a land use attorney, including as a partner at the law firm Broad and Cassel. In 2000, she ran unsuccessfully for the Florida Senate.
Castor served on the Hillsborough County Board of Commissioners from 2002 to 2006. During her tenure, she worked on issues including transportation, health care, and growth management, and chaired the county’s Environmental Protection Commission. In 2005, she was the lone commissioner to vote against a resolution barring county recognition of gay pride events. She left the board following her election to the United States House of Representatives in 2006.
Castor entered the race for what was then the 11th district when five-term incumbent Jim Davis chose to run for governor, a race he later lost to Charlie Crist in the general election.
Castor won the September 5 Democratic primary—in what was widely regarded as the decisive contest in the only safe Democratic district on Florida’s Gulf Coast—defeating State Senator Les Miller, Al Fox, Scott Farrell, and Michael Steinberg. She received 54% of the vote, finishing more than 20 points ahead of Miller in the five-way race.
Eddie Adams Jr., an architect and former hospital laboratory technologist, was the only Republican to file. Castor was endorsed by the pro-choice political action committee EMILY's List, the League of Conservation Voters, Oceans Champions, The Tampa Tribune, The St. Petersburg Times and The Bradenton Herald.
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Kathy Castor
Katherine Anne Castor (/kæstər/ KASS-tər; born August 20, 1966) is an American politician and lawyer serving as the U.S. representative for Florida's 14th congressional district since 2007. The district, based in Tampa, was numbered as the 11th district from 2007 to 2013. A member of the Democratic Party, she previously served on the Hillsborough County Commission from 2002 to 2006.
Kathy Castor was born in Miami and raised in Tampa. She is the daughter of politician and educator Betty Castor (née Elizabeth Bowe), who served as a Hillsborough County commissioner, Florida education commissioner, president of the University of South Florida, and member of the Florida Senate. Her father, Donald Castor, was a Hillsborough County judge. She has a brother and sister.
Castor attended Chamberlain High School and graduated in 1984. She then attended Emory University, where she earned a Bachelor of Arts in political science in 1988. As an undergraduate, she interned for U.S. Senator Lawton Chiles. She later received a Juris Doctor from the Florida State University College of Law in 1991.
After graduating from law school, she served as an assistant general counsel for the Florida Department of Community Affairs until 1994. Her work there included issues related to growth management and land-use policy. She then worked in private practice as a land use attorney, including as a partner at the law firm Broad and Cassel. In 2000, she ran unsuccessfully for the Florida Senate.
Castor served on the Hillsborough County Board of Commissioners from 2002 to 2006. During her tenure, she worked on issues including transportation, health care, and growth management, and chaired the county’s Environmental Protection Commission. In 2005, she was the lone commissioner to vote against a resolution barring county recognition of gay pride events. She left the board following her election to the United States House of Representatives in 2006.
Castor entered the race for what was then the 11th district when five-term incumbent Jim Davis chose to run for governor, a race he later lost to Charlie Crist in the general election.
Castor won the September 5 Democratic primary—in what was widely regarded as the decisive contest in the only safe Democratic district on Florida’s Gulf Coast—defeating State Senator Les Miller, Al Fox, Scott Farrell, and Michael Steinberg. She received 54% of the vote, finishing more than 20 points ahead of Miller in the five-way race.
Eddie Adams Jr., an architect and former hospital laboratory technologist, was the only Republican to file. Castor was endorsed by the pro-choice political action committee EMILY's List, the League of Conservation Voters, Oceans Champions, The Tampa Tribune, The St. Petersburg Times and The Bradenton Herald.
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