Bloomingdale, Florida

Bloomingdale is a community of established neighborhoods, mature trees, and the kind of long-term residents who know their neighbors. It sits along the Bloomingdale Avenue corridor between Brandon and FishHawk, with quick access to Tampa, Brandon's commercial core, and the growing communities to the south.

The Bloomingdale Regional Library, neighborhood parks, and well-regarded schools anchor a daily rhythm of family life that has stayed consistent even as eastern Hillsborough has grown around it. Many residents have lived in the same homes for decades; others arrived more recently looking for exactly that stability.

Bloomingdale's character is quieter than Brandon's, less new than FishHawk's, but rooted in the same conservative values that define so much of FL-14: family, faith, fiscal responsibility, and local control.

John Peters regularly meets with Bloomingdale residents during his weekly visits across eastern Hillsborough. He has spent years listening to homeowners, parents, and small business owners along the Bloomingdale Avenue corridor about the cost of living, the cost of insurance, and the cost of a Washington that has stopped paying attention.

Bloomingdale families care about staying in the homes they have built and the schools their children attend. Kathy Castor's eighteen-year record reflects consistent votes for federal spending that drives inflation, and for federal policy that has done little to relieve Florida's homeowners insurance crisis. After nine terms, Bloomingdale deserves a representative whose voting record matches the values of its neighborhoods.