Southern Hillsborough · FL-14
Gibsonton, Florida
in Florida's 14th Congressional District
Gibsonton is a long-standing community along the Alafia River — small businesses, working families, and a unique southern Hillsborough character.
What makes Gibsonton home.
Gibsonton sits along the Alafia River where it meets Tampa Bay, a community with a long history of small business, working families, and a famously distinctive heritage rooted in the carnival and circus families who wintered in the area for generations. Today Gibsonton is a working southern Hillsborough community of family-owned businesses, riverfront properties, and households along U.S. 41.
The community has grown alongside Riverview and Apollo Beach in recent years, but it has retained a working-class, independent character that is distinctly its own. Gibsonton residents value neighborhood safety, the small businesses that serve the community, and a federal government that respects working people.
What Gibsonton needs from Washington.
Gibsonton families have real, practical stakes in what Congress does — and what it stops doing. These are the federal priorities John Peters will fight for on behalf of Gibsonton:
- → Federal tax policy that protects small business and working-family deductions
- → Property insurance reform for riverfront and southern Hillsborough homeowners
- → I-75 / U.S. 41 federal-aid highway funding for capacity and safety
- → Public safety partnerships with Hillsborough County Sheriff and federal grants
- → Inflation relief through fiscally responsible federal spending
Meet John
John Peters in Gibsonton.
John Peters regularly visits Gibsonton during his travels through southern Hillsborough. He has met with Gibsonton small business owners, working families, and longtime residents over the years to understand what a working-class community along the Alafia actually needs from Washington — predictable tax policy, real infrastructure investment, and a federal government that respects the way working communities operate.
The Incumbent
Castor's record on what matters in Gibsonton.
Gibsonton families and small business owners feel every dollar of Washington's spending in their grocery bills and their power bills. Kathy Castor's eighteen-year record reflects consistent votes for federal expansion that has driven inflation and stretched working-family budgets thin. After nine terms, Gibsonton deserves a representative whose record reflects working southern Hillsborough's actual priorities.
See Castor's record →Issues that matter to Gibsonton
Economic Growth & Jobs
Lower taxes, cut red tape, and unleash the economy of eastern and southern Hillsborough.
Lowering Insurance Costs
Tort reform and real competition to bring down homeowners and auto premiums.
Fiscal Responsibility & Balanced Budget
A Balanced Budget Amendment to stop Washington from spending more than it takes in.
Education & School Choice
Empower parents with school choice, transparency, and a focus on the fundamentals.