Eastern Hillsborough · FL-14
Lithia, Florida
in Florida's 14th Congressional District
Lithia is a growing eastern Hillsborough community with rural character — family farms, parks, and the kind of open-space lifestyle FL-14 voters want to protect.
What makes Lithia home.
Lithia stretches along the eastern edge of Hillsborough County where suburb meets rural Florida. It is a community of horse properties, family farms, well-kept estates, and the kind of quiet roads that take you past pastures, oak hammocks, and the Alafia River.
Long-time Lithia residents value the open space, the freedom to keep land the way they want it, and the rural character that distinguishes the area from the dense suburbs further west. At the same time, Lithia shares schools and commercial corridors with FishHawk and Bloomingdale, anchoring it firmly to eastern Hillsborough's broader community life.
Lithia's residents tend to lean strongly conservative, with deep convictions about property rights, the Second Amendment, and limited government. It is a community that has watched federal overreach grow for decades and is ready for representation that pushes back.
What Lithia needs from Washington.
Lithia 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 Lithia:
- → Property rights protection from federal land-use overreach
- → Second Amendment protection — Lithia is heavily a community of law-abiding gun owners
- → Property insurance reform that recognizes rural and semi-rural property realities
- → Federal-aid highway funding for the Lithia-Pinecrest Road corridor
- → Federal tax policy that supports family farms and small landowners
Meet John
John Peters in Lithia.
John Peters regularly visits eastern Hillsborough's rural communities, including Lithia, during his weekly travels through the district. He has met with Lithia property owners, parents, and small business owners over the years — and he understands that rural-leaning Hillsborough voters expect a representative who actively defends their property rights and Second Amendment freedoms.
The Incumbent
Castor's record on what matters in Lithia.
Lithia residents care deeply about property rights, the Second Amendment, and the freedom to live without Washington's interference. Kathy Castor's eighteen-year record has consistently aligned with the most progressive wing of the Democratic caucus on gun policy and federal land authority. After nine terms, Lithia deserves a representative who actually shares its values — not one whose record is fundamentally at odds with them.
See Castor's record →Issues that matter to Lithia
Constitutional Rights
Defend the Bill of Rights and the Second Amendment for every law-abiding citizen in Hillsborough County.
Fiscal Responsibility & Balanced Budget
A Balanced Budget Amendment to stop Washington from spending more than it takes in.
Lowering Insurance Costs
Tort reform and real competition to bring down homeowners and auto premiums.
Economic Growth & Jobs
Lower taxes, cut red tape, and unleash the economy of eastern and southern Hillsborough.