Plant City, Florida

Plant City is one of the most distinctive communities in Florida — the self-styled Winter Strawberry Capital of the World, host of the Florida Strawberry Festival, and home to family farming operations that have shaped the region for over a century. The historic downtown, the agricultural fields that surround it, and a population that knows its neighbors give Plant City a character no other community in FL-14 shares.

The city is incorporated, has its own government, and has long maintained an independent civic identity. It is also a working community: agriculture, logistics, manufacturing, and small business drive the local economy. Plant City families know what it takes to run a payroll, manage a season, and survive year after year — and they expect the same kind of practical thinking from Washington.

Plant City voters lean strongly conservative. The values are agricultural, faith-rooted, family-oriented, and grounded in the practical conservatism that defines so much of rural and eastern Hillsborough.

John Peters regularly visits Plant City — its downtown, its small businesses, and its agricultural community. He has met with Plant City growers, faith leaders, and families over the years to understand what farming-rooted Hillsborough actually needs from Washington: predictable trade rules, lawful workforce, fair tax policy, and a federal government that respects the way working communities operate.

Plant City voters value hard work, faith, family, and the practical conservatism that built the community. Kathy Castor's eighteen-year record reflects a federal-expansion agenda that does not match Plant City's values on trade, on agricultural policy, on energy, or on cultural issues. After nine terms, Plant City deserves a representative whose record is built on the same foundation as the community itself.