Eastern Hillsborough · FL-14
Plant City, Florida
in Florida's 14th Congressional District
Plant City is the agricultural heart of FL-14 — home to the Florida Strawberry Festival, family farms, and a tight-knit community shaped by generations of growers.
What makes Plant City home.
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.
What Plant City needs from Washington.
Plant City 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 Plant City:
- → Trade policy that protects Florida growers from unfair foreign competition
- → Federal labor and immigration enforcement that supports lawful agricultural workforce
- → USDA programs that strengthen family farms — not corporate consolidation
- → Property and crop insurance reform
- → I-4 corridor federal-aid highway funding for freight and farm-to-market routes
- → Tax policy that protects pass-through small businesses and family operations
Meet John
John Peters in Plant City.
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.
The Incumbent
Castor's record on what matters in Plant City.
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.
See Castor's record →Issues that matter to Plant City
Economic Growth & Jobs
Lower taxes, cut red tape, and unleash the economy of eastern and southern Hillsborough.
Fiscal Responsibility & Balanced Budget
A Balanced Budget Amendment to stop Washington from spending more than it takes in.
Constitutional Rights
Defend the Bill of Rights and the Second Amendment for every law-abiding citizen in Hillsborough County.
Lowering Insurance Costs
Tort reform and real competition to bring down homeowners and auto premiums.