Riverview, Florida

Riverview has grown faster than almost any community in Florida over the last fifteen years. Once a quiet stretch along the U.S. 301 corridor, it has become home to more than 100,000 residents — young families, working professionals, retirees, and small business owners who chose Riverview for its access to Tampa, southern Hillsborough employment, and the affordability that drew them to this part of the county.

The community's growth has brought new schools, new shopping, and new neighborhoods on a scale few Florida communities have absorbed. It has also brought familiar growing pains: traffic on U.S. 301 and Big Bend Road, school capacity strain, and the same property-insurance pressure squeezing families across FL-14. Riverview families want a federal partner that helps the community grow well — not one whose policies make growing harder.

Riverview's voters reflect the practical conservatism of working Florida — focused on the cost of living, the safety of neighborhoods, and the kind of representation that delivers results, not headlines.

John Peters regularly visits Riverview as part of his weekly travels through southern Hillsborough. He has met with Riverview families, small business owners, and faith leaders over the years to understand what a fast-growing community actually needs from Washington — practical infrastructure investment, predictable tax policy, and a federal government that does not stand in the way of growth done right.

Riverview has been hit hard by federal spending that drives inflation and by Washington's failure to deliver insurance and infrastructure relief. Kathy Castor's eighteen-year record reflects consistent votes for federal expansion and progressive priorities — not the practical, growth-friendly representation a community absorbing tens of thousands of new residents actually needs. After nine terms, Riverview deserves a representative who treats its growth as an opportunity, not an afterthought.