Eastern Hillsborough · FL-14
Valrico, Florida
in Florida's 14th Congressional District
Valrico is one of the most established residential communities in eastern Hillsborough — known for top-rated schools, strong neighborhoods, and a deep sense of place.
What makes Valrico home.
Valrico is the kind of community parents move to specifically for the schools, the streets, and the neighbors. The elementary, middle, and high schools that serve Valrico are consistently among the highest-rated in the Hillsborough County school district, and that reputation has shaped the community for a generation.
Lined with mature trees, established subdivisions, and family-owned businesses along Bloomingdale Avenue and State Road 60, Valrico has a settled character that distinguishes it from newer master-planned communities to the south. Many of the families who put down roots here did so a decade or more ago — and many of their children are now starting their own families in the same neighborhoods.
Valrico residents tend to value local control, strong schools, fiscal discipline, and the freedom to raise their families on their own terms. Those are precisely the values FL-14 was redrawn around.
What Valrico needs from Washington.
Valrico 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 Valrico:
- → Federal education policy that respects parental rights and protects school choice in Hillsborough
- → Property tax and homeowners insurance relief — Valrico families have seen premiums climb steeply
- → Federal infrastructure funding for State Road 60 and Bloomingdale Avenue capacity improvements
- → Tax policy that protects the deductions families with children depend on
- → Public safety funding that supports Hillsborough County Sheriff partnerships
Meet John
John Peters in Valrico.
John Peters has spent more than two decades building family, business, and community ties across Valrico and the broader eastern Hillsborough region. Valrico is one of the cornerstones of his presence in the district — alongside Brandon, it is where most of his weekly visits, school-related conversations, and meetings with constituents happen.
The Incumbent
Castor's record on what matters in Valrico.
Valrico families care about education, neighborhood safety, and the cost of raising kids. Kathy Castor's eighteen-year voting record has prioritized federal expansion over local flexibility, with consistent votes for policies that grow Washington's role in classrooms and family budgets. After nine terms, Castor has not delivered the parent-empowering, fiscally disciplined federal partnership that Valrico families actually need from Congress.
See Castor's record →Issues that matter to Valrico
Education & School Choice
Empower parents with school choice, transparency, and a focus on the fundamentals.
Lowering Insurance Costs
Tort reform and real competition to bring down homeowners and auto premiums.
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.