Sheriff Chris Nocco, Republican, has a Bachelor’s degree,?Criminal Justice, University of?Delaware, attended on football?scholarship; Master’s degree,?Public Administration, State and?Local Management; Undergraduate?Certificate in Emergency Management,?Florida State University;?graduate, National Sheriffs’ Institute,?101st Session; graduate, FBI?National Executive Institute; graduate,?Naval Postgraduate School and Department of Homeland?Security Executive Leadership Program; Certificate in Business?Excellence from Vanderbilt University. Nocco was appointed by the Pasco County Sheriff’s Office as Sheriff of Pasco County on May 2011 and was elected Sheriff of Pasco County, 2012; then reelected 2016 and 2020.

Congresswoman Laurel Lee was sworn into office in the United States House of Representatives on January 3, 2023. She proudly represents the 15th District of Florida which encompasses eastern Hillsborough County including Thonotosassa and Plant City, and part of Brandon, as well as parts of Pasco and Polk counties including Zephyrhills and west Lakeland.

Prior to her election to the U.S. House of Representatives, Laurel served as Florida’s 36th Secretary of State under the DeSantis Administration from January 2019 to May 2022. During her tenure, she worked to strengthen Florida’s elections infrastructure and cybersecurity defenses and ensured accurate and secure elections in the state. From 2013-2019, Laurel served as a Circuit Court Judge in Florida’s Thirteenth Judicial Court in Hillsborough County, appointed by then-Governor Rick Scott. Before becoming a judge, she served as a federal prosecutor for the United States Attorney’s Office in the Middle District of Florida.

Congresswoman Laurel Lee is a wife, mother, and daughter of a two-star general in the United States Air Force, Laurel is committed to ensuring that the 15th District of Florida’s voice is represented in Congress. Laurel grew up in a military family, born at the Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Ohio. As a life-long public servant, Laurel is focused on bringing common-sense solutions to Washington that will encourage job growth, limit government overreach, secure our borders, and bolster our economic and national security.