State Attorney General candidate Dave Aronberg today announced a “Hillsborough County Steering Committee.” The announcement marks the first significant movement into the critical Central Florida area for the Greenacres Democrat.

Aronberg and his primary opponent, fellow state Sen. Dan Gelber, D-Miami Beach, both have strong constituencies in South Florida, which makes securing the Interstate 4 Democrats from Orlando to Tampa pretty important to both campaigns.

So far, Gelber has held an edge in this area of the state if you put anything in endorsements: he was backed by a group of Democrats he once served with in the state House as well as Sen. Arthenia Joyner, D-Tampa – the only Dem in the state Senate to publicly weigh in on the race.

The list of Aronberg’s Hillsborough group is after the jump.

Hon. Pat Frank, Clerk of the Circuit Court and former State Senator

Hon. Gwen Miller, Chair Pro-Tem of the Tampa City Council

Hon. Les Miller, former Senate Democratic Leader

Hon. Julianne Holt, Public Defender of Hillsborough County

Ms. Cathy Bartolotti, former Democratic National Committee Member and national convention delegate

Mr. Alan Clendenin, Democratic State Committeeman and Democratic National Committee Member

Mr. Harry Cohen, Community Leader

Ms. Stacy Frank, Community Leader

Ms. Janet Rifkin, Community Leader

Mr. Mike Suarez, former Chair of the Hillsborough County Democratic Party

Tags: Dan Gelber, Dave Aronberg, Democrats, I-4 corridor

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