Editing Manatee County, Florida (section)

===Government officials===

====United States Senate====

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Office !! Senator !! Party
|- {{Party shading/Republican}}
| Class 3 Senator || [[Marco Rubio]] || [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
|- {{Party shading/Republican}}
| Class 1 Senator || [[Rick Scott]] || [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
|}

==== United States House of Representatives ====

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! District !! Representative !! Party
|- {{Party shading/Republican}}
| Florida's 16th Congressional District || [[Vern Buchanan]] || [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
|}

==== Florida State Senate ====

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! District !! Senator  !! Party
|- {{Party shading/Republican}}
| 21 || [[Jim Boyd (politician)|Jim Boyd]] || [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
|}

==== Florida House of Representatives ====

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! District !! Representative !! Party
|- {{Party shading/Republican}}
| 70 || [[Michael Owen]] || [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
|- {{Party shading/Republican}}
| 71 || [[Will Robinson (Florida politician)|Will Robinson]]
|[[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
|- {{Party shading/Republican}}
| 72 || [[Bill Conerly]] ||[[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
|}

==== Manatee County Board of County Commissioners ====
The Board of Commissioners includes the following:<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.mymanatee.org/cms/one.aspx?portalid=7588390&pageid=11582828 |title=Board of County Commissioners |website=Manatee County Government |access-date=February 25, 2021}}</ref>
{| class=wikitable
|-
!Position
!Incumbent
|-
||District 1
| align="center"|Carol Ann Felts
|-
|{{Party shading/Republican}} |District 2
|{{Party shading/Republican}} align="center"|Amanda Ballard
|-
|{{Party shading/Republican}} |District 3
|{{Party shading/Republican}} align="center"|Tal Siddique
|-
|{{Party shading/Republican}} |District 4
|{{Party shading/Republican}} align="center"|Mike Rahn
|-
|{{Party shading/Republican}} |District 5
|{{Party shading/Republican}} align="center"|Bob McCann
|-
|{{Party shading/Republican}} |District 6{{refn|group=note|name=noteA|[[At-large]], representing the entire county.}}
|{{Party shading/Republican}} align="center"|Jason Bearden
|-
|{{Party shading/Republican}} |District 7{{refn|group=note|name=noteA}}
|{{Party shading/Republican}} align="center"|George Kruse (Chair)
|}

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==== Public education ====
{| class=wikitable
|-
! colspan = 3 | Manatee County School Board<ref>{{cite web |title=School Board Members |url=https://www.manateeschools.net/domain/1115|access-date=July 3, 2024 |website=School District of Manatee County}}</ref>
|-
!Position
!Incumbent
!Term ends
|-
|{{Party shading/None}} |District 1
|{{Party shading/None}} align="center"|Heather Felton
|{{Party shading/None}} align="center"|November 2028
|-
|{{Party shading/None}} |District 2
|{{Party shading/None}} align="center"|Cindy Spray
|{{Party shading/None}} align="center"|November 2026
|-
|{{Party shading/None}} |District 3
|{{Party shading/None}} align="center"|Charlie Kennedy
|{{Party shading/None}} align="center"|November 2028
|-
|{{Party shading/None}} |District 4
|{{Party shading/None}} align="center"|Chad Choate III
|{{Party shading/None}} align="center"|November 2026
|-
|{{Party shading/None}} |District 5
|{{Party shading/None}} align="center"|Richard Tatem
|{{Party shading/None}} align="center"|November 2026
|}

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==== Other offices ====

{| class="wikitable" style= margin:10px"
|+Constitutional officers
|-
! colspan="2"  style="text-align:center; vertical-align:bottom;"| Office
! style="text-align:center;" | Name
! valign=bottom | Party
! style="vertical-align:bottom; text-align:center;"| First elected
|-
| style="background-color:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}}" |&nbsp;
| Clerk of the Circuit Court
| Angelina M. Colonneso
| style="text-align:center;" | [[Republican Party of Florida|Republican]]
| style="text-align:center;" | 2015†
|-
| style="background-color:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}}" |&nbsp;
| Property Appraiser
| Charles E. Hackney
| style="text-align:center;" | [[Republican Party of Florida|Republican]]
| style="text-align:center;" | 1992
|-
| style="background-color:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}}" |&nbsp;
| Sheriff
| Rick Wells
| style="text-align:center;" | [[Republican Party of Florida|Republican]]
| style="text-align:center;" | 2016†
|-
| style="background-color:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}}" |&nbsp;
|  Supervisor of Elections<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.votemanatee.com/|title=Manatee County Supervisor of Elections > Home|work=VoteManatee.com|access-date=April 11, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170413153216/http://www.votemanatee.com/|archive-date=April 13, 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|  Mike Bennett
| style="text-align:center;" | [[Republican Party of Florida|Republican]]
| style="text-align:center;" | 2013
|-
| style="background-color:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}}" |&nbsp;
| Tax Collector<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.taxcollector.com/docs/gen/kenbio.pdf|title=Biography of Manatee County Tax Collector, Ken Burton, Jr.|date=April 2019|work=TaxCollector.com|access-date=June 16, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191206214334/http://taxcollector.com/docs/gen/kenbio.pdf|archive-date=December 6, 2019|url-status=dead}}</ref>
| Ken Burton, Jr
| style="text-align:center;" | [[Republican Party of Florida|Republican]]
| style="text-align:center;" | 1992
|}