Longtime Pinellas Commissioner Bob Stewart won’t run again
Pinellas County Commissioner Bob Stewart said today he will not seek re-election.
Stewart, a veteran Pinellas politico who served on the St. Petersburg City Council before being elected to the commission in 1994, said he anguished over the decision for months.
"I will enormously miss the life of an elected official," said Stewart, 70. "I have been blessed and honored."
Stewart, the commission’s current chairman, said he plans to spend more time in Colorado, where his three sons and grandchildren live.
Expect Pinellas School Board member Nancy Bostock, a Republican, to soon enter the race. Former state Sen. Jim Sebesta, a Republican, and Darden Rice, a Democrat, also have expressed interest in the countywide seat.
– Times staff writer