Everett Rice and Bob Gualtieri Vying for Republican Nomination for Pinellas County Sheriff
By Spartacus Thrace
With the coming retirement of Sheriff Jim Coats the office of Pinellas County Sheriff will be on the 2012 ballot. The five announced candidates to date are Bob Gualtieri, a Republican; Randy Heine, a Democrat; Stephen W. Reilly, another Democrat; Greg Pound of the Constitutional Party of Florida; and former Pinellas County Sheriff Everett S. Rice, another Republican.
More information about Gualtieri can be found on his campaign website. Candidates Heine, Reilly, Pound, and Rice did not have identifiable campaign websites as of June 13, 2011.
On June 13, 2011 Gualtieri made the following statement about his candidacy to the members of the Pinellas County Republican Executive Committee (PCREC):
(Video Courtesy PCREC)
On June 13, 2011, Rice made the following statement about his candidacy to the members of the PCREC:
(Video Courtesy PCREC)
