Bob Henriquez
Bob Henriquez (born September 23, 1964) is a Democratic politician who serves as the Hillsborough County Property Appraiser, a position he has held since 2013. Before that, he was a member of the Florida House of Representatives for the 58th district from 1998 to 2006.
He was born in Tampa, Florida, and earned an AB in political science from Princeton University in 1986. After college, he worked as an urban planner for the Hillsborough City-County Planning Commission and the Hillsborough County Planning and Growth Management Department, and he also coached high school football in the area, including as head coach at Tampa Catholic High School from 1990 to 1999 and again in 2005, with a stint as an assistant coach at Jefferson High School.
Henriquez first won election to the Florida House in 1998, defeating Deborah Tamargo. He was re-elected in 2000, 2002, and 2004, and unable to run in 2006 due to term limits.
From 2008 to 2011, he served as the circuit administrator for the Department of Children and Families in Pasco and Pinellas Counties.
In 2012, Henriquez ran for Hillsborough County Property Appraiser and defeated Republican Ronda Storms, who had beaten the incumbent in the primary. He has been re-elected since: in 2016 (defeating Todd Jones), in 2020 (defeating D.C. Goutoufas), and in 2024 (defeating John Ballance).
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