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Cindy Stuart

Democratic · FL

Cindy Stuart is a Democratic candidate for Hillsborough County Commissioner, District 7 in 2026. She formerly served as Hillsborough County Clerk of the Circuit Court and Comptroller after serving two terms on the Hillsborough County School Board. Stuart left the Clerk's office after losing the November 2024 election to Victor Crist.

Track record

Environment and Public Health

· 2 records

  • Cindy Stuart joined the 5-2 School Board majority that rescinded the earlier reopening delay and allowed Hillsborough brick-and-mortar classes to resume on August 31, 2020.

    August 28, 2020Against

    Source: wusf.org · researched July 13, 2026

  • Cindy Stuart voted against a motion to delay Hillsborough County public schools' brick-and-mortar reopening for four weeks during the COVID-19 pandemic.

    August 6, 2020Against

    Source: lakerlutznews.com · researched July 13, 2026

Government Efficiency

· 4 records

  • Cindy Stuart's Clerk office appealed an order requiring a $1,323 refund in a human-trafficking expunction case; Florida's Second District Court of Appeal reversed the refund provision because the Clerk lacked notice and the statute did not authorize it.

    December 8, 2023For

    Source: law.justia.com · researched July 13, 2026

  • Nearly 6,600 Hillsborough County and Clerk employees received inaccurate 2022 W-2 forms under the county payroll system administered during Cindy Stuart's term; amended forms were issued in February 2023.

    February 28, 2023Against

    Source: tampabay.com · researched July 13, 2026

  • Cindy Stuart approved the Hillsborough County Audit Department's fiscal-year 2023 annual audit plan, covering 28 planned projects plus five secondary projects selected through a risk assessment.

    November 18, 2022For

    Source: hillsclerk.com · researched July 13, 2026

  • Cindy Stuart joined the 4-3 Hillsborough County School Board majority that terminated Superintendent MaryEllen Elia's contract without cause; the termination carried an estimated $1.1 million buyout.

    January 20, 2015For

    Source: cltampa.com · researched July 13, 2026

Government Spending Reduction

· 1 record

  • Cindy Stuart's Clerk office appealed an order requiring a $1,323 refund in a human-trafficking expunction case; Florida's Second District Court of Appeal reversed the refund provision because the Clerk lacked notice and the statute did not authorize it.

    December 8, 2023For

    Source: law.justia.com · researched July 13, 2026

Social Programs and Welfare

· 2 records

  • Cindy Stuart's Clerk of Court office launched a program allowing eligible jurors to donate their $15 daily compensation to selected local charities; the program had directed more than $12,000 to The Spring of Tampa Bay by November 2022.

    November 2, 2022For

    Source: fox13news.com · researched July 13, 2026

  • Under Clerk Cindy Stuart, the Hillsborough Clerk's Office established the Clerk's Table food pantry with Feeding Tampa Bay and expanded access to other government employees and domestic-violence survivors using Clerk services.

    July 26, 2022For

    Source: baynews9.com · researched July 13, 2026

Integrity and Ethics

· 1 record

  • Cindy Stuart was fined after failing to list the individual securities held in investment accounts on a required financial-disclosure form.

    February 27, 2022

    Source: tampabay.com · researched July 13, 2026

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Profile last researched July 13, 2026.