Busansky to announce run for Elections office
February 6, 2008 at 10:30 am by Wayne GarciaPhyllis Busansky, a Democratic Hillsborough County commissioner in the 1980s and ’90s, is set to announce her bid 
for Supervisor of Elections on Thursday.
Busansky would take on incumbent Supervisor Buddy Johnson if she wins an expected primary contest against fellow Democrat Lee Nelson. Johnson, although a frequent target of news reports about screw-ups in his office, is expected to be a tough pol to dislodge, given Hillsborough County’s skew toward GOP candidates.
Busansky confirmed her candidacy in a conversation with PoHo last night. She is recovered from lung cancer surgery and ran unsuccessfully for Congress in 2006.
(Full disclosure: I previously worked in Busansksy’s 1996 congressional campaign and worked for her when she was the director of the state’s welfare-to-work program, WAGES.)
