Ken Hagan county commission seat switcheroo was months in the planning
February 7, 2009 at 12:21 pm by Wayne GarciaBack on Jan. 5, I wrote about how Hillsborough County Commissioner Ken Hagan could jump out of his district seat early (that term ends 2012) and run for Jim Norman’s countywide District 5 seat in 2010. This would give Hagan a chance at serving beyond his eight years that term limits hold anyone to in any one single seat. Hagan will have served six years in office by 2010; if he wins two terms in Norman’s seat he would end up with 14 years on the county commission.
I had been hearing buzz about this strategy for some time, so I raised the idea in January. Hagan late Friday followed through on his plans and filed for Norman’s seat. (h/t’s to Mariella Smith and Jim Johnson.)
Hagan's 2010 website greets visitors with this tease
Hagan has apparently been planning this switcheroo for some months. His campaign registered the domain kenhagan2010.com back in November 2008, with his 2008 campaign website designer listed as the admin contact:
Registrant:
Ken Hagan Campaign
PO Box 273168
Tampa, FL 33688
US
813-877-5381Domain Name: KENHAGAN2010.COM
Record last updated 11-25-2008 10:11:16 AM
Record expires on 11-25-2009
Record created on 11-25-2008
Don Kruse, who ran unsuccessfully against Brian Blair last year, has also filed to run in the Republican primary.
