Three seasoned state legislators were sworn in as Hillsborough County commissioners Tuesday, beginning a new era for a board miredĀ in controversy in recent months.
Former state lawmakers Republicans Victor Crist and Sandra Murman, and Democrat Lesley āLesā Miller Jr., were sworn in after winning their respective seats in the Nov. 2 elections.
Crist won his seat unopposed, while Murman defeated former Tampa City Council member John Dingfelder. Miller unseated incumbent Kevin White in the Democratic primary.
The new faces joinĀ a board recently dogged by scandal and controversy that governs the stateās fourth-largest county.
