Ford-Coates, the last Democrat holding partisan office in Sarasota County, lost her seat Tuesday. After 40 years in office, ...
Coates, who was first elected as Sarasota County Tax Collector in 1984, has been defeated by Mike Moran in a close election ...
Sarasota County Tax Collector Barbara Ford Coates is facing her toughest election after four decades in office, taking on two ...
Mike Moran will be the Republican nominee to take on incumbent Democrat Barbara Ford-Coates in the November general election ...