Former Manatee planning commissioner enters race for Florida House seat

Two GOP candidates have filed in District 72 after Tommy Gregory was named new president of State College of Florida.

Former Manatee County Planning Commission member William Conerly has filed to run for the Florida House seat now held by Tommy Gregory.

Conerly, an engineer by trade, is the second Republican to file for the District 72 seat. Manatee School Board member Rich Tatem, a U.S. Air Force veteran, was the first to file earlier this week, after Gregory was picke…