Two years ago, the Tea Party rebellion that went from coast to coast animated Tampa Bay area Republicans, with several of them engaging in a spirited primary election to take on Democratic incumbent Congresswoman Kathy Castor. However, Castor swatted away those conservative fantasies by vanquishing the survivor of that GOP primary in 2010, Mike Prendergast. […]

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Mike Prendergast

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