Mark Ober says he has never blamed the victim in sex abuse case

Mark Ober acknowledges that as a 16-year incumbent, his race for re-election for Hillsborough State Attorney is in many ways a referendum on how he’s performed in office. “It’s perhaps easier to run when you don’t have a record,” Ober told an audience who gathered at the weekly “Cafe Con Tampa” breakfast meeting at Hugo’s in South Tampa Friday morning. “There’s no substitute for experience.” In Democrat Andrew Warren, Ober is facing by far his most formidable opponent since initially being…