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Pat Kemp talks (about low-paying) jobs before a group of Tampa millennials

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A recent Census Bureau report reveals what many people in the Tampa Bay area know all too well – that the area doesn’t pay that well in terms of annual salary compared to other major regions in the nation. The median household income in Tampa Bay is $48,911. That’s dead last among the top 25 metro regions in the country, and the only region in the top 25 below an average salary of $50,000. “We have to look at our economy and…

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Pat Kemp not too concerned about Brian Willis’ quick start in Hillsborough District 6 race

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When the Hillsborough County supervisor of elections updated the fundraising totals of candidates on the 2016 ballot earlier this week, the contrast between Democrats Pat Kemp and Brian Willis in the District 6 county commission race was rather stark. Willis announced that he had raised $45,357 in April, which his camp informed reporters is the third largest opening month of fundraising for a country commission candidate in the past decade. Impressive stuff. Especially when compared to Kemp’s totals — $1,350. “I’m…

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Pat Kemp says she’s the best Democrat in the Hillsborough County Commission District 6 seat

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On Monday, Pat Kemp made official what she has told anyone who asked since last November’s election– she is running again for a Hillsborough County Commission seat in 2016, this time in the District 6 countywide seat being vacated by Kevin Beckner, whose term ends next year. Florida Politics originally reported she would run back in late February, but Kemp didn’t officially file until Monday. The difference since then is that it’s no longer theoretical that she’ll have a challenger…

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