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Personality, Territorial Clashes Mark Senate District 19 Race

Steve Newborn
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WUSF News
Candidates Ed Narain, left, Augie Ribiero and Darryl Rouson at a recent meeting of the Suncoast Tiger Bay Club in St. Petersburg

One of the more heated races coming up during the August 30 primaries is for State Senate District 19. It's a majority-minority district, being vacated by Arthenia Joyner, the longtime Tampa politician and the Senate minority leader.

Reporter Steve Newborn looks into this race with WUSF's political analyst William March, who says it's pitting a lot of black politicians in Hillsborough and Pinellas counties against each other.

Steve Newborn is a WUSF reporter and producer at WUSF covering environmental issues and politics in the Tampa Bay area.
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