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Pat Kemp and Deborah Cox-Rousch at Tiger Bay listen

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Tags: Politics, Deborah Cox-Rousch, Pat Kemp

The newly elected Republican and Democratic Party chairs for Hillsborough County faced off this afternoon in front of the Tiger Bay Club of Tampa.

Deborah Cox-Rousch is the new Republican Party chair and Pat Kemp is her Democratic counterpart.

Deborah Cox-Rousch owns a catering business and told the Tiger Bay audience that there was a simple reason why she decided to run for Republican chair.

“The one thing that really changed my mind was on Fox News ...

GOP consultant says Obama team outworked Republicans in Hillsborough listen

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Tags: 2008 election, Hillsborough County, GOP, Democrats, David Storck, Deborah Cox-Rousch, Mark Proctor, Sandy Murman

Hillsborough County Republican Party Chairman David Storck intends to step down from his leadership position next month.

Last month, Storck was involved in a controversy over an email he received from a volunteer regarding people voting for Barack Obama that was considered to have racist undertones.

April Schiff is a Republican Party political consultant based in Tampa. She says it's no surprise that Stock intends to leave at the end of his three-year term. She says the email was not h...