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TAMPA — In his bid to win a fourth consecutive election as Hillsborough County's property appraiser, Rob Turner easily beat Republican upstart Rob Townsend in Tuesday's primary.
First elected in 1996 and one of the county's longest serving elected officials, Turner said he was gratified to turn back Townsend's challenge.
"I worked hard to make it clear to voters that I can continue to work on property tax reform," said Turner, 57. "There's more work to be done."
Townsend, 49, of Plant City, ran against Turner partly because he believes he deserved a tax break on his farmland that Turner denied in 2006.
A generation process specialist at a power plant, Townsend said he couldn't give the race the attention he needed for his message of restoring property rights.
"I didn't get any media exposure," said Townsend. "I couldn't get my issues and my message across to enough people."
Turner now faces former Tampa fire chief and Democratic candidate Ken Ayers in the Nov. 4 general election.
Michael Van Sickler can be reached at mvansickler@sptimes.com or (813) 226-3402.
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