Take Back Manatee warns Ballard, Bearden and Rahn they could be next to go

'Choose to ignore the will of the people, and be assured we will inform the voters that you should be replaced in 2026.'

Take Back Manatee, a grassroots political committee organized by former Manatee County commissioner Betsy Benac targeted four developer-backed county commission candidates — incumbents Kevin Van Ostenbridge and Ray Turner, and newcomers April Culbreath and Steve Metallo — and elections supervisor James Satcher for defeat in the GOP primaries on Aug. 20.

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