And so they are just in the middle of the corridor now.

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The region stands astride the primary corridor for the Midwest grain trade and sits in the middle of the Gulf trade routes.

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That leaves the battle for Florida heavily contested in a handful of counties in the middle of the state: a region often referred to as the I-4 corridor after Interstate-4, which runs from the Tampa Bay region in the west through Orlando in the inland centre to Daytona Beach on the east coast.

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