NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- The results of two closely contested races in Tuesday's primary were upheld by weekend recounts that had Robert Sanders Jr. winning the county judge race and George Trovato receiving the second spot in a Nov. 2 runoff against County Council 43 primary winner Joie Alexander.
NSBEWS.net will have wrap ups of both recounts and a recap of the 2010 primary elections in the next 48 hours. We'll also have a fresh blog from Peter Mallory and updated milestones.

CANDIDATE'S NOTEBOOK: School Board, Dist. 3 incumbent

Aug. 25, 2010

Thank you everyone!

We finished first last night and now it's on to November!! Thanks to those who helped in the campaign. Thanks for your dollars and your *time*.

NSBNEWS.net audio/visual presentation by Sera Frederick.

WNDB's Marc Bernier had NSBNEWS.net's Henry Frederick in his studio recently regarding a story that opened up a can of worms for Judge Mary Jane Henderson with less than flattering details made by a career criminal against the judge in a New Smyrna Beach police report, including claims of a sexual tryst, which she denied.

NSBNEWS.net file photo of Robert Sanders Jr. receiving an honoring gavel in 2008, from the Volusia County bar as its new president.

NSBNEWS.net proudly endorses Robert Sanders Jr. over 19-year incumbent Mary Jane Henderson for County Judge, Group 9, for reasons of integrity, honor and respect. A judge's actions off the bench are just as important as his/hers on the bench. The robe comes off after court has ended, but the high standards of the judiary remain 24 hours a day and Mary Jane Henderson has stained her bench with her friendships with career criminals.

NSBNEWS.net photo by Henry Frederick.

On the eve of the primary, Tersa Valdes, candidate for the district 28 satehouse seat against fellow incumbent Republican State Rep. Dorothy Hukill, wrote the following in her own words: