Grasty Romps to outright victory; Barringer edges Mackay by 16 votes; Reiker nearly shuts out Richenberg
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Mayoral race turbo charged: Adam Barringer gets endorsements of cops and fire unions, incumbent Sally Mackay touts experience and Marilee Walters appeals to disenfranchised voters
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NSBNEWS.net photo by Sera Frederick. Mayor Sally Mackay (middle), and challengers Marilee Walters and Adam Barringer, are pictured here from the second of two NSB candidates debates sponsored by NSBNEWS.net and the Public Watch Committee. The three square off in today's big primary.
NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- The city's police union pledged its support for Adam Barringer over Mayor Sally Mackay, on top of the might he gained from the firefighters' union and the Southeast Volusia Board of Realtors while the incumbent continued to tout her experience and Marilee Walters appealed to disenfranchised voters to give her the nod in today's hotly-contested primary for mayor and two city commission seats.
Zone 1 commissioner candidate Frank Dalton Jr. sees himself as the 'outsider' who can change the 'good ol' boy stigma of politics as usual'
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NSBNEWS.net photos by Henry Frederick. At left, Zone 1 commission challenger Frank Dalton Jr. smiles for the camera in his beachside home with his wife, Tara, who is pregnant with their second child, and nearly 1-year-old son, Frank III. The Daltons have another child in the household, his eldest son, Cole, 16. Dalton is a self-employed floor installer and Tara Dalton is a registered nurse at Halifax Hospital.
NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- Frank Dalton Jr. first thought about an active run for local elective office after last spring's tropical flood rains brought water into his beachside home.
Zone 2 Commissioner Randy Richenberg pledges not to take police and fire union endorsements for granted
Zone 2 Commissioner Randy Richenberg pledges not to take police and fire union endorsements for granted
Zone 1 Commissioner Randy Richenberg pledges not to take police and fire union endorsements for granted
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Courtesy photo. Zone 1 City Commissioner Randy Richenberg enters today's primary having again secured the police and fire union endorsements.
NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- Zone 1 City Commissioner Randy Richenberg knows that he has two powerful allies in today's primary that he is hoping will either carry him to outright victory or at least place in the top two for a November runoff -- the endorsements of the unions for the police and fire departments.
Mayor Sally Mackay debate Q & A
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NSBNEWS.net video by Sera Frederick. Mayor Sally Mackay answers questions from NSBNEWS.net journalist Henry Frederick during the second of two NSB candidate debates sponsored by NSBNEWS.net and the Public Watch Committee. This a highlight from that second debate.
Marilee Walters debate Q & A
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NSBNEWS.net video by Sera Frederick. Zone 1 City Commission candidate Frank Dalton Jr. answers questions from NSBNEWS.net journalist Henry Frederick during the second of two NSB candidate debates sponsored by NSBNEWS.net and the Public Watch Committee. This a highlight from that second debate.
Adam Barringer debate Q & A
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NSBNEWS.net video by Sera Frederick. Mayoral candidate Adam Barringer answers questions from NSBNEWS.net journalist Henry Frederick during the second of two NSB candidate debates sponsored by NSBNEWS.net and the Public Watch Committee. This a highlight from that second debate.
Jack Grasty debate Q & A
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NSBNEWS.net video by Sera Frederick. Zone 2 City Commissioner Jack Grasty answers questions from NSBNEWS.net journalist Henry Frederick during the second of two NSB candidate debates sponsored by NSBNEWS.net and the Public Watch Committee. This a highlight from that second debate.