Here's how Madison County voters cast their ballots in Tuesday's general election. All results are unofficial, and it's important to note that in some races, such as for school boards and the Northeast Community College board of governors, there can be patrons in several counties that make up the final vote tally. What follows are just the results of the Madison County vote:
For president:
John McCain/Sarah Palin, Republican, 9,542
Barack Obama, Joe Biden, Democrat, 4,076
Chuck Baldwin, Darrell Castle, Nebraska Party, 63
Cynthia McKinney, Rosa Clemente, Green Party, 9
Bob Barr, Wayne Root, Libertarian, 42
Ralph Nader, Matt Gonzalez, by petition, 88
U.S. Senate
Mike Johanns, Republican, 9,067
Scott Kleeb, Democrat, 4,202
Kelly Rosberg, Nebraska Party, 358
Steven Larrick, Green Party, 104
U.S. House of Representatives District 1
Jeff Fortenberry, Republican, 11,190
Max Yashirin, Democrat, 2,300
Madison County Commissioner District 2
Richard Uhlir, Republican, 2,799
Nebraska Legislature District 19
Mike Flood, 12,670
Daniel Truman Barrows, 825
Nebraska State Board of Education, District 3
Jim Scheer, 11,185
Norfolk Public School board (vote for three)
Clark Froehlich, 6,284
Alfredo Ramirez, 4,960
Joel Carlson, 4,816
Bruce Mitchell, 3,679
James Simonsen, 2,684
Mayor of Norfolk
Sue Fuchtman, 5,816
Tom Schommer, 3,276
Norfolk City Council
Ward 1
Vicki Saunders, 1,303
Rick Benson, 764
Ward 2
Jim Lange, 1,693
Bill Hattery, 1,372
Ward 3
Jim Brenneman, 997
Vaughn Wiebusch, 663
Ward 4
Erik Wilson, 1,277
Northeast Community College Board of Governors
District 1
Nanci Lingenfelter, 358
District 4
Clarence Schmitt, 301
District 5
David M. Fauss, 6,581
John D. Winkleblack, 4,464
At-large
John Davies, 5,730
Marlin Meisinger, 5,460
Elkhorn Rural Public Power District board
Subdivision 1, 2-year term
Gregory Weidner, 589
Subdivision 1, 6-year term
Mark Miller, 603
Subdivision 2
Tim Means, 802
Lower Elkhorn NRD board
Subdistrict 1
Warren Renter, 188
Michael Krueger, 345
Subdistrict 2
Chris Carlson, 4,808
Subdistrict 3
Robert Huntley, 3,544
Subdistrict 4
Timothy Tighe, 1,524
Lower Platte NRD board
Subdistrict 1
Gene Acklie, 242
Subdistrict 2
David Shelso, 98
Marvin Eden, 109
Subdistrict 3
Ted Bailey, 109
William Taylor, 93
Subdistrict 4
Art Bailey, 216
Subdistrict 5
John Hannah, 218
Subdistrict 6
Robert Hilger, 214
Subdistrict 7
Ronald Sabatka, 213
Subdistrict 8
Robert Meduna, 210
Subdistrict 9
Ervin Bull, 73
Ray Casey, 131
Educational Service Unit 7 board
District 2
Esther Mohnsen, 4
Wendy Rahtz, 3
Educational Service Unit 8 board
District 5
Glen Leffers, 1,442
District 6
Robert Chilcoat Jr., 1,003
District 7
Don Schmidt, 1,713
District 8
Delno Fuelberth, 2,920
District 9
Jack Prater, 1,436
Trustee Norfolk Sanitary District (vote for two)
Dick Mapes, 5,377
Jerry Nordeen, 5,786
Norfolk Airport Authority (vote for two)
Doris Kingsbury, 6,988
Madison County Weed District board (vote for three)
Eudell Feldmann, 6,884
Earl Reeves, 8,300
Orin Rinkel, 7,034
Tilden Rural Fire Protection District levy issue
Shall the district be allowed to levy a property tax not to exceed 20 cents per $100 of taxable valuation, etc.
For, 64
Against, 42
Madison Public School Board (vote for three)
Jim Reeves, 730
Deb Neidig, 590
George Moyer, 519
Allan Frisch, 437
Harlow Hanson, 406
Donna Habrock, 320
Battle Creek Public School Board (vote for three)
Bill Hughes, 641
Mike Henn, 560
Jeremy Pochop, 513
Karen Arkfeld, 503
Bryan Daum, 471
Randy Novotny, 344
Newman Grove Public School Board (vote for three)
Brian Wallin, 364
Thomas Haase, 336
Roger Lyon, 307
Humphrey Public School Board (vote for four)
Cory Groenke, 6
James Frauendorfer, 9
Allen Christensen, 9
Randy Herchenbach, 9
Troy Mach, 5
Elkhorn Valley Public School Board (vote for three)
John Larson, 337
Kenneth Oelsligle, 317
Janet Henseleit, 308
Julie Stewart, 249
Allen Smidt, 241
Jerry Dittrich, 189
Tilden City Council (vote for three)
T.J. Halsey, 215
Ron Knight, 156
Joe Rutjens, 144
James Fox, 141
Battle Creek City Council (vote for two)
Joe Barry, 368
Judy Warneke, 353
Matt Podany, 254
Battle Creek fluoride issue
Yes (to prohibit fluoride), 407
No (against the prohibition), 146
Newman Grove City Council (vote for two)
Tom Bagley, 236
Michael Gearhart, 226
Madison City Council
Ward 1
Tim Reeves, 179
Laura Frisch, 123
Ward 2
Lyle Jurgens, 266
Madison fluoride issue
For adding fluoride, 169
Against adding fluoride, 447
Meadow Grove village board of trustees (vote for two)
Jack Warrick, 90
Glen Leffers, 108
Constitutional amendments
Amendment 1 (A vote for would remove a requirement that cities and villages use only general tax revenue for economic development. A vote against would keep the requirement in place.)
For, 6,351
Against, 5,654
Initiative Measure 424 (A vote for will amend the state constitution to prohibit entities from discriminating against or granting preferential treatment to individuals or groups based on race, sex, color, ethnicity, etc. A vote against will not cause the state constitution to be amended in such a manner.)
For, 7,041
Against, 4950
Judicial retention - Court of Appeals District 3
Shall Judge William B. Cassel be retained in office?
