Unopposed candidates for town board and town justice in Cazenovia and Fenner cruised to easy victories in Tuesday’s election, although a last-minute write-in candidacy for Fenner town board did garner about 25 percent of the vote.

The write-in candidacy in Fenner came from the Fenner Neighbor Party, a group of residents who are concerned mainly with gas drilling in the town and ran three candidates for town elections in 2013.

According to Phil Rose, one of the FNP leaders and 2013 candidate for town board, said the group mistakenly thought town Councilor Richard “R.E.” Sears, who ran unopposed Tuesday for election to a one-year vacancy on the board, was not up for election until 2015. When the group realized their mistake, they mounted a write-in candidacy for Carl Snow, their 2013 candidate for town supervisor, three days before the election.

“It looks like we got about 25 percent of the vote. This was rather amazing since we had only three days to mount a campaign,” Rose said. “The turn-out was called by someone at the Board of Elections an ‘impressive presence’ in Fenner.”

The unofficial results for the Fenner town board race was 343 votes, or 75.88 percent of the ballots for Sears, and 109 write-in votes, or a little more than 25 percent, according to the Madison County Board of Elections.

County Election Commissioner Lynn Jones said the final Fenner vote tally will not be completed for a few days, and there are still 18 absentee ballots to count and 10 more absentees still out that may yet be received.

Also in Fenner, town justice candidate Norman L. Watts, a Republican, won reelection to another four-year term with 396 votes, or 99 percent of the ballots. There were also four write-ins.

In Cazenovia, Councilor Tom Driscoll, who was appointed to the board in January, won a one-year term with 1,715 votes, or 99.71 percent. There were also five write-in votes.

Cazenovia Town Justice Timothy Moore also won reelection to another four-year term, with 1,694 votes, or 99.82 percent. There were also three write-in votes.

There was a total of 2,282 ballots cast in Cazenovia.

In the one Madison County-specific race, Cindy J. Edick ran unopposed for county treasurer and received 12,791 votes, or 99 percent of the vote.

As to how Madison County residents voted in the regional and statewide elections:

—For State Senator Democrat David Valesky, who ran unopposed, received 11,154 votes, or 98 percent.

—For U.S. Congressman, incumbent Republican Richard Hanna, who ran unopposed, received 13,134 votes, or 98 percent.

—For State Supreme Court Justice, Republican Robert C. Mulvey, who ran unopposed, received 12,259 votes, or 99 percent.

—For state attorney general, Democrat Eric T. Schneiderman won the race statewide with 53 percent of the vote, but lost Madison County 38 percent to Republican John Cahill’s 58 percent.

—For state comptroller, Democrat Thomas P. DiNapoli won statewide with 57 percent of the vote, but lost Madison County 46 percent to Republican Robert Antonacci’s 49 percent.

—For governor, Democrat incumbent Andrew Cuomo won statewide with 52 percent of the vote, but lost Madison County 38 percent to Republican Rob Astorino’s 53 percent.

Jason Emerson is editor of the Cazenovia Republican. He can be reached at [email protected].