Hood wins sheriff’s race, Keville wins clerk
BY Jason Emerson
Editor
Republicans swept the two Madison County races on Election Day, with Todd Hood solidly winning the sheriff’s race by 58 to 42 percent (2,600 votes), while Mike Keville took the clerk’s race by 600 votes, according to the unofficial results posted by the county board of elections.
Hood, of Oneida, an investigator with the Onondaga County District Attorney’s Office, received 8,698 votes, or 58 percent, in the election, while his opponent, Acting Sheriff John Ball, received 6,243 votes, or 42 percent, according to the board of elections.
“The results are great; it’s just a reflection of all the hard work and the people who helped us,” Hood said. “I was so impressed with all the people on board the campaign to help us win this. It was a really humbling thing for me to experience.”
Hood said he will now start working on the transition into his new job, which will include transitioning out of his current position at the Onondaga County District Attorney’s Office, meeting with Madison County supervisors to see “where we stand and what needs to get done” so he can hit the ground running on day one, and also appointing his own undersheriff.
“So I’ll be busy,” he said. “I’m really looking forward to it; I’m excited about it and working with all the guys in Madison County – I want to make it a great place to work.”
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Todd Hood
In the county clerk’s race, Republican Mike Keville has defeated Democrat Ann Jones for the position of Madison County Clerk, according to the county board of elections results. Keville won with 52 percent of the vote to Jones’ 48 percent — the difference was about 600 total votes, a number both candidates said was practically impossible to overturn by absentee ballots.
Keville received 7,604 votes while Jones received 7,023 votes, according to the board of elections.
“I’m very excited at the opportunity to get into a new role; I always enjoy taking on new challenges,” said Keville, mayor of Chittenango and a teacher in the Chittenango school district. “It’s a little bittersweet because I’ll miss being in the classroom. I love teaching. No part of me has a desire to leave teaching, but I feel this is the path I’m supposed to be following. I’m excited for the experiences this path is bringing.”
Jones called the race “an incredible journey.”
“I’m disappointed, without a doubt, but still so blessed to be a part of Madison County,” she told the Republican. “I’m confident that Mike will be a good county clerk.”
Also elected at the county level was Jeffrey A. Tait as justice of the supreme court, sixth judicial district, who ran unopposed. Tait received 9,161 votes. There were also 62 write-in votes and 6,364 undervotes.
