The Madera County District 2 Supervisor race was to close to call in the June election and will now be decided in a run-off election to be held in November.</p><p>When all 20 precincts in District 2 were counted, David Rogers had 1,231 votes with 36.9 percent of the vote. Justin White had 1,127 votes with 33.8 percent of the votes. John Silva captured 966 votes with 29 percent of the votes. There were 11 write-in candidates.</p><p>In order to have won the position out-right, one candidate would have had to taken 50 percent of the votes plus one.</p><p>Madera County Clerk-Recorder, Registrar of Voters Rebecca Martinez said there are approximately 635 Vote by Mail ballots and approximately 88 Provisional ballots still to be counted. She explained that after every election there are vote by mail ballots dropped off at the polling places, right up to 8 p.m. Those votes are not counted until canvas. At that time the signatures have to be verified. The eligibility has to be confirmed on provisional ballots to make sure the voter was registered.</p><p>The total ballots to be counted are 723. The number does not mean all the ballots are valid.</p><p>The Registrar of Voters had up to 28 days to confirm the vote.</p><p>In an interview with the Chowchilla News, John Silva said, "It was an emotional campaign for me, being a third generation Madera County resident." Silva says he is proud of the campaign he ran. He still strongly believes in the issues. "We have to protect this county for generations to come," he stated. "The Supervisor race will continue and voters need to pay attention to our surroundings and our way of life."</p><p>Silva told the News that because the issues in the county are very important to him, he has decided to support Justin White in his bid for Supervisor.</p><p>Silva's future plans are to remain an active member of the community. He will continue his work with the Chowchilla Lions Club and the Elk's Lodge in Madera, along with putting more time in the family business.</p><p>Other County election results include:</p><p>Madera County Supervisor District 5, Tom Wheeler took 58.6 percent of the votes over Joe Alberta with 41.3 percent of the votes.</p><p>Madera County Supervisor District 1 - Frank Bigelow, 66.2 percent; Tom Kellner, 33.6 percent.</p><p>Assessor - Tom Kidwell, 60.6 percent and Kenneth Russell, 39 percent.</p><p>Superior Court Judge Office #3- D Lynn Jones, 60.7 percent with Brian Austin taking 38.9 percent.</p><p>County Superintendent of Schools - Cecilia Massetti took 65.9 percent, Gwendolyn Stewart, 19.4 percent and Maria Velarde-Garcia, 14.5 percent.</p><p>County Clerk-Recorder - Rebecca Martinez took 70.3 percent of the votes and Desirae Devine captured 29.4 percent.</p><p>The race for Madera County Sheriff-Coroner went to incumbent John Anderson with 67.6 percent of the votes. Betty Barker took 32.2 percent of the votes.</p><p>Returning to office unopposed was Auditor Controller, Janet Spillane Kroeger; District Attorney, Michael Keitz; Tax Collector-Treasurer, Tracy Kennedy Desmond.</p><p>There are a total of 54,357 registered voters in Madera County. There were 7,646 precinct ballots casts; 12,756 absentee ballots cast with a total of 20,402 ballots cast in the county.