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MADISON COUNTY - As Madison County Clerk Linda Andreas prepares for the primary election on March 17, 2026, she reflected on her work over the past several years.
Andreas, a Republican, was elected to the Madison County Clerk position in 2022. In this role, she has purchased new tabulators for elections, started student initiatives to educate kids about local government, and encouraged more people to become election judges in Madison County, among other successes.
“The thing that I’m most proud of is that I’ve gone in, I’ve assessed, and I’ve brought changes that benefit the county. I love going to work,” Andreas said.
She shared that she was “never a political person” before she decided to run. But “things were pretty exciting there for a while after the 2020 election,” and Andreas became interested in Madison County politics. She wanted to refresh the clerk’s office.
“The big thing that I ran on was, if there was something wrong going on in Madison County, then it was time to put fresh eyes in there,” she remembered. “I think there was a pendulum swing. It was time to swing the other way. And I wanted to assure people, let’s just get fresh eyes in there. If there's something going on in there, then we’ll fix it. If there’s not, then we’ll just make things better. But it’s time for a change.”
Andreas was especially interested in tax levies. She emphasized that the county clerk’s office does not impact taxes beyond working with school districts to manage the tax levies.
She quickly realized that there was no corruption in the clerk’s office. She noted that her predecessor, Debbie Ming-Mendoza, was a Democrat, while Andreas is a Republican. They both agree that everything is right in the county, and Andreas thinks this agreement across party lines can give people “a level of confidence.”
“I realized that you’d have to have a corrupt county clerk, you’d have to have a corrupt staff, and you’d have to have corruption in your schools. You’d have to have it all across the board, coordinated,” Andreas said. “That would be a particular and a rare instance, and I can tell you, without a shadow of a doubt, there’s nothing going on in Madison County. Not from what I see. I do like looking under rocks. I do like investigating. I do like checking, because I think you should. You should audit yourself and other people. I think that’s important. But there’s not something bad under every rock.”
Early in her tenure, Andreas made the decision to use ARPA money to replace outdated tabulators used to count votes. She stressed that the tabulators don’t have the ability to change votes or do anything but count the filled-in bubbles on ballots.
As voters asked for hand-counts, Andreas actually went to Missouri to participate in a hand-counted election. While she enjoyed it, she said it’s “not feasible” in a county as large as Madison County. These days, she believes most voters are satisfied with the way Madison County conducts elections.
She started a Madison County Clerk’s Office Facebook page to educate voters and encourage more community members to become election judges, as well as updating the election judge book. The office also makes a point to be present at events so they can help people register to vote.
Under Andreas, the office initiated a student ambassador program that aims to involve high school students in local government. They’re also starting a “Text My Gov” program, to be rolled out in January, to enable text updates for voters.
More information can be found on the official Madison County Clerk’s Office Facebook page and the official webpage. Andreas encourages people to reach out with any questions they might have about voting, records, or other concerns.
As she prepares for the March 17 primary, she hopes many people come out to vote. She is proud of what she has accomplished, and she hopes for another opportunity to continue serving the county.
“I wanted to make sure that when I came in, I was doing my job as well as I could,” she added. “If I do something wrong, tell me about it and I’ll try to make those corrections. But on the whole, the big picture, we’ve got a great team. We’re moving forward and doing things.”
