Election officials in Washington state said a school board primary resulted in write-in votes for Mickey Mouse, Jesus, Captain Hook and Darth Vader. The 2009 Primary Election Recount Write-In Report, which lists write-in votes from the Aug.

By Kenneth C. Crowe II and Bob Gardinier, Albany Times Union, N.Y. Nov. 14--TROY -- Write-in candidate Ray Lemka held on to a 10-vote lead in the Schodack supervisor's race Tuesday after the Rensselaer County Board of Elections counted absentee votes in the tight election.

By Bob Laylo, The Morning Call, Allentown, Pa. Nov. 8--Five Tamaqua Area School Board incumbents, including four who were elected 12 years ago in the wake of a bitter teachers strike, retained their spots in Tuesday's election, according to final, unofficial tallies.

By Dena Pauling, The Centre Daily Times, State College, Pa. Nov. 8--It's no surprise that support for a write-in duo in the State College Area school board election Tuesday failed to defeat a five-candidate team whose names were listed on both major-party ballots in a high-charged race.

AUBURN, Maine - Auburn Mayor John Jenkins is getting another term in office even though he wasn't on the ballot. Jenkins made history Tuesday by becoming the first person in Auburn to win a citywide election as a write-in candidate.