Madison County Clerk Candidate Kurt Prenzler Argues for Election Integrity and "Pro-Taxpayer" Promises

Our Daily Show Interview: Kurt Prenzler Republican Candidate for Madison County Clerk

MADISON COUNTY - Kurt Prenzler (R) has entered the race for the County Clerk’s position in Madison County.

Prenzler previously served as the county treasurer and County Board Chairman. Now, he’s running against incumbent County Clerk Linda Andreas (R) in the Republican primary on March 17, 2026. Prenzler explained that he is focused on transparency, election accuracy, and lowering property taxes.

“I do think that the biggest issues are election integrity and also property taxes,” he said. “I actually helped get this County Clerk elected, the first Republican County Clerk in many years. She made two big promises. Number one, to be pro-taxpayer. She didn’t keep that promise. She also promised to clean up the election process. She didn’t keep that promise.”

According to Prenzler, Andreas previously pledged to support letting Madison County residents vote on the Property Tax Extension Limitation Law (PTELL). If PTELL was in place in Madison County, this would limit taxing districts’ ability to increase their tax levy. Prenzler believes Andreas has “not been pro-taxpayer.”

“I do not waste money. Everyone knows I’m very pro-taxpayer,” Prenzler said. “People get elected to a local office and they come out as a citizen and they think of, like, ‘We, the taxpayers.’ But give them a few months, and they’re thinking, ‘We, the school board members, we need more money.’ It’s so easy to raise taxes…As County Chairman, I reduced our tax levy in the county government from 32.6 million down to 30.8, and I kept it there for eight years. Why do we always need to be raising taxes?”

Additionally, Prenzler argues that Madison County should have more transparency in elections. He said he recently observed a hand-count audit of paper ballots in St. Louis County, which he believes was a great example of transparency at work.

In Madison County, the population has dropped by about 8,000 people since 2010. Since 2013, the number of registered voters has increased by about 16,000. Prenzler said Andreas hasn’t trimmed the voter rolls as she should have.

“Frankly, I think as far as letting the voter rolls get out of control, I think she just hasn’t really shown up for work,” he said. “A farmer northeast of Edwardsville said to me, ‘Kurt, I appreciate what you’ve done with property taxes, but if we don’t have honest elections, we don’t have a country.’ Now, I’m not making any allegations. But what I’m saying is that we need to really lean into transparency.”

Prenzler promises transparency and accuracy if he is elected to the County Clerk’s position. He said he plans on “listening and learning” in his first 60 days if he is elected. He emphasized the importance of listening to taxpayers and keeping promises.

“The reason she was elected was because she said, ‘I’m going to operate as a Republican and I’m going to be pro-taxpayer and I’m going to really lean in and check and double-check the election process.’ She’s done neither,” Prenzler added. “She has not kept her promises. I think that’s a disappointment that I hear from a lot of Republicans.”

The Madison County Republican primary is scheduled for March 17, 2026. Prenzler encourages voters to vote for him.

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