Rice County

President Rpt.: 100.0% county, 100.0% state
		County		State
		Vote %	Votes	Vote %	Votes
DFL	Barack Obama	53.0%	17,054	52.8%	1,547,668
GOP	Mitt Romney	44.7%	14,380	45.1%	1,321,575
Lib	Gary Johnson	1.3%	420	1.2%	35,158
GP	Jill Stein	0.5%	168	0.4%	13,045
CP	Virgil Goode	0.1%	48	0.1%	3,727
GGOP	Jim Carlson	0.1%	35	0.1%	3,172
JP	Rocky Anderson	0.1%	23	0.1%	2,013
Cnl	Dean Morstad	0.0%	15	0.0%	1,106
SWP	James Harris	0.0%	12	0.0%	1,062
PSL	Peta Lindsay	0.0%	5	0.0%	416

U.S. Senate Rpt.: 100.0% county, 100.0% state
		County		State
		Vote %	Votes	Vote %	Votes
DFL	Amy Klobuchar	66.8%	20,655	65.3%	1,856,196
GOP	Kurt Bills	28.9%	8,941	30.6%	868,977
IP	Stephen Williams	2.7%	831	2.6%	73,640
GGOP	Tim Davis	1.1%	351	1.1%	30,578
NP	Michael Cavlan	0.5%	158	0.5%	14,009

U.S. House District 1 Rpt.: 100.0% county, 100.0% state
		County		State
		Vote %	Votes	Vote %	Votes
DFL	Tim Walz	51.6%	8,927
GOP	Allen Quist	48.4%	8,381

U.S. House District 2 Rpt.: 100.0% county, 100.0% state
		County		State
		Vote %	Votes	Vote %	Votes
DFL	Mike Obermueller	59.6%	7,890
GOP	John Kline	40.4%	5,342

State Senate District 20 Rpt.: 100.0% county, 100.0% state
		County		State
		Vote %	Votes	Vote %	Votes
DFL	Kevin Dahle	60.0%	10,374
GOP	Mike Dudley	40.0%	6,926

State Senate District 24 100.0% reporting
		Vote %	Votes
DFL	Vicki Jensen	54.3%	7,074
GOP	Vern Swedin	45.7%	5,963

State House District 20B Rpt.: 100.0% county, 100.0% state
		County		State
		Vote %	Votes	Vote %	Votes
DFL	David Bly	59.2%	10,107
GOP	Brian Wermerskirchen	40.8%	6,973

State House District 24B Rpt.: 100.0% county, 100.0% state
		County		State
		Vote %	Votes	Vote %	Votes
DFL	Patti Fritz	58.5%	7,818
GOP	Dan Kaiser	41.5%	5,552

Supreme Court Chief Justice Rpt.: 100.0% county, 99.9% state
		County		State
		Vote %	Votes	Vote %	Votes
NP	Lorie Skjerven Gildea	58.1%	13,633
NP	Dan Griffith	41.9%	9,829

Supreme Court District 4 Rpt.: 100.0% county, 100.0% state
		County		State
		Vote %	Votes	Vote %	Votes
NP	David Stras	56.4%	12,526	56.2%	1,143,144
NP	Tim Tingelstad	43.6%	9,664	43.8%	891,399

Appeals Court Appeals Court 6 0.0% reporting
		Vote %	Votes
NP	Renee Worke	0.0%	0

Appeals Court Appeals Court 7 0.0% reporting
		Vote %	Votes
NP	Jill Flaskamp Halbrooks	0.0%	0

District Court 3, Seat 4 0.0% reporting
		Vote %	Votes
NP	Jeffrey Thompson	0.0%	0

District Court 3, Seat 9 0.0% reporting
		Vote %	Votes
NP	Robert Birnbaum	0.0%	0

District Court 3, Seat 10 0.0% reporting
		Vote %	Votes
NP	Debra Jacobson	0.0%	0

District Court 3, Seat 15 0.0% reporting
		Vote %	Votes
NP	Joseph Chase	0.0%	0

Supreme Court District 1 Rpt.: 100.0% county, 100.0% state
		County		State
		Vote %	Votes	Vote %	Votes
NP	Barry Anderson	57.9%	13,118	59.2%	1,229,394
NP	Dean Barkley	42.1%	9,544	40.8%	848,574

Marriage Amendment Rpt.: 100.0% county, 100.0% state
		County		State
		Vote %	Votes	Vote %	Votes
	No	52.5%	17,025	51.2%	1,512,156
	Yes	46.3%	15,010	47.5%	1,401,275
	Estimated Blanks	1.2%	380	1.3%	37,830

Voter ID Amendment Rpt.: 100.0% county, 100.0% state
		County		State
		Vote %	Votes	Vote %	Votes
	No	54.4%	17,624	52.2%	1,540,507
	Yes	44.1%	14,294	46.2%	1,363,640
	Estimated Blanks	1.5%	497	1.6%	46,466

County Commissioner District 1 100.0% reporting
		Vote %	Votes
NP	Jacob (Jake) G Gillen	54.8%	2,907
NP	Kathleen Doran-Norton	44.8%	2,377
WI	Write-In	0.3%	18

County Commissioner District 2 100.0% reporting
		Vote %	Votes
NP	Galen Malecha	60.9%	3,712
NP	Jeff Quinnell	38.6%	2,352
WI	Write-In	0.6%	36

County Commissioner District 3 100.0% reporting
		Vote %	Votes
NP	David Miller	64.5%	2,689
NP	Carol J. King	35.0%	1,460
WI	Write-In	0.5%	21

County Commissioner District 4 100.0% reporting
		Vote %	Votes
NP	Steve Bauer	98.7%	4,100
WI	Write-In	1.3%	56

County Commissioner District 5 100.0% reporting
		Vote %	Votes
NP	Jeff Docken	51.5%	3,352
NP	Richard Cook	48.0%	3,126
WI	Write-In	0.5%	34

School Board Member (Faribault) (Elect 3) 100.0% reporting
		Vote %	Votes
NP	Jason Engbrecht	24.3%	6,399
NP	Jerry Robicheau	20.9%	5,523
NP	Yvette Marthaler	20.5%	5,398
NP	Deborah Salonek	17.1%	4,519
NP	Peggy (Margaret) Ployhar	16.6%	4,372
WI	Write-In	0.6%	166

School Board Member (Northfield) (Elect 4) 100.0% reporting
		Vote %	Votes
NP	Ellen Iverson	22.8%	7,180
NP	Anne Maple	22.4%	7,045
NP	Noel Stratmoen	21.1%	6,656
NP	Rob Hardy	19.4%	6,104
NP	Daniel Cupersmith	13.9%	4,369
WI	Write-In	0.5%	166

Approval Of School District Referendum Revenue Authorization 100.0% reporting
		Vote %	Votes
NP	No	50.7%	6,606
NP	Yes	49.3%	6,421

Soil and Water Supervisor District 1 100.0% reporting
		Vote %	Votes
NP	Robert L. Duban	99.1%	22,263
WI	Write-In	0.9%	202

Soil and Water Supervisor District 2 100.0% reporting
		Vote %	Votes
NP	Richard V Huston	99.2%	21,881
WI	Write-In	0.8%	168

Soil and Water Supervisor District 4 100.0% reporting
		Vote %	Votes
NP	Gary Wagenbach	99.3%	21,934
WI	Write-In	0.7%	149

Mayor (Dennison) 100.0% reporting
		Vote %	Votes
WI	Write-In	84.6%	77
NP	Dawn Olson	15.4%	14

Mayor (Faribault) 100.0% reporting
		Vote %	Votes
NP	John R. Jasinski	81.7%	6,118
WI	Write-In	18.3%	1,374

Mayor (Morristown) 100.0% reporting
		Vote %	Votes
NP	Kurt Wolf	57.7%	263
NP	Darrel Hopman	40.8%	186
WI	Write-In	1.5%	7

Mayor (Nerstrand) 100.0% reporting
		Vote %	Votes
NP	Kate Stuart	94.5%	121
WI	Write-In	5.5%	7

Mayor (Northfield) 100.0% reporting
		Vote %	Votes
NP	Dana S. Graham	58.1%	4,947
NP	Rhonda Pownell	40.7%	3,461
WI	Write-In	1.2%	100

Council Member (Dennison) (Elect 2) 100.0% reporting
		Vote %	Votes
WI	Write-In	55.9%	95
NP	Britt Olson	28.8%	49
NP	Daniel Storlie	15.3%	26

Council Member (Dundas) (Elect 2) 100.0% reporting
		Vote %	Votes
NP	Chad Pribyl	36.0%	419
NP	Nathan Ryan	35.3%	410
NP	Tiana Wells	28.1%	327
WI	Write-In	0.6%	7

Council Member (Faribault) (Elect 3) 100.0% reporting
		Vote %	Votes
NP	Steve Underdahl	31.7%	5,532
NP	Joan Vandyke	20.9%	3,640
NP	John Rowan	18.0%	3,134
NP	Sonny Wasilowski	16.2%	2,827
NP	Adam Gibbons	12.4%	2,168
WI	Write-In	0.8%	138

Council Member (Morristown) (Elect 2) 100.0% reporting
		Vote %	Votes
NP	Edward Schmidtke	41.9%	309
NP	Lisa Karsten	37.8%	279
NP	Mike "Oakie" Angelo	19.6%	145
WI	Write-In	0.7%	5

Council Member (Nerstrand) (Elect 2) 100.0% reporting
		Vote %	Votes
NP	Christine Rasmussen	48.6%	101
NP	Gretchen Gilmore	48.1%	100
WI	Write-In	3.4%	7

Council Member at Large (Northfield) 100.0% reporting
		Vote %	Votes
NP	David L. Ludescher	49.9%	3,904
NP	Betsey Buckheit	49.5%	3,875
WI	Write-In	0.6%	45

Special Election for Council Member (Faribault) 100.0% reporting
		Vote %	Votes
NP	Ken Walls	99.2%	6,167
WI	Write-In	0.8%	51

Special Election for Council Member (Morristown) 100.0% reporting
		Vote %	Votes
NP	Rick Vollbrecht	52.8%	229
NP	Scott Allen	46.1%	200
WI	Write-In	1.2%	5

Special Election for Council Member (Nerstrand) 100.0% reporting
		Vote %	Votes
NP	Hazel Schwanke	98.4%	120
WI	Write-In	1.6%	2

Council Member Ward 2 (Northfield) 100.0% reporting
		Vote %	Votes
NP	David Delong	56.3%	1,220
NP	Frank Balster	43.1%	935
WI	Write-In	0.6%	12

Council Member Ward 3 (Northfield) 100.0% reporting
		Vote %	Votes
NP	Erica Zweifel	70.0%	1,324
NP	Jon Denison	29.5%	558
WI	Write-In	0.5%	9

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Source: Associated Press