Rice County Primary Election Results 2026

Rice County saw a very good turnout in Faribault due to a 10 person city council list of candidates, but the rest of the county turned out in normal preliminary numbers.

Here are some select Rice County results and the totals in all races on the ballot.

Faribault City Council 3 seats will be determined with 6 candidates moving on to the November 3, 2026 General Election.  Here are the total results"

Natalie Halverson   1,340 votes       18.15%
Katie Howard          1, 006 votes      13.63%
Paul Wunderlich          959                12.99%
Lexi Temple                 948                 12.84%
John Rowan (Inc.)       855                 11.58%
Kameron Gustafson    662                   8.97%
Jacob Reed                 639                   8.66%
Brett Pollard                490                   6.64%
Thelma Estrada          283                   3.83%
Jack Cluck                  200                   2.71%

Rice County County Commissioner District 4  Top two advance

Steve Underdahl  (incumbent)   842    55.36%
Mark Hlady                                 411    27.02%
David Blais                                  268   17.62%

Breakdown by Precinct

Faribault Precinct 1 Underdahl 383   Hlady 177   Blais  120
Faribault Precinct 4  Underdahl 336  Hlady 130   Blais  102
Wells Township        Underdahl 123   Hlady 104   Blais   46

Northfield City Council At Large  Top two advance

Katy Vondrasek         2,595
Adam Wale                1,065
Thor Keilen                   592

Northfield City Council Ward 4  Top two advance

Peder Jothen              430
James Clinton             172
Dave Juntunen             59

State Senate District 19  includes 53 precincts in Rice, Goodhue, Steele. and Waseca Counties

Republican

John Jasinski    6,088     88.22%
Crystal Alan         813        11.78%

D-F-L

Sam Powell      3,8566        79.24%
Adama Doumboya  1,010  20.76%

Rice County totals in State and Federal Races

U.S Senator- Republican

Michele Tafoya    2,473   51.86%
Adam Schwarze     971   20.36%
Royce White           711   14.91%

U.S. Senator- D-F-L

Angie Craig          3,499   49.56%
Peggy Flanagan  3,473    49.19%

U.S. Representative District 1

Republican

Brad Finstad     2, 028    68.64%
Gregory A. Goetzman   133    5.81%
Oliver R. Morlan            127    5.55%

D-F-L

Jake Johnson   1,316     72.71%
Alex Eaton          494      27.29%

U.S. Representative District 2

Republican

Eric Pratt          2,131      100.00%

D-F-L

Matt Little        2,477        49.91%
Matthew Klein  1,293       26.05%

Governor Republican

Mike Lindell   1,977        40.65%
Lisa Demuth  1,943        39.95%

D-F-L

Amy Klobuchar   6,436   92.17%

Secretary of State

Republican

Tad Jude            2,304  51.95%
Wendy Phillips  2,131   48.05%

D-F-L

Steve Simon    6,292   100.00%

State Auditor

Republican

Scott Jensen   3,276    71.79%
Nate George      973    21.32%

D-F-L

Zack Filipovich   6,102   100.00%

Attorney General

Republican

Ronald J. Schulz   4,299    100.00%

D-F-L

Keith Ellison              5,813    84.90%
David J.S. Madgett   1,034    15.10%