With approximately 21 percent of Rice County registered voters going to the polls for the Primary Election Tuesday the current Sheriff more than doubled the number of votes cast for his nearest challenger.

Jesse J. Thomas received 5,245 (63.7%) votes winning all but one precinct.  That was Dennison with a handful of Rice County voters there.  Thomas and Ross Spicer each received 1 vote there and Richard Bailey no votes.

Spicer finished second in most precincts but Bailey did better in Northfield which makes sense because he was a police officer there.

Faribault totals were :

  • Jesse Thomas 1,496 votes
  • Ross Spicer 756 votes
  • Richard Bailey 226 votes

Approximately 21.3 % of voters in the city went to the polls.

Northfield totals were:

  • Jesse Thomas 1,372 votes
  • Ross Spicer 274 votes
  • Richard Bailey 511 votes

Approximately 17.2% of voters in Northfield cast their ballots.

The communities of Morristown, Lonsdale, Nerstrand and remaining townships had approximately a 22.2% turnout for the Primary Election:

Below is the precinct by precinct breakdown of the votes cast for each candidate for Rice County Sheriff.

County: PrecinctJesse J. ThomasRoss SpicerRichard Bailey
Rice: BRIDGEWATER TWP.2172819
Rice: CANNON CITY TWP.1494815
Rice: DENNISON CITY110
Rice: DUNDAS1491929
Rice: ERIN TWP.862215
Rice: FARIBAULT P-137715250
Rice: FARIBAULT P-232418251
Rice: FARIBAULT P-349224071
Rice: FARIBAULT P-430118254
Rice: FOREST TWP.1844820
Rice: LONSDALE CITY31719491
Rice: MORRISTOWN744112
Rice: MORRISTOWN TWP.65335
Rice: NERSTRAND3302
Rice: NORTHFIELD W-1 P-11612967
Rice: NORTHFIELD W-1 P-23626176
Rice: NORTHFIELD W-2 P-12235360
Rice: NORTHFIELD W-2 P-21933778
Rice: NORTHFIELD W-3 P-12276095
Rice: NORTHFIELD W-4 P-119432129
Rice: NORTHFIELD W-4 P-21226
Rice: NORTHFIELD TWP. P-12023
Rice: NORTHFIELD TWP. P-288159
Rice: RICHLAND TWP.3566
Rice: SHIELDSVILLE TWP.1352912
Rice: WALCOTT TWP.1145916
Rice: WARSAW TWP.1579218
Rice: WEBSTER TWP. P-1842216
Rice: WEBSTER TWP. P-2832431
Rice: WELLS TWP.2088418
Rice: WHEATLAND TWP.1194731
Rice: WHEELING TWP.61208
Candidate Totals:5,2451,8641,113

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