The following are the endorsed candidates and tickets of the Republican National Committee, MN GOP and Rice County Republicans:

PRESIDENT AND                                                             Mitt Romney and
VICE PRESIDENT                                                            Paul Ryan

U.S. SENATOR                                                                 Kurt Bills

U.S. CONGRESS
CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT 1:                                         Allen Quist

U.S. CONGRESS
CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT 2:                                         John Kline

STATE SENATE
DISTRICT 20:                                                                 Mike Dudley

STATE SENATE
DISTRICT 24:                                                                Vern Swendin

STATE HOUSE                                                             Brian
DISTRICT 20B:                                                           Wermerskirchen

STATE HOUSE
DISTRICT 24B:                                                                   Dan Kaiser

There are a number of GOP activists running in non-partisan races.  The following are non-partisan races in which the candidates requested and received “recommended status” from the Rice County Republicans:

COUNTY COMMISSIONER
DISTRICT 2                                                                         Jeff Quinnell

FARIBAULT CITY
SCHOOL BOARD                                                                Peggy Ployhar

The MN GOP is not endorsing or recommending any judicial candidates, as voted by delegates at the State Convention.

Other resources:

• You can preview your sample ballot here.

or

• If you reside in the city of Northfield, you can contact City Clerk Deb Little at 507.645.8833 to obtain a copy of the sample ballot for your precinct.
• If in a township, clerk can supply a copy of the ballot or click here 2012 Rice County Township Officers List
• The sample ballots were published in the Oct 24 and 31 of the Northfield News. Ballots would have been published in the Faribault Daily News by the Rice County Auditor’s Office. ( All offices in the county listed here. It could be confusing.)
• Rice County Auditor’s Office has sample ballots for all precincts.
• Ballots are also posted at the polling place 10 days before the election.

THE POLLS ARE OPEN 7:00 AM TO 8:00PM  – We’ll see you there!

We hope this helps,

Stephen N. Kallestad
Northfield