2 candidates are tracked for Rice County Commissioner District 3 on the November 3, 2026 ballot: Gerry Hoisington and Sam Temple. Candidate information follows official Rice County election filings; verify with the official election office linked below.
2 candidates on the November 3, 2026 ballot for Rice County Commissioner District 3, per the Minnesota Secretary of State's candidate filings.
County commissioner. The county board is the county's legislative and, in most states, executive body. Commissioners adopt the county budget and property tax rate, oversee roads, the jail, public health, planning and zoning in unincorporated areas, and appoint or confirm department heads. In counties with an elected county executive or judge, the board's role is mainly the budget and ordinances.
This race. Nonpartisan: candidates appear without party labels. Elected by district: only voters who live in the district see this race on their ballot. The sitting officeholder, Gerry Hoisington, is on the ballot.
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Nonpartisan Incumbent
Gerry Hoisington is the incumbent Rice County Commissioner for District 3, running for reelection in 2026, per the Faribault Daily News. He previously worked as a construction superintendent at Magney Construction. No campaign website was found as of September 6, 2026.
Nonpartisan
Per the campaign site.
Sam Temple is a Faribault native and former public-television documentary filmmaker who directed Northfield Public Broadcasting for nearly six years, per his campaign site. He is running for Rice County Commissioner, District 3, against Gerry Hoisington after narrowly losing the same race four years earlier.
Who is running for Rice County Commissioner District 3 in 2026?
2 candidates are tracked for Rice County Commissioner District 3 on the November 3, 2026 ballot: Gerry Hoisington and Sam Temple. Candidate information follows official Rice County election filings; verify with the official election office linked below.
When is the Rice County Commissioner District 3 election in Minnesota?
Election Day is Tuesday, November 3, 2026. Registration deadlines, early voting dates and mail ballot rules for Minnesota are on the Minnesota election hub at theballotbrief.com.
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Candidate roster from official Rice County and state election office filings, last verified September 27, 2026. Bios and priorities carry their attribution inline.
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