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Sam Temple

Nonpartisan · Minnesota · 2026

Running for Rice County Commissioner District 3, Minnesota

Top priorities

From the campaign site

  • Increase outreach for property tax deferral, energy assistance, and food support programs
  • Increase capacity for Veterans Services
  • Create a dedicated Family Crimes investigator and victim advocate position at the Sheriff's Office
Biography

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.

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Rice County Commissioner District 3Minnesota · 2026Rice County sample ballot

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