UNION COUNT — The results of the 2020 Primary are in for Union County and the biggest competition of the election, the four-way race for the sheriff’s office, has two candidates who will appear on the November ballot, Cody Bowen and Union County Sheriff Boyd Rassmusen 

Bowen won a plurality of the votes at 41.57% and Shane Rollins fell out of the running with the lowest at 7.62%. Sheriff Boyd Rasmussen and Bill Miller were close in numbers a majority of primary night with a quarter of the votes but Rasmussen won by 139 votes more than Miller. 

“It was a good race, there were a lot of good candidates out there,” Rollins said. “I hope whoever does win hears what the people out there have to say and see there is a need out there that isn’t being met.” 

Bowen was excited to be the top candidate in the primary for the office. While he says he doesn’t like to be politics in this position he is ready to finish what he started and win the election and be next sheriff. 

“I put a lot of time and effort into being seen and available for the community,” Bowen said. “The biggest thing that led to success is that I spoke from the heart and was honest and transparent.”