At this point in the voting, Jones is leading with Smith in second place and Johnson 'bringing up the rear'.
They 'reared' [='brought up', ('chiefly US') 'raised'] their children to be polite and well-mannered.
Someone 'rear-ended' my car at a stoplight. = My car was 'rear-ended' at a stoplight.
(..) like a girl all the time. - Come on. - Wait for me. I'm coming. We'll go around back... and crawl under the high wire fence at the rear ofthe Radley lot. I don't believe we can be seen from there. Come on. Come on. Come on. (..)1962 To Kill a Mockingbird