(Radio Iowa) – Rob Sand, who did not have a Primary opponent, officially won the Democratic Party’s nomination for governor yesterday (Tuesday). Sand says Iowans are frustrated about what’s happened while Republicans have held the governorship and G-O-P majorities in the legislature.
“I’m not here to tell you that the answers to 10 years of one-party control is to give the other party 10 years of one-party control, but I do think it’s time to say enough,” Sand said. “…It’s time for balanced government in Iowa.”
Sand, who has been state auditor since 2019, says for much of his life Democrats and Republicans had to share control of the levers of state government and Iowans kept electing Republican Chuck Grassley and Democrat Tom Harkin to the U.S. Senate.
“I want Iowa to be divided government,” Sand said. “I think most Iowans are ready for that and they would see it as meaningful change in the right direction.”
