A report issued Tuesday morning by State Auditor Rob Sand details the complicated, four-step reporting chain implemented by the Iowa Department of Public Health to process coronavirus test results from Test Iowa clinics, a reporting chain Sand believes to be illegal...
Rob Sand Sets Up Donation Accounts For Struggling Iowans
Iowa Auditor Rob Sand took matters into his own hands Monday as he put out a call to action on social media asking for donations to individuals so they can spend money at small businesses impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. "Local restaurants need customers. Unemployed...
A Day On The Road With Rob Sand: Redefining The Auditor’s Office
We pulled away from downtown Des Moines at 7:45 a.m., heading to our first stop of the day, a town hall in Tama, Iowa. I needed some caffeine, and was praying Rob Sand did, too. Before we even got out of the city, we pulled up at a red light next to a QuikTrip. "Let's...
How Rob Sand Won
A guest post from Andrew Turner, campaign manager for Rob Sand's State Auditor race. Sand was the only Democrat to defeat a statewide Republican incumbent in Iowa this year. November 6, 2018 will forever be a bittersweet night for many of us. There were great...
Rob Sand Defeats Mary Mosiman In State Auditor’s Race
Rob Sand defeated State Auditor Mary Mosiman, ousting a Republican incumbent in one of Democrats' brighter moments of the evening. A former assistant attorney general, Sand will be the youngest statewide elected official in Iowa. While races for State Auditor are...
Potential Scenarios For Tonight’s Iowa Elections
It's here. It's finally, finally here. Iowans are headed to the polls this morning, and there's already reports of long lines and enthusiastic new voters registering at their voting place. After high-profile campaigns that have lasted an intense 16 months or more,...
Statewide Democratic Candidates Smash Republicans’ Fundraising Totals
It may be time for Iowa Republicans to sound the alarm bells. Fundraising totals just posted today for Iowa's latest reporting period show Democrats destroying their GOP counterparts in every single competitive statewide race. All told, Democrats' statewide candidates...
Rob Sand Breaks Half Million Mark In Fundraising For State Auditor Race
Democratic state auditor candidate Rob Sand will report raising just over $100,000 in the latest July finance report, bringing his total raised for his campaign past the half million dollar mark. State candidates have a July 19 filing deadline for the reporting period...
Rob Sand Out-Raises Mary Mosiman 3-To-1 In Latest Finance Report
Iowans don't often pay much attention to the election for State Auditor every four years. They certainly will be watching in 2018, thanks at least in part to Democrat Rob Sand's continued fundraising success. Sand's campaign will report raising $179,000 in the January...
Auditor Mary Mosiman Already In Trouble In Her Reelection Effort
Republican State Auditor Mary Mosiman is not off to a great start in her reelection effort in 2018. Campaign finance reports released last week showed the incumbent having only raised $28,392 through all of last year, and she's currently sitting on $62,458 cash on...