“He’s Stopping in Places Democrats Seeking High Office Don’t Usually Go.” Rob Sand Brings 100 County Town Hall Tour to Cherokee & Buena Vista Counties

Storm Lake Times Pilot: Rob Sand is “Absolutely Unique and Distinctive,” A “Game Changer”

Cherokee Chronicle Times: “Sand emphasized practical fixes over partisan sound bites — and spent just as much time listening as he did talking.”

CLEGHORN, IA – Earlier this month, Rob Sand brought his 100 Town Hall Tour to Buena Vista and Cherokee counties during a three-day, 14-stop swing across Northern and Northwest Iowa, “stopping in places Democrats seeking high office don’t usually go,” according to the Storm Lake Times Pilot. As part of the 14-stop swing, Rob visited Cleghorn, “the first time a Democrat has appeared in the Cherokee County village of less than 300 in recent memory,” and in Storm Lake, becoming “the first Democrat in recent memory to hold a town hall at Smokin’ Hereford.”

Read more about Rob’s visit to Cherokee & Buena Vista county below:

• Storm Lake Times Pilot: Democrats Last Best Hope in Iowa

  • “I appreciate your being here. It’s important,” Sand said to the Republicans and independents who heard his half-hour stump speech in 100 communities in Iowa.

  • He’s stopping in places Democrats seeking high office don’t usually go. He appeared in Cleghorn on Monday — it’s the first time a Democrat has appeared in the Cherokee County village of less than 300 in recent memory. He launched his campaign in Aurelia, a place Democrats running for high office sometimes drive through, but never launch their campaigns. He’s the first Democrat in recent memory to hold a town hall at Smokin’ Hereford.

  • “He is the only Democrat to run for statewide office at a time when he is the only Democrat to have won a statewide election in recent years. He’s absolutely unique and distinctive in the electoral landscape at this moment.”

• Cherokee Chronicle Times: Rob Sand Stumps in Cleghorn

  • State Auditor and Democratic gubernatorial candidate Rob Sand made a stop in Cleghorn last week, speaking plainly about the challenges facing Iowa and taking time to hear directly from residents.

  • The conversation spanned housing shortages, rural depopulation, workforce struggles, and frustrations with state policies that restrict local decision-making.

  • Sand emphasized practical fixes over partisan sound bites — and spent as much time listening as he did talking.

  • “We have to break the cycle of negativity and polarization, he said. “Politics should be about listening and working together — not tearing each other down.”