Rob Sand and Dave Muhlbauer Sprint Through Finish Line on “Iowa For All” Tour

DES MOINES, IA – This week, nominee for governor Rob Sand continued his sprint to election day alongside nominee for lieutenant governor Dave Muhlbauer on their “Iowa For All” tour. In the final days of the campaign, Rob and Dave continue to travel across the state, making the case for Iowa to return to its longstanding tradition of divided government. At every stop, Rob and Dave have highlighted their comprehensive plans to solve Iowa’s crises of corruption, cancer, and costs, emphasizing that tackling these challenges takes more than one person or one party.

KCRG: Sand urges supporters to turn out voters five days before Election Day

Democratic gubernatorial candidate Rob Sand and his running mate, Dave Muhlbauer, are urging supporters to help get other voters to the polls five days before Election Day.
At a rally of several dozen supporters in Clive, Sand said the work supporters put in over the next few days could make the difference.
Sand said the state needs voices from across all political parties to bring real change.

KGAN: Rob Sand and Dave Muhlbauer campaign together in central Iowa days before election

With Election Day just days away, Democratic gubernatorial candidate Rob Sand and his running mate, Dave Muhlbauer, campaigned together in central Iowa, calling for a change in direction after nearly a decade of Republican control of state government.
“Our state right now has lost its way. Our state government has lost its way,” Sand said. “We are at the bottom for economic growth. We are at the top for cancer growth.”
The candidates highlighted priorities including addressing Iowa’s high cancer rates, lowering costs for farmers and improving public education.
“If it’s a good idea we don’t care where it comes from,” Muhlbauer said. “We care that it’ll help all Iowans. Make Iowa healthier, stronger and a better place.”

The Daily Iowan: Sand rallies Iowa City voters before midterm election

Less than a week out from the midterm election, Democratic gubernatorial candidate Rob Sand walked around ReUnion Brewery shaking University of Iowa students’ hands and taking selfies to send to their moms.
Sand called attendees to be part of a movement with the little time they have left.
“Please, if you’re thinking about what you’re going to do this weekend, put it to good use. You can be on the Ped Mall, but you can be there with a clipboard, right? You can be on the Ped Mall with a bunch of door hangers, handing them out to people to remind them to vote,” he said.
Morgan Eyanson-Renken, a second-year student at the University of Iowa and attendee of the event, has already voted for Sand. She said she chose to vote for him because he actually represents the majority of people who live in Iowa.
Eyanson-Renken said she felt like Republicans and Democrats have focused on the minority group of people who don’t represent the majority of Iowans and doesn’t think Iowans can make progress if everyone thinks the same way.
Eden Reicherts, a first-year student at the UI, reflected similar sentiments and said she appreciated how he took all Iowans into account.
“If we want everyone to be represented, we need all parties,” she said.

Little Village: Rob Sand encourages UI students to be ‘part of this movement’ and change the direction of the state

“We have one week to change the direction of the state of Iowa,” Rob Sand said at a get-out-the-vote event in Iowa City on Wednesday afternoon. “… So I’m asking you, think about what you’re doing the rest of this week, think about what you’re doing this weekend, think about what you’re doing next week.”
“When you have too few people in charge, only representing a small group of people, they will only work for a small group of people,” Sand said. “They will not be focused on representing the interests of the entire state.”
Sand finished his speech by encouraging the people at ReUnion to volunteer in any capacity they’re able for the final days of the campaign.
“The single most impactful thing you can do in Iowa City to get a person to decide to vote, or to make up their mind who to vote for, is the same as anywhere else: face-to-face conversation with another human being,” he said.
“I don’t think ‘movement’ is an overstatement,” Sand said. “We have over 3,400 Iowa Republicans that have donated to this campaign for governor. That’s actually more Iowa Republicans than my opponent has donating to his campaign.”
Sand ended the event by inviting anyone who was interested to take a photo with him. Almost everyone did. The line stretched across the room as people waited to shake hands and speak briefly with Sand. The photo session lasted almost as long as the speech did.

Carroll Times Herald: Rob Sand hears from St. Anthony leaders, staff in Carroll

Sand toured St. Anthony Regional Hospital with his lieutenant governor running mate, Dave Muhlbauer, a supervisor from neighboring Crawford County whose three children were born at St. Anthony. Muhlbauer’s son worked as a nurses’ aide for a time at the regional health care center.
For over an hour, during the tour, and in a sit-down with St. Anthony CEO and President Allen Anderson, Chief Medical Officer Dr. Suzy Feigofsky, board member Matt Greteman and others, Sand heard about the regional successes and challenges in health care.
Sand has called for the reversal of the privatization of Medicaid in Iowa, noting that illegal denials of claims have increased 900 percent since Medicaid was stripped from the state and placed in the hands of managed care organizations.

Daily Gate City: Sand makes final campaign swing in Lee County

Gubernatorial candidate and current State Auditor Rob Sand spoke at the Keokuk Labor Temple on Friday along with his running mate for Lt. Governor, Dave Muhlbauer. They stopped by in the morning and spoke to a room of people enjoying pastries and coffee and hearing from the candidate.
He encouraged people to get out and knock on doors and talk to friends and neighbors to get out and vote. He said there are no do-overs in the election, so on Wednesday if he is not the winner of the election, he doesn’t want people wishing they had done more.
He asked the crowd if there should be term limits and age limits for politicians and got an applause. He said it’s great if the ownership of stocks by politicians isn’t legal, but he wants to see mandatory prison time for those who steal government funds while in office.

The Messenger: Sand pledges common sense governing

Democrat Rob Sand told a Fort Dodge audience Thursday that he will lead Iowa back to a bipartisan style of government that will serve the people if he is elected governor.
“We have never been a state about Democrats versus Republicans,” he told a cheering crowd of about 95 people at Shiny Top Brewing, 520 Central Ave. “We’ve been a state about right versus wrong, not right versus left, and that’s what I want to get back to.”
“I want to start putting regulations on the most forgotten and most important place to put them – on politicians,” he said.

1380KCIM: Sand, Muhlbauer Tour St. Anthony Days Before Nov. 3 Election

Democratic gubernatorial nominee Rob Sand and his running mate, Dave Muhlbauer, visited St. Anthony Regional Hospital this (Thursday) morning with just five days remaining until Election Day on Nov. 3. Sand and Muhlbauer were joined on the tour by St. Anthony President and CEO Allen Anderson, CFO Eric Salmonson, and other hospital staff and administrators.
A core tenet of Sand’s healthcare platform is ending privatized Medicaid in Iowa, which has created reimbursement disparities for facilities like St. Anthony.