Rob Sand Brings Message of Accountability and Affordability to Eastern Iowa on 100 Town Hall Tour

DES MOINES, IA – Last week, nominee for governor Rob Sand continued his annual 100 Town Hall Tour, making stops in Monroe, Henry, Lee, Iowa, Cedar, and Muscatine counties to hear directly from Iowans about the issues affecting their communities.

At each stop, Rob highlighted his commitment to making state government more accountable to the people it serves, and outlined his plans to lower costs and make life more affordable, including his “Affordability for All” plan, which includes key proposals to lower health care, energy, education, and housing costs for Iowans.

Learn more about Rob’s latest 100 Town Hall Tour stops below:

Daily Gate City: Sand makes case to be Iowa’s next governor for both parties at townhall

Iowa State Auditor Rob Sand could be the state’s next governor, and he took the time to remind some Southeast Iowans about his background and make a case for this leadership and ideas on Tuesday.
Around 100 people were in attendance, and the townhall was one of three campaign stops on Tuesday, which also included Mount Pleasant and Albia.
Sand cited policies such as age limits, term limits, a ban on stock trading, mandatory prison time for people who steal from taxpayers, mandatory townhall meetings, and ending special legal privileges for the Democratic and Republican parties as ways to hold elected officials in the state more accountable.
Sand also was critical of his Republican opponent, Zach Lahn, who owns a mansion in Kansas and has traveled frequently by plane to Iowa and back during his campaign for governor, and did not register to vote in Iowa until 2024.
And Sand said that, despite the possibility that he may be stuck trying to govern the state with the opposition party in control of the state legislature, he believes common-sense proposals and those Republican legislators having to answer to their voters will be enough to persuade them into working across the aisle in good faith.
“I’m happy to piss off powerful people in either political party; I’d love to continue to piss them off as your governor.”

Quad City Times: Iowa gubernatorial candidate Rob Sand stumps in Muscatine

Speaking to 275 people in the auditorium at Jefferson Elementary School in Muscatine on Thursday, Sand spoke candidly about the current political system and how it keeps today’s politicians from truly working in a bipartisan manner for the people.
Sand asked how many Republicans were in the crowd, how many were independents, and how many were Democrats. While there were more Democrats in the crowd, there was also a good smattering of Republicans and independents.
“I think our political system is broken, mostly because it’s run by two private clubs,” he said as applause broke out. “There are a lot of people in those two private clubs, particularly in the leadership of them that are actually much more interested in beating up on each other rather than solving the problems.”
Sand said that Iowans are very worried about the corruption in the political system, as well as the state’s high cancer rates and the cost of living.
Sand said he wants to get back to a divided system where there are checks and balances, and Democrats and Republicans have to work together to solve problems. He is not afraid to anger elected officials on either side of the political aisle. The goal is to solve the common problems Iowans face.

Waukon Standard: Rob Sand holds Town Hall meeting in Waukon

Approximately 70 individuals were present for the Allamakee County Town Hall included in Sand’s 100 Town Hall Tour taking place in each of Iowa’s 99 counties with two Town Hall meetings taking place in Lee County in the southeast corner of the state which has two county seats, Fort Madison and Keokuk, something that is unique to that county in comparison to the rest of the state.
Prior to the Town Hall at Robey Memorial Library, a 10-minute press availability allowed questions from various media outlets. In response to questions from The Standard, Sand discussed the Public Innovations and Efficiencies (PIE) Program which encourages public entities across the state, including school districts, local governments and agencies, to implement and share cost saving ideas or “PIE Recipes” that improve efficiency and reduce waste.
Relating to the PIE Program during the remainder of his term as State Auditor and if elected Governor of Iowa, Sand made note of discussions relating to the possibility of making the PIE Program mandatory for state entities including local governments and school districts, and that he is hopeful the next elected State Auditor will continue the PIE Program from that office.