The Gazette: Rob Sand is “Talking to Iowans a Little Differently”

DES MOINES, IA – As he continues his 100 Town Hall Tour across the state, candidate for governor Rob Sand’s message is resonating with voters from all parties, The Gazette reports. Attendees from all political backgrounds were interviewed and called Rob’s approach “refreshing,” and “inspiring,” with The Gazette noting “Sand’s talk of politics that do not adhere to the two major parties resonates with many of the Iowans who come to his town halls.”

Read more from The Gazette here, or key quotes below:

• A retired lawyer from Creston, Kenyon said he found himself in total agreement with Sand, who talked about his faith, led the crowd in singing “America the Beautiful,” praised law enforcement and bad-mouthed the Democrat-led states of California and New York.

• Kenyon voted Republican in the last election but came to hear from Sand — along with more than 100 others — on an early August weekday afternoon in this Union County seat of roughly 7,500. “I agree with him 100 percent. I think he hit the nail right on the head,” Kenyon said after hearing Sand speak for about an hour inside a Creston bar and grill.

• “I picked the Democratic Party because of my faith. Jesus is for the little guy, and I think the Democratic Party is for the little guy, too.”

• In Creston, Roxanne Carroll called Sand “inspiring,” and Jon Carroll also expressed his appreciation for Sand’s criticism of a political system dominated by two parties. In Knoxville, Heather Woolridge described Sand as “refreshing.”

• “I like that he’s willing to work with everyone. He has no bias,” Woolridge said after seeing Sand there. “That’s what’s refreshing.”