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Governor · IA · Democratic candidate · 2026

Rob Sand

Democratic candidate for governor of Iowa

Iowa state auditor and former public-corruption prosecutor focused on government accountability, health care costs, wages and public education.

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StateIowa
OfficeGovernor
ElectionNov. 3, 2026

Policy priorities

Where Rob stands.

Campaign position

Restore audits and ban trading

  • Would restore state-auditor access to records and bar public officials from trading individual stocks, using blind trusts instead

Campaign position

End Medicaid privatization and lower costs

  • Would end Iowa's privatized Medicaid system and establish a prescription-drug review board to address high medicine prices

Campaign position

Raise Iowa wages to $12

  • Supports a $12 state minimum wage, broader rural access to government jobs and help for small businesses

Campaign position

Provide preschool and school meals

  • Supports universal full-day preschool and universal public-school meals to reduce family costs and strengthen access to education

Campaign position

Legalize regulated adult cannabis

  • Would legalize adult-use cannabis for people 21 and older, with licensing, safety testing, age restrictions and child-resistant packaging

Campaign position

Make data centers cover costs

  • Would require data centers to pay infrastructure and utility costs, end their tax breaks and disclose water and energy use

Record and background

Record & experience.

  1. 2019–present

    Experience

    Iowa state auditor

    Leads the Iowa state auditor's office, which examines public finances and conducts special investigations.

  • Accomplishment

    Created government efficiency awards

    Pioneered the Public Innovations and Efficiencies program, recognizing local governments that adopt tax-saving practices.

  • Experience

    Assistant attorney general

    Prosecuted white-collar financial crimes for Iowa's attorney general, including the film tax-credit scandal.

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