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Rob Sand

Liberal
Democrat
N/A
Iowa

Current Position: Auditor of Iowa

Running For: Governor

Policy Positions

Business & Labor

  • Against giving immunity to chemical companies; supports allowing courts to hold chemical companies accountable for pesticide pollution
  • For making manure management plans publicly accessible and transparent

Health Care

  • For reversing Medicaid privatization through executive order
  • For expanding telehealth services and requiring insurance coverage at same rate as in-person care

Education

  • Against private school voucher program; supports implementing income limits, audits, and oversight for voucher spending
  • For universal all-day pre-K funded by redirecting private school voucher money

Environment

  • For expanding water quality monitoring and farmer-led water quality programs

Civil Rights

  • Against culture war bills; would veto restrictions on surrogacy, contraception, and IVF

Voting Rights & Democracy

  • For banning stock trading by elected officials and requiring financial disclosures including quarterly earnings reports
  • For term limits: statewide officials limited to 3 terms, state legislators to 12 years maximum, 20 years total in any state office
  • For age limits of 78 years for elected officials and judges
  • For requiring cognitive tests and civics tests for elected officials
  • For establishing a single public primary system with approval voting where up to 4 candidates advance to general election

Public Safety

  • For mandatory prison sentences for taxpayer abusers who steal over $10,000 in taxpayer dollars
  • For legalizing and regulating adult-use cannabis like alcohol with age restrictions and taxation
  • For requiring radon testing warnings in home sales and expanding radon mitigation professionals