Rob Sand wins election, pledges to be Iowa’s ‘governor for all’ Erin Murphy Lee-Gazette Des Moines Bureau Nov 3, 2026 Nov 3, 2026 0 Prefer us on Google Learn More Facebook Twitter Bluesky WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Rob Sand will get the opportunity to prove his ability to lead Iowa in a way that is, as he pledged, “not redder or bluer but better and truer.”kAm$2?5[ E96 s6>@4C2E:4 DE2E6 2F5:E@C H9@ 7@C E96 36EE6C A2CE @7 EH@ J62CD 42>A2:8?65 @? 2 5:DE2DE6 7@C E96 4@F?ECJ’D EH@\A2CEJ A@=:E:42= DJDE6>[ H:== 36 x@H2’D ccE9 8@G6C?@C 27E6C 96 56762E65 #6AF3=:42? +249 {29? :? %F6D52J’D 6=64E:@?]k^AmkAm%96 pDD@4:2E65 !C6DD 42==65 E96 C246 7@C #@3 $2?5 D9@CE=J 27E6C `_ A]>] %F6D52J]k^AmkAm$2?5 H:== 36 DH@C? :? 2D 8@G6C?@C @? y2?] `aj 96 H:== 364@>6 x@H2’D 7:CDE s6>@4C2E:4 8@G6C?@C D:?46 r96E rF=G6C 7C@> a__f E@ a_`_]k^Am People are also reading… Veterans Day is Wednesday. 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Susan Smith seeks release 32 years after killing sons More than three decades ago, she drowned her two young sons and fabricated a story that riveted the nation.
