Statewide Iowa — State Auditor Rob Sand has posted a video online to announce he intends to seek a second term.
Sand, an attorney who had worked as a prosecutor in the Iowa Attorney General’s office, defeated incumbent Republican State Auditor Mary Mosiman in 2018.
Sand, a Democrat, had been considering a run for governor, but did not mention that in the 85 second video. Iowa GOP chairman Jeff Kaufmann accuses Sand of using the auditor’s office to make a partisan attack on Republican Governor Kim Reynolds’ use of pandemic relief to pay staff in her office last year. No Republican candidate has announced plans to run for state auditor in 2022.
