Democratic candidate for governor Rob Sand launches '100 Town Hall Tour' across Iowa
Democratic candidate for Iowa governor Rob Sand is hitting the road for a statewide tour that will take him to every corner of Iowa. In an exclusive interview with vlog, Sand announced his "100 Town Hall Tour," pledging to hold events in all 99 counties plus a second stop in Lee County, home to two county seats.
Democratic candidate for Iowa governor Rob Sand is hitting the road for a statewide tour that will take him to every corner of Iowa. In an exclusive interview with vlog, Sand announced his "100 Town Hall Tour," pledging to hold events in all 99 counties plus a second stop in Lee County, home to two county seats.
Democratic candidate for Iowa governor Rob Sand is hitting the road for a statewide tour that will take him to every corner of Iowa. In an exclusive interview with vlog, Sand announced his "100 Town Hall Tour," pledging to hold events in all 99 counties plus a second stop in Lee County, home to two county seats.
Democratic candidate for Iowa governor Rob Sand is hitting the road for a statewide tour that will take him to every corner of Iowa.
In an exclusive interview with vlog, Sand announced his "100 Town Hall Tour," pledging to hold events in all 99 counties plus a second stop in Lee County, home to two county seats.
The tour kicks off Wednesday, June 25, with events in Waukee and Ankeny, and will wrap up in October in Winneshiek County. Sand said the tour is meant to give Iowans a direct line to his campaign and set a new standard for accessibility.
"I think that doing this as a campaign this year and next year gives people an ability to understand, No. 1, that I actually care about what they think, that I actually want them to come to an event as opposed to sort of sneaking in and sneaking out again," Sand said.
He also said the town halls will be public and open to Iowans of all political backgrounds.
"This is not going to be an event that's just for people in my party. I want everybody to be there," Sand added. "We're advertising all of them all at the same time because we want people to show up no matter who they are, as long as they're Iowans."
According to a press release from the Sand campaign, the events are designed to give voters a chance to share their top concerns and hear from Sand about his priorities, including lowering costs, increasing government accountability and improving health outcomes for Iowans.
"As elected officials, it’s our job to show up and listen everywhere and to every Iowan. That’s what I’ve done every year since taking office as State Auditor, and it's exactly what I plan on doing throughout this tour," the release stated.
Sand's campaign has published the full schedule of events to encourage broad participation from across the political spectrum.
Full schedule: Rob Sand's '100 Town Hall Tour'
Wednesday, June 25:
- Dallas County, IA, 5:30 p.m.
- Polk County, IA, 7:30 p.m.
Monday, June 30:
- Winnebago County, IA, noon
- Kossuth County, IA, 2:30 p.m.
- Emmet County, IA, 5 p.m.
- Dickinson County, IA, 7 p.m.
Tuesday, July 1:
- Osceola County, IA, 9 a.m.
- Lyon County, IA, 11 a.m.
- Sioux County, IA, 1:30 p.m.
- Plymouth County, IA, 3:45 p.m.
- Cherokee County, IA, 6 p.m.
- O’Brien County, IA, 8 p.m.
Wednesday, July 2:
- Clay County, IA, 9 a.m.
- Buena Vista County, IA, 11:30 a.m.
- Pocahontas County, IA, 1:45 p.m.
- Palo Alto County, IA, 3:45 p.m.
Wednesday, July 22:
- Pottawattamie County, IA, 5:30 p.m.
Friday, July 25:
- Black Hawk County, IA, 5:30 p.m.
Monday, July 28:
- Woodbury County, IA, 5:30 p.m.
Monday, Aug. 4:
- Page County, IA, 9:15 a.m.
- Fremont County, IA, 11:15 a.m.
- Mills County, IA, 1:15 p.m.
- Montgomery County, IA, 3:30 p.m.
- Cass County, IA, 5:45 p.m.
- Adair County, IA, 8 p.m.
Tuesday, Aug. 5:
- Adams County, IA, 9 a.m.
- Taylor County, IA, 11 a.m.
- Ringgold County, IA, 1:15 p.m.
- Union County, IA, 3:30 p.m.
Wednesday, Aug. 6:
- Marion County, IA, 10:15 a.m.
- Jasper County, IA, 12:45 p.m.
Monday, Aug. 18:
- Clarke County, IA, 9 a.m.
- Decatur County, IA, 11 a.m.
- Wayne County, IA, 1 p.m.
- Lucas County, IA, 3 p.m.
Tuesday, Aug. 19:
- Harrison County, IA, 9 a.m.
- Shelby County, IA, 11 a.m.
- Audubon County, IA, 1 p.m.
- Guthrie County, IA, 3 p.m.
- Calhoun County, IA, 5:30 p.m.
- Greene County, IA, 7:45 p.m.
Thursday, Aug. 21:
- Benton County, IA, 1 p.m.
Tuesday, Sept. 2:
- Wright County, IA, 9 a.m.
- Hancock County, IA, 11:30 a.m.
- Humboldt County, IA, 2 p.m.
- Hamilton County, IA, 4:30 p.m.
- Story County, IA, 6:45 p.m.
Thursday, Sept. 4:
- Johnson County, IA, 5:30 p.m.
Monday, Sept. 8:
- Appanoose County, IA, 10 a.m.
- Monroe County, IA, 12:15 p.m.
- Warren County, IA, 7:30 p.m.
Wednesday, Sept. 10:
- Sac County, IA, 9 a.m.
- Ida County, IA, 11:15 a.m.
- Monona County, IA, 1:45 p.m.
- Crawford County, IA, 4:15 p.m.
- Carroll County, IA, 6:15 p.m.
Friday, Sept. 12:
- Madison County, IA, 7:30 p.m.
Monday, Sept. 15:
- Scott County, IA, 5:30 p.m.
Wednesday, Sept. 17:
- Linn County, IA, 5:30 p.m.
Monday, Sept. 22:
- Mahaska County, IA, 10 a.m.
- Davis County, IA, 12:30 p.m.
- Wapello County, IA, 2:30 p.m.
Wednesday, Sept. 24:
- Keokuk County, IA, 9 a.m.
- Iowa County, IA, 11:15 a.m.
- Tama County, IA, 1:30 p.m.
- Poweshiek County, IA, 3:45 p.m.
Monday, Sept. 29:
- Washington County, IA, 9 a.m.
- Jefferson County, IA, 11:15 a.m.
- Van Buren County, IA, 1:15 p.m.
- Henry County, IA, 3:30 p.m.
- Des Moines County, IA, 5:45 p.m.
- Lee County, IA, 8 p.m.
Tuesday, Sept. 30:
- Lee County, IA, 9 a.m.
- Louisa County, IA 11:30 a.m.
- Muscatine County, IA, 1:30 p.m.
Tuesday, Oct. 7:
- Jones County, IA, 9:30 a.m.
- Jackson County, IA, 11:45 a.m.
- Cedar County, IA, 2:15 p.m.
- Clinton County, IA, 5 p.m.
- Dubuque County, IA, 7:45 p.m.
Wednesday, Oct. 8:
- Fayette County, IA, 9 a.m.
- Clayton County, IA, 11 a.m.
- Delaware County, IA, 1:15 p.m.
- Buchanan County, IA, 3:15 p.m.
Tuesday, Oct. 14:
- Webster County, IA, 12:30 p.m.
- Boone County, IA, 7:30 p.m.
Friday, Oct. 17:
- Franklin County, IA, 10 a.m.
- Hardin County, IA, 12:30 p.m.
- Marshall County, IA, 3:15 p.m.
Monday, Oct. 20:
- Grundy County, IA, 9 a.m.
- Butler County, IA, 11:15 a.m.
- Floyd County, IA, 1:15 p.m.
- Cerro Gordo County, IA, 3:30 p.m.
- Worth County, IA, 5:30 p.m.
- Mitchell County, IA, 7:30 p.m.
Tuesday, Oct. 21:
- Howard County, IA, 9 a.m.
- Chickasaw County, IA, 11:15 a.m.
- Bremer County, IA, 1:30 p.m.
- Allamakee County, IA, 4:30 p.m.
- Winneshiek County, IA, 6:30 p.m.