Iowa Democrats haven’t held the State Auditor’s office since the 1960’s. Even with the national dynamics, folks haven’t gotten seriously bullish on Iowa quite yet. That said, recent polling of the state find’s Trump seriously underwater, and with Terry Branstad spending his time carrying Trump’s water in China now, there is a serious contest for the Governor’s mansion.
With all that, I’m seriously excited about a young Democrat running for State Auditor — Rob Sand.
According to Iowa Starting Line, he’s posted a record haul with his EOY fundraising:
It looks like Iowans will see a hotly-contested race for State Auditor this year. Democratic candidate Rob Sand informed Starting Line that he has raised an eye-popping $200,854 in his bid for the oft-overlooked state office. Sand announced back in early November, so this fundraising haul for the 2017 report was accomplished in just seven weeks, a record for any state auditor campaign in that short a time.
For comparison’s sake, Sand has already raised more than incumbent Republican State Auditor Mary Mosiman brought in during the entirety of her first election in 2014. She raised $178,166 in all then, $50,000 of which was from the state party. Mosiman had $41,621 cash on hand as of the end of 2016, but she’ll soon file her 2017 fundraising report by January 19.
Sand’s campaign also noted that they have over 800 donors so far, topping the 550 donors that Mosiman had total for the 2014 cycle.
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