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- Democratic nominee Rob Sand rallied in Des Moines on June 7 2026.
- Sand and Republican Zach Lahn contest Iowa’s governor’s race as the state battles a budget deficit and a cancer crisis.
- Sand’s campaign gave about $750,000 to the Iowa Democratic Party and received $140,000 from the Democratic Governors Association.
- Democrats lag by 200,000 voters and are outnumbered in every House district, facing a Republican-controlled legislature that has limited executive power.
