Rob Sand
Iowa Democrat and state auditor since 2019; former assistant attorney general.
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Won the governorship 757,326 to 607,415
US Midterms 2026: Turek beats Hinson as Sand wins IowaBackground
Rob Sand won Iowa's governorship on 3 November 2026 by 757,326 votes to 607,415, the first Democrat elected governor of Iowa since 2006, CNBC reported.
Sand has been Iowa's state auditor since 2019, after beating Republican incumbent Mary Mosiman in 2018. In 2022 he was the only Democrat elected to statewide office in Iowa. Before that he was an assistant attorney general from 2010 to 2017.
His win came with Democrat Josh Turek taking Iowa's Senate seat and Democrats leading three of the state's four House districts. Republicans had held the governorship since 2011.
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