Iowa Gov.-elect Rob Sand emphasizes need for Iowa government to work together

By: Cami Koons

Outlets: Iowa Capital Dispatch

Published: November 6, 2026

Words: 1,565

Last Updated: 3 days, 1 hour ago

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Iowa Gov.-elect Rob Sand, emphasized Friday that his priorities, and those of Iowa lawmakers, will need to be the product of collaboration now that Republicans’ trifecta majority has been divided.

“We don’t elect a dictator, right? We don’t elect a king or a queen,” Sand said during the taping of “Iowa Press” on Iowa PBS. “We elect a governor, and what that governor does is dependent in part on what the Legislature …

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