by Luke Martz | Feb 3, 2023 | Courts, Media, Opinion, State Government
Rob Sand gets off scot-free for refusing to turn over government emails from liberal blogger/activist Laura Belin, a state district court ruled last week. Sand withheld Belin’s emails with his chief of staff John McCormally until he was sued by the Kirkwood Institute,...
by Luke Martz | Oct 19, 2022 | Campaigns, Legislature, State Government
The Dallas County Attorney’s Office has asked Judge Virginia Cobb to recuse herself from the criminal case against Sonya Heitshusen for reckless use of a firearm because the judge’s niece is a volunteer for Heitshusen’s campaign. According to the County Attorney’s...
by Luke Martz | Oct 17, 2022 | Opinion
Rob Sand—Iowa’s hunting, breakfast pizza tweeting male model of a state auditor—has been barnstorming the state over the last few months, meeting with voters and appearing with other Democratic candidates up and down the ticket. But not Deidre Dejear. Sand has...
by Luke Martz | Jan 4, 2022 | Campaigns, Congress, Featured, State Politics
Happy New Year! We can’t tell you how much we appreciate our readers here at Iowa Field Report. Because of you, we saw another year of incredible growth in readership. Iowa Field Report launched in January 2020. In these past two years, we have been blown away...
by Luke Martz | Dec 7, 2021 | Campaigns, Opinion, State Politics
This afternoon, Rob Sand waved the white flag, announcing that he will postpone his dream of running for governor and will instead run for re-election as auditor. With that announcement, it’s time to check in on our predictions from June, which were (drum roll) 100%...
