Democrat Rob Sand Flips Iowa Governor's Mansion

Iowa has a new governor-elect, and he's a Democrat. Rob Sand, the state auditor, beat Republican Zach Lahn, and the Associated Press called the race on election night with votes still out. The Washington Examiner caught an early count at 57.7 percent to 42.3. Breitbart's later tally had Sand at 56.4 percent, 697,708 votes to Lahn's 539,440. He succeeds the retiring Kim Reynolds, and the Washington Examiner and NBC News say he's the first Democrat elected governor there in about 20 years. The Gateway Pundit says 16. I'll let the pundits settle that.

If I put this twist in a novel, the consultant class would be the narrator nobody trusts. Every one of them saw it coming, and each will tell you so, by memo, after the fact. The auditor who spent years counting other people's money now owns the whole budget. Keep the receipts, Iowa.