Iowa’s candidates for governor stuck to the granular issues and largely avoided personal attacks at their debate on Wednesday night, with differences between Republican businessman Zach Lahn and Democrat State Auditor Rob Sand most vivid on taxes and education.
\n\nLahn, a first-time candidate who defeated U.S. Rep. Randy Feenstra in a Republican primary upset, continued to pitch an outsider message. He advocated for ending property taxes on primary family residences and “radical transparency” in state government spending. He said he talked to senior citizens and young families who said fear renting their homes from government, blaming property taxes for squeezing them on top of other costs.
\n\nSand, meanwhile, pitched raising taxes and said Republican income tax cuts had not helped the state grow. He is a strong proponent of recreational cannabis and taxing it at the same rate as alcohol.
\n\nBoth candidates agreed on increasing efficiency in government and ending tax breaks for data centers.
\n\nSaid Sand, “We also want to make sure that data centers are paying their full freight. They shouldn’t be getting tax breaks. I think that’s wrong. I think the tax breaks that have been given to them are wrong and they should be paying every…
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