Des Moines Register Article RatingDemocrat Rob Sand announces 2026 campaign for governor, pitching 'new direction' for Iowa
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-8% Center
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75% ReliableGood
- Policy Leaning
4% Center
- Politician Portrayal
1% Positive
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The A.I. bias rating includes policy and politician portrayal leanings based on the author’s tone found in the article using machine learning. Bias scores are on a scale of -100% to 100% with higher negative scores being more liberal and higher positive scores being more conservative, and 0% being neutral.
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Contributing sentiments towards policy:
66% : "My faith is a tremendous motivator for a lot of decisions in my life," he said.60% : It's much more central to my identity and my entire life than just sort of running for elected office.
39% : " Sand, 42, is serving his second term as state auditor, a role focused on identifying waste and fraud in state government.
34% : He previously worked as a prosecutor in the Iowa Attorney General's office targeting public corruption.
*Our bias meter rating uses data science including sentiment analysis, machine learning and our proprietary algorithm for determining biases in news articles. Bias scores are on a scale of -100% to 100% with higher negative scores being more liberal and higher positive scores being more conservative, and 0% being neutral. The rating is an independent analysis and is not affiliated nor sponsored by the news source or any other organization.
