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The Task Force’s recommendations give us the critical tools we need to be proactive in rooting out fraud, waste, and abuse.

Every dollar lost to Medicaid fraud is a dollar stolen from vulnerable Iowans who need the program and the hardworking Iowans who fund it with their taxes.

Iowans exercised their right to vote yesterday, electing Rob Sand as Iowa’s next governor. I spoke with him this morning to offer my congratulations and express my personal commitment to a strong transition. Now that the election is over…

As auditor I would prioritize transparency, efficiency, and results over headlines and partisanship.

“The (early voting) trending is definitely there, and I think it’s gonna be here for a while,” Pate said.

“You didn’t see a big ticket thing here,” Pate said. “I don’t think it was a Democrat wave or a Republican wave. This was a wave based on the candidates and their messaging. So we’ll watch and see how it unfolds over the next two years.”

It is time to put politics aside, dial down the rhetoric, and start solving problems for Iowa's families and Iowa's farmers.

Our veterans need a lot of help too, our students, our young people need a lot of help and the millions across this country who are expecting more results out of Washington, D.C., and that’s what this campaign was all about.

Tonight, I hope that we can agree on this, that the campaign is behind us and the work of serving the people of Iowa remains ahead.

Serving this district has been the honor of my life. The results tonight are disappointing, but I am grateful to every Iowan who put their trust in me, to our volunteers, to my staff, and to my family.

It’s the vision of the candidate that matters, and that leadership involves understanding that when you are the governor of this great state, you are not the governor of a specific party or a specific part of the state, you are governor of…

Of course I voted to release the Epstein files.

If all I did was rely on Democrats to vote for me, I never would have made it.

Today’s launch of the Iowa Scholarship Granting Organization application is the next step toward making this no-cost investment in Iowa students a reality.

The Education Freedom Federal Tax Credit complements existing statewide programs and will further expand access with taxpayer contributions that benefit K-12 students and families here in Iowa.

Iowa believes in empowering every student and family with world-class educational options so they can choose the best place and path for their future.

Iowans deserve a Medicaid system that is efficient and free from fraud.

While we work to protect Iowa taxpayers’ investment in these programs, we’re equally focused on ensuring that quality care and services are available for every eligible Iowan who relies on them.