Iowa Gubernatorial candidate Rob Sand (D) isn’t eager for help from former President Joe Biden or former Vice President Kamala Harris, he told POLITICO in an interview published Wednesday.

Sand said that’s true even if Harris runs for president in 2028.

POLITICO’s Jonathan Martin said on X that Sand is the “first high-profile Dem to answer this question directly.”

He asked, “Would you want to have Joe Biden here campaign for you?” and followed that up with “How about Kamala Harris?”

Sand declined both, saying of Harris: “No, thanks. Let’s move on. We need some new leadership.”

After he was asked if Harris should run in 2028, Sand answered, “No.”

Martin also asked, “What is your view as to what the best option is for Democrats in 2020? You don’t have to name names. You can if you want. But should there be a governor, somebody not from D.C. as your nominee?”

“I just… you got my gut reaction on a couple,” Sand replied. “I don’t know what the answer to that is. I mean, I got an election in 75 days.”

Sand’s campaign in Iowa has grown contentious in recent weeks.

The Iowa Capital Dispatch reported the candidate was followed and booed by “activists with the conservative organization Turning Point USA” last week. While speaking to reporters at the Des Moines Register Political Soapbox Saturday, he said those who followed him were “kids.”

“I mean, I don’t know why they’re doing what they’re doing, or how they think that’s effective,” Sand added. “I felt bad for all the people around us who were trying to enjoy the fair and having their experience disrupted. So that’s all I had to say about that.”

He also said his message for his supporters at the event and beyond is, “Don’t behave like the kids from Turning Point USA.”

Sand is running against Republican Zach Lahn, whose opponents have described him as a “part-time Iowan” because he frequently visits Kansas to see “some” of his children.

Watch the above via POLITICO/X.

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