district website birth_place imagesize party preceded state_house birth_date term_start residence image article_title name
87th -lsb- http://www3.legis.state.ia.us/ga/member.do?id=249 sands 's website -rsb- muscatine , iowa 150px republican effie boggess iowa 13 september 1954 january 13 , 2003 columbus junction , iowa thomas r. sands - official portrait - 84th ga.jpg tom sands
 tom r. sands
tom sands

thomas r. `` tom '' sands -lrb- born september 13 , 1954 -rrb- is the iowa state representative from the 88th district .
a republican , he has served in the iowa house of representatives since 2003 .
, sands serves on several committees in the iowa house - the environmental protection and public safety committees .
he also serves as the chair of the ways and means committee .
his political experience includes serving on the columbus junction city council .
