Sand ran for the United States Senate in North Dakota on the Republican ticket in 2000 against incumbent Kent Conrad of the Democratic-Nonpartisan League, and was called for duty after the election in 2001.

According to the North Dakota Highway Patrol, the plane came down in the corn field's soft soil, bounced, flipped forward and landed upside down.

[10] On April 9, 2018, Sand filed papers to run in the June 12 Republican primary for State House in District 47, which is mostly suburban north Bismarck.

[11] Sand lost that primary to incumbent representatives George Keiser and Larry Klemin in a campaign that included accusations of misstatements and smears.

[12] Keiser later filed a police report that accused Sand of violating the North Dakota Corrupt Practices Act with an advertisement misstating his opponent's vote.