With every passing month, mid-term elections creep closer and candidates aren't backing down. Republican Bob Vander Plaats pitched his platform to become Iowa's next governor to the Sioux City Rotary Club Monday.

Vander Plaats has run for governor and lieutenant governor in the past. He told the rotary crowd that he thinks the budget is the biggest issue. Vander Plaats says the way to cut back on spending is to streamline government.

"We need a governor that says, 'I'll deliver limited government, but with results, and then I'll give you a competitive tax structure and regulatory structure, so you can do business in the state of Iowa,'" said Vander Plaats.

Vander Plaats also told Rotarians, he feels Iowans have embraced his campaign and he looks forward to the primaries four months from now on June 8th.