Who’s on the Short List for Secretary of Ag?
President-Elect Trump reportedly has a long list of candidates from which to pull in deciding on the nation’s new secretary of agriculture.
It includes:
- Kansas Governor Sam Brownback
- Former Nebraska Governor Dave Heineman
- Former Georgia Governor Sonny Perdue
- Former Texas Governor Rick Perry
- Charles Herbster, Republican donor and agribusiness leader
- Mike McCloskey, dairy executive in Indiana
- Bruce Rastetter, Republican donor in Iowa
- Kip Tom, Indiana farmer and Congressional candidate who lost in the primary earlier this year
- Chuck Connor, president and CEO of the National Council of Farmer Cooperatives
- Don Villwock, president of the Indiana Farm Bureau
- Ted McKinney, director of the Indiana Department of Agriculture.
Sources: Arabella Advisors, Republican insiders