(Radio Iowa) – Former Iowa Governor Tom Vilsack isn’t ruling out another stint as U-S Agriculture Secretary if Kamala Harris wins and asks him to continue in the role.
Vilsack says he’s dedicated the last 40 years to trying to figure out ways to help farmers and small towns thrive and Vilsack told reporters at this week’s Farm Progress Show that he hopes to continue doing that until he takes his last breath. Vilsack, who is 74, served eight years as U-S Ag Secretary during the Obama Adminsitration and has been President Biden’s Secretary of Agriculture since 2021.
The nation’s longest serving Ag Secretary was from Iowa. “Tama Jim” Wilson, a farmer from Traer who served in the Iowa legislature and the U-S congress, was U-S Secretary of Agriculture for 16 years.
