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Obama to name Iowa Gov. Vilsack as ag secretary

By Paul Schmelzer | 12.16.08 | 6:38 pm

So much for dreams of a Secretary of Agriculture Mark Ritchie. Today, the AP confirms that Barack Obama will be naming Iowa Gov. Tom Vilsack to the top USDA post. Ritchie, currently Minnesota Secretary of…

Colorado’s Salazar leading contender for Ag Secretary?

By Paul Schmelzer | 12.05.08 | 11:39 am

While two Minnesotans’ names — those of Rep. Collin Peterson and, perhaps more of a longshot, Secretary of State Mark Ritchie — have been bandied about as potential agriculture secretary candidates in the Obama administration,…