There are five members of the Senate Agriculture Committee that are up for re-election next month.  

P. Scott Shearer, Vice President

October 22, 2012

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Senate Agriculture Races to Watch
Five members of the Senate Agriculture Committee are up for re-election.

There are five members of the Senate Agriculture Committee that are up for re-election next month.  They are:

·  Senator Debbie Stabenow (D-MI), chairwoman of the committee, is being challenged by former Congressmen Pete Hoekstra (R-MI).  Stabenow is favored to win. 

·  Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) is being challenged by Ohio State Treasurer Josh Mandel.  Latest polls have Brown leading in a close race. 

·  Senator Bob Casey (D-PA) is being challenged by Tom Smith, who worked in coal mining.  Latest polls have Casey leading. 

·  Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) is being challenged by Kurt Bills, who is a member of the Minnesota House of Representatives.  Klobuchar is strongly favored to win re-election.

·  Senator Kristen Gillibrand (D-NY) is being challenged by attorney Wendy Long.  Gillibrand is strongly favored to win this race.

There are two members of the committee, Senators Kent Conrad (D-ND) and Ben Nelson (D-NE), who are not running for re-election.  Also, Senator Dick Lugar (R-IN), former chairman of the committee, was defeated in the Republican primary by Indiana State Treasurer Richard Mourdock, who is running against Congressman Joe Donnelly (D-IN).  The Donnelly-Mourdock race is considered a toss-up.

About the Author(s)

P. Scott Shearer

Vice President, Bockorny Group, Inc.

Scott Shearer is vice president of the Bockorny Group Inc., a leading bipartisan government affairs consulting firm in Washington, D.C. With more than 30 years experience in government and corporate relations in state and national arenas, he is recognized as a leader in agricultural trade issues, having served as co-chairman of the Agricultural Coalition for U.S.-China Trade and co-chairman of the Agricultural Coalition for Trade Promotion Authority. Scott was instrumental in the passage of China Permanent Normal Trade Relations and TPA. He is past chairman of the USDA-USTR Agricultural Technical Advisory Committee for Trade in Animals and Animal Products and was a member of the USAID Food Security Advisory Committee. Prior to joining the Bockorny Group, Scott served as director of national relations for Farmland Industries Inc., as well as USDA’s Deputy Assistant Secretary for Congressional Affairs (1993-96), serving as liaison for the Secretary of Agriculture and the USDA to Congress.

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