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The 2024 West Virginia Commissioner of Agriculture election will take place on November 5, 2024, to elect the next commissioner of agriculture. Incumbent Republican commissioner Kent Leonhardt was re-elected with 69% of the vote.
Kent Leonhardt (born April 2, 1954) is the West Virginia Commissioner of Agriculture. Having been elected in November 2016, [1] he took office January 2017. He is a member of the United States Republican Party. Leonhardt is a farmer operating a 380-acre (150 ha) farm in western Monongalia County, West Virginia. He raises sheep, cattle, and goats.
The West Virginia Department of Agriculture is managed by the agriculture commissioner, an elected official operating independently of the governor's authority. Kent Leonhardt has served as the commissioner of the department since January 2017. Previous commissioners have included Walt Helmick, Gus Douglass, and Cleve Benedict.
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump carried every county in West Virginia, for the third election in a row. Trump won with 70.2% of the vote share in the state, the largest percentage of the vote ever for any presidential candidate in West Virginia history. [4] strongest state in 2016 and his second-strongest state, in 2020. [5]
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Kent Leonhardt, West Virginia Commissioner of Agriculture (2017–present) (ran for re-election) [11] Riley Moore, West Virginia State Treasurer (2021–present) and grandson of former governor Arch Moore (ran for U.S. House) [12]
West Virginia Commissioner of Agriculture elections (3 P) Pages in category "West Virginia Commissioners of Agriculture" The following 4 pages are in this category, out of 4 total.