Agriculture commissioner candidates want boost for local products
Four people seeking to be nominated to position
Jake Stump
Charleston Daily Mail Capitol
Gus Douglass has become somewhat of an institution in the West Virginia Department of Agriculture.
The Mason County Democrat is currently serving his 10th four-year term as agriculture commissioner after being first elected in 1964. He is the senior agriculture commissioner in the United States.
But Douglass has challengers who believe it’s time for a change at his position.
At a meeting with the Daily Mail editorial board, candidates, including Douglass, touched upon ways to make locally grown products such as produce and dairy more available to consumers in the state.
