Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA) announced that he will be retiring from the U.S. Senate at the end of his term in 2014.

P. Scott Shearer, Vice President

February 4, 2013

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Iowa Senator Announces Retirement

Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA) announced that he will be retiring from the U.S. Senate at the end of his term in 2014. Harkin has been in the forefront of many agricultural issues during his congressional career. He passed two farm bills during his tenure as chairman of the Senate Agriculture Committee. With Harkin’s announcement, Iowa will become a major state of focus for both parties in next year’s election.

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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