Ron DeSantis backs second term for Wilton Simpson as Ag Commissioner
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Gov. Ron DeSantis is endorsing Wilton Simpson as he runs for a second term as head of the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services .
DeSantis credits Simpson, who was first elected to the post in 2022, with having turned around an agency “plagued by poor leadership” during the single term of Democrat Nikki Fried .
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