Clayton Tucker
What this job does: Runs the Texas Department of Agriculture. It helps farmers and ranchers, checks that gas pumps and store scales measure correctly, licenses pesticide use, and runs school lunch programs. A term is four years.
- Occupation
- Rancher; fair trade organizer
- Lives in
- Lampasas
Background
- Grew up on the family ranch in Lampasas. source: texastribune.org
- Secretary of the Texas Farmers Union. source: texastribune.org
- Fair trade organizer for the Trade Justice Education Fund; formerly a water and agriculture researcher for a National Science Foundation project. source: texastribune.org
- Has taught kindergarten and worked as a Democratic campaign organizer. source: texastribune.org
- Founder of the Texas Progressive Caucus; unopposed in the March 2026 Democratic primary. source: en.wikipedia.org
In their own words
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- More public data on data centers' resource use, and 'Ag Development Districts' for local communities source: texastribune.org
- Preserve family farms and lower food costs source: texastribune.org
- Remove chemicals from food, curb microplastics and regulate PFAS source: texastribune.org
- Allow farmers to grow hemp and rebuild agricultural co-ops source: texastribune.org
- Help young farmers start and succeed in agriculture source: texastribune.org
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