John Hart
From left, Graham Boyd, executive vice-president of the Tobacco Growers Association of North Carolina (TGANC); Jonathan Renn, a Franklin County tobacco farmer and incoming TGANC president; and North Carolina Agriculture Commissioner Steve Troxler check out the 1943 John Deere tractor the commissioner restored. The three were discussing tobacco issues at Troxler’s Browns Summit, N.C. farm. Troxler was elected to his fifth term as North Carolina agriculture commissioner with 2,901,849 votes, the most of any candidate on the ballot.
Of all the candidates on the Nov. 3 General Election ballot in North Carolina, none received more votes than Agriculture Commissioner Steve Troxler.