Former Georgia Gov. Sonny Perdue is the leading candidate for secretary of agriculture

Former Georgia governor Sonny Perdue.
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Former Georgia Gov. Sonny Perdue is reportedly the leading candidate for secretary of agriculture, one of just four Cabinet positions President-elect Donald Trump has not yet filled.

The governor "won stateside office twice, theoretically making his confirmation easier," Politico's Playbook reports. Perdue is a doctor of veterinary medicine and saw Georgia through one of the worst droughts in its history, even leading a public prayer for rain on the steps of the state capitol building.

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