The Senate Agriculture Committee will see a new leader in the next Congress regardless of the results of next week’s election as the current chairwoman, Debbie Stabenow, reaches the end of her 24-year Senate career.
Ranking member John Boozman, R-Ark., would likely take the gavel if Republicans secure the majority. Boozman became the top panel Republican in the 117th Congress after the retirement of Sen. Pat Roberts, R-Kan.
The Democratic side isn’t quite as clear, but Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., looks most likely to take the party’s top Senate Agriculture position — chairwoman or ranking member, depending on who has the majority.
