Former WA state senator appointed to Trump administration, again

Kirk Pearson, a former longtime Washington state lawmaker, was appointed this month as a top Washington official in the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

Pearson, a Republican, resigned from the Legislature in 2017 to take the same role as Washington’s rural development director in the first Trump administration.

He couldn’t be reached for an interview. A spokesperson for the USDA said via email that the “Office of Communications is not approving individual media interviews while they coordinate messaging during this transition period.”

“I look forward to working closely with local leaders, Native American Tribes, farmers, small businesses, and families to expand opportunity and deliver the resources they need to thrive,” Pearson said in a press release. “Our mission is clear: to support rural America with solutions that are locally driven and nationally backed.”

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