March 29, 2024

Branstad named to advisory committee for Trump

DES MOINES — Gov. Terry Branstad has been named to an agricultural advisory committee that will advise GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump. The Trump campaign announced Tuesday that Branstad is part of a 64-member committee that will provide advice on the agricultural industry. It includes several governors and state lawmakers from around the country. Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Bill Northey and Bruce Rastetter, president of the Iowa Board of Regents, are also on the committee.

Media reports last week listed Branstad as a Trump adviser, and Branstad spokesman Ben Hammes reiterated that the position is unofficial and the Trump campaign isn’t paying the Republican governor.

Hammes says the committee will meet via phone, though Trump may also communicate one-on-one with Branstad, who has joined Trump at Iowa campaign stops.