Raleigh attorney Ronnie Ansley said he hopes to challenge Republican Agriculture Commissioner Steve Troxler next year.
Ansley, 45, said he comes from an agriculture background in Northampton County and recently was elected president of the Future Farmers of America Alumni organization. He has bachelor's and master's degrees in agriculture education from N.C. State University and Clemson University, respectively, Rob Christensen reports.
Ansley's name might be familiar. He lost to Beverly Perdue in the 2000 lieutenant governor's race, to Brad Miller in a 2002 U.S. House race, and lost again in 2004's N.C. Supreme Court scrum.
Troxler was elected in a close race in 2004, edging out Democrat Britt Cobb after a several-month long dispute over the vote count. Cobb, who is now secretary of administration, had been appointed agriculture commissioner by Gov. Mike Easley after Meg Scott Phipps resigned as a result of a fundraising scandal.
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