Thompson is one of the longest serving members of the Louisiana Legislature, first elected to the House in 1975. He was term limited from the House in 2007, when he won a seat in the Senate. He has also been an Assistant Professor at Northeast Louisiana University and Vice President of a manufacturing corporation. He is now term-limited in the Senate and is seeking a State House seat in 2019. [node:read-more:link]

An Iowa native, Senator Annette Sweeney grew up on a family farm near Buckeye. After graduating from college, she educated middle school students as a teacher of English and speech. Upon her father’s untimely death in 1983, Senator Sweeney moved back home to Buckeye to the family farm with her mother and sister. [node:read-more:link]

Jerry Sonnenberg has been farming and ranching in northeastern Colorado his entire life. He continues to live and work on the same family farm that both his father and he were raised. He was first elected to the House in 2006, and moved to the Senate 8 years later. [node:read-more:link]

Representative Ryan is in his 13th term in he House. He is a graduate of Pennsylvania College of Optometry with a Doctorate in Optometry and a certificate in Public Health. [node:read-more:link]

Joining the Colorado House in 2017, Representative Roberts is Deputy District Attorney for the Eagle County [node:read-more:link]

Larry Rhoden is South Dakota's lieutenant governor, a past President of SARL, a lifelong West River rancher, runs a custom welding business and served in both the House and Senate. [node:read-more:link]

Allan Rewak is Vice President, Communications and Stakeholder Relations, of Emerald Health Therapeutics. Prior to joining Emerald, Mr. Rewak was the Executive Director at the Cannabis Council of Canada, Canada’s national industry association for cannabis, cultivators and processors. [node:read-more:link]

Ray Price grew up on a mixed farm near Acme, Alberta, Canada. After graduating from Olds College, he returned to the farm and worked in every area of the family business from cleaning pig pens to positions in sales and finance. The company, now called Sunterra Farms, has pig operations in Alberta, Ontario, South Dakota and Iowa as well as cropping operations in the Acme, Alberta area. [node:read-more:link]

First elected in 2002, Representative Poppe, is a Counselor at Riverland Community College. [node:read-more:link]

Ron Phillips serves as Vice President, Public and Legislative Affairs at Animal Health Institute. Bottom of Form [node:read-more:link]