President-elect Donald Trump is expected to name former Sen. Kelly Loeffler his nominee for Agriculture secretary, CNN reported Friday, elevating the Georgia Republican after she and her billionaire husband spent more than $5 million boosting Trump during the election,

President-elect Donald Trump is expected to offer Kelly Loeffler, who served briefly as a Republican senator from Georgia, the job of Agriculture secretary, CNN reported today. “He is set to meet with her at Mar-a-Lago Friday afternoon,

If her nomination is confirmed, it will be a key position, as Department of Health and Human Services nominee Robert F. Kennedy has threatened to crack down on unhealthy food – which is making many in the agricultural industry nervous about government overreach.