By Walter C. Jones
Morris News Service
The Augusta Chronicle
November 7, 2010
ATLANTA --- For more than a half-century, Tommy Irvin's name has been on the ballot, but not this year.
The commissioner of agriculture is finally winding down his career, one that is part diplomat, part judge, part administrator and 100 percent booster for Georgia crops. He chose to retire after 10 four-year terms in his current post, and he's leaving a winner in a year when many of his fellow Democrats were defeated.
Republican Gary Black won the election Tuesday to succeed him, beating Democrat J.B. Powell, of Blythe, 56 percent to 40 percent.
To read more about Tommy Irvin's service to Georgia please tap on link: http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/government/elections/georgia-elections/2010-11-07/irvin-has-seen-harvest-change-4-decades?v=1289164933
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