Home Branch native Simpson takes S.C. ag commissioner race

New leader says 'we are returning this office back to Clarendon County'

BY BRUCE MILLS
bruce@theitem.com
Posted 11/7/26

In a contest essentially between two Clarendon County natives, Republican Cody Simpson claimed victory over Democrat DeShawn Blanding in the South Carolina commissioner of agriculture race on Tuesday.

A Home Branch community native, Simpson …

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