Gary Black is the Agriculture Commissioner of the state of Georgia

Georgia (U.S. state)

Georgia is a state located in the southeastern United States. It was established in 1732, the last of the original Thirteen Colonies. The state is named after King George II of Great Britain. Georgia was the fourth state to ratify the United States Constitution, on January 2, 1788...

. A Republican, Black was elected in the November 2010 elections

Georgia statewide elections, 2010

The Georgia Statewide executive officer elections of 2010 will be held on November 2, 2010. The primary elections were held on July 20. Primary contests in which no single candidate received a majority of the vote will be decided in a runoff election on August 10.Republicans currently hold five of...

. Black defeated his Democratic opponent with 56% of the vote compared to 40.4%.
Black succeeded the nation's longest serving Commissioner of Agriculture, Tommy Irvin

Tommy Irvin

Tommy Irvin served as Georgia’s Commissioner of Agriculture from 1969 until January 2011. He was elected to his 10th and final four-year term in November 2006. Irvin did not seek re-election in 2010...

(D), who had held the office since 1969 and did not seek re- election.
Gary Black is married to Lydia Black and they have two children.