Personal Information
- Owner, Verdin's Farm & Garden Center
- Residing in Laurens
- Born May 9, 1964 at England Air Force Base in Alexandria, Louisiana
- Son of Daniel B. Verdin, Jr. and Eloise Watts Verdin
- Bob Jones University, B.A., 1986
- September 26, 1987 married Kimberlee Diane Owens, 4 children, Annemarie, Daniel, Whitson, and Caroline
- Agriculture and Natural Resources Advisor, Governor's Office, 1987-1989
- Chairman, Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee 2007-2018
- Chairman, Medical Affairs Committee, 2018-
- Majority Whip for Senate Republican Caucus, 2011-13
- Division Commander Sons of Confederate Veterans, 1998-00
- Laurens County Cattlemen's Association
- Hickory Tavern Young Farmers, Mountville Grange
- Joanna Lions Club
- 2006 Friend of SCAV, South Carolina Association of Veterinarians
- Legislator of the Year, South Carolina Farm Bureau, 2006
- Legislator of the Year, South Carolina Veterinarians Association, 2007
- Legislator of the Year, Palmetto Cycling Coalition 2008
- Senate Legislative Champion, Palmetto Family Council 2007-2008
- South Carolina Quality of Life Award, South Carolina Realtors Association 2008
- Friend of the Taxpayer Award 2008, South Carolina Taxpayers Association
- Honorary State FFA Degree, 2009
- John W. Parris Agricultural Leadership Award 2009, by the South Carolina Agricultural Educators Association
- 2009 Advocate of the Year, South Carolina Advocates for Agriculture
- Honorary Chair for the 2009 State 4-H Congress
- 2009 Legislator of the Year, South Carolina Poultry Federation
- 2010 Business Advocate Award, South Carolina Chamber of Commerce
- 2010 Senator of the Year, South Carolina Human Service Providers
- Member, Historical Pendleton Farmers Society
- Hickory Tavern Young Farmers
- 2010 Honorary American FFA Degree
- 2012 BIPEC Sword and Mace Award
- 2012 Business Advocate Award, South Carolina Chamber
- 2012 Friend of the Taxpayer Award, South Carolina Taxpayers Association
- Old District 96 Commission's 2012 Legislator of the Year Award
- Senate Legislative Champion, Palmetto Family Council 2011-2012
- 2013 Business Advocate Award, South Carolina Chamber of Commerce
- Member, Green School Caucus
- Agriculture and Rural Development Committee, 2014
- South Carolina Association for Career and Technical Education (SCACTE) 2016 Advocate of the Year
- 2018 South Carolina Green Industry Association Legislator of the Year
- Bob Jones University Honored Alumnus Award, 2022
- Donate Life Legislator of the Year
- Member, Faith Free Presbyterian Church
- Previously served in the Senate 2001-2022
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