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Posted by Keturah Hetrick on Sept. 28, 2020 Ex-Sen. Mark Kirk (R-Ill.) and his one-time girlfriend quietly registered as first-time lobbyists for work they began a year ago. Kirk and Dodie McCracken started work last October on behalf of MP Materials. The rare-earth-materials mining company hired the pair to lobby on "rare earth materials supply chain and critical supply chain issues," according to a disclosure filed last week. The filing does not indicate whether or not the contract is still active. McCracken made headlines in 2012, when the senator's ex-wife accused Kirk of hiding $143,000 in campaign payments to McCracken, then his girlfriend. The FEC later decided that the payments did not run afoul of the law, according to the Chicago Tribune. In addition to her apparent campaign work, McCracken served as district director and press secretary to then-Rep. Kirk from 2001-2003. She and the senator are working through Kirk Global Advisors, which Kirk established after losing his 2016 reelection bid. McCracken's role with the firm, as well as her current relationship to Kirk, are unclear. - Christina Henderson, Legislative Assistant, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (current staffer) – Bravo!
Master juggler - Mark Williams, Chief of Staff, Rep. Mike Conaway (R-TX) (former staffer); Bridgett Frey, Communications Director, Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) (former staffer); Nicole Tisdale, Democratic Outreach and Coalitions Director, House Homeland Security Committee (former staffer); Josh Martin, Chief of Staff, Rep. Mac Thornberry (R-TX) (former staffer) – Bravo!
Surviving the plunge
Hill Departures - Brandon VerVelde, formerly Communications Director to Rep. Kelly Armstrong (R-ND)
(now Media Relations Manager at Leidos) - Hunter Lipscomb, formerly Chief of Staff to Rep. Steven Palazzo (R-MS)
(now Director, Government Affairs and Business Strategy at AnderCorp)
Hill Moves and Promotions - Elizabeth Arevalo, now Senior Policy Adviser for Rep. Ted Lieu (D-CA)
(formerly Legislative Assistant) - Sheresh Khan, now Legislative Director for Rep. Lou Correa (D-CA)
(formerly Legislative Assistant) - Christopher Cox, now Senior Policy Adviser for Rep. Yvette Clarke (D-NY)
(formerly Senior Legislative Assistant)
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