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Where are they now?: Former Senators of 2006 and 2008

By Paul Blumenthal

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The 2010 midterms are fast approaching and it looks like some senators will be out of a job by next January. It’s likely that a number of them will stick around Washington to find jobs at lobbying firms or trade groups to use their expertise while making far more money than they did as senators. A good way to see where the coming crop of ex-senators will be headed is to look at where the deposed and retired senators of the past two elections landed.

Below is a chart of the defeated and retired senators of 2006 and 2008. Some of the fields are left empty because I couldn’t find the current employment for some former senators. If you know anything, leave it in the comments and I’ll check and update.

* designates registered lobbyist
** designates consultant at lobby/law firm or organization lobbying

Defeated Senators	Party	State	Current Employ
Talent, Jim**	R	MO	Fleishman-Hillard	The Heritage Foundation
Burns, Conrad*	R	MT	Gage LLC	Rural Solutions Corporation
DeWine, Mike	R	OH	Keating Muething & Klekamp PLL	Running for Attorney General of Ohio
Santorum, Rick**	R	PA	Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott, LLC	Ethics and Public Policy Center	Fox News
Chafee, Lincoln	R	RI	Thomas J. Watson Jr. Institute for International Studies	J Street	Running for Governor of Rhode Island
Allen, George	R	VA	Young America’s Foundation
Stevens, Ted	R	AK
Coleman, Norm**	R	MN	Republican Jewish Coalition
Sununu, John**	R	NH	Akin Gump
Dole, Elizabeth	R	NC
Smith, Gordon*	R	OR	National Association of Broadcasters

Retired Senators	Party	State	Current Employ
Sarbanes, Paul	D	MD
Dayton, Mark	D	MN	Running for Governor of Minnesota
Frist, Bill	R	TN	ONE Campaign	State Collaborative on Reforming Education (SCORE)
Jeffords, Jim	I	VT
Lott, Trent*	R	MS	Breux Lott	Patton Boggs
Allard, Wayne	R	CO
Craig, Larry**	R	ID	New West Strategies
Hagel, Chuck	R	NE	Atlantic Council
Domenici, Pete	R	NM	Debt Reduction Task Force sponsored by Bipartisan Policy Center
Warner, John**	R	VA	Hogan & Hartson