The McCain-Lobbyist Connection

Citations

For documentation and citations for the information provided in the graph, see links below.

Unless noted otherwise, lobbyist status and clients (listed in parentheses) were obtained from the Senate Lobbying Disclosure Act database.

For example, Media Matters searched ‘Aldonas, Grant,' under "Lobbyists"/"lobbyist name":

• Grant Aldonas, Economic Policy Adviser, Managing Director, Split Rock International (Mittal Steel USA)

• Nancy Pfotenhauer, Senior Policy Adviser
Former Washington Director and Lobbyist, Koch Industries

• Jerry Kilgore, Virginia State Co-Chair
Partner, Williams Mullen (Shell Oil, Alpha Natural Resources)
[State lobbyist]

• Slade Gorton, Washington State Honorary Chair
Lobbyist, Kirkpatrick & Lockhart Preston Gates Ellis (T-Mobile, Air Transport Association of America, Microsoft, Delta Airlines)

• Joseph Wright, Economic Policy Adviser
Former Chairman, Intelsat (formerly PanAmSat)

• Richard Zimmer, New Jersey Honorary Vice-Chair
Lobbyist, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher (Network Solutions, Business Roundtable, T-Mobile)

• Don Sundquist, Tennessee State Co-Chair
Co-founder and Lobbyist, Sundquist Anthony (Freddie Mac, The Hartford, Waste Management)

• William Hilleary, Tennessee State Co-Chair
Senior Advisor, Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal (Militec, SMS Holding, AmSurg)

• Aquiles Suarez, Economic Policy Adviser
Vice President for Governmental Affairs, National Association of Industrial and Office Properties (NAIOP)

• Matt Salmon, Arizona State Co-Chair
President, COMPTEL; Former Lobbyist, Greenberg Traurig (El Paso Pipeline Group, Networld Exchange)

• Robert Aiken, Fundraiser and Adviser
Vice President and Chief Lobbyist, Pinnacle West Capital Corp.

• Kirk Blalock, Chairman, Young Professionals for McCain
Partner and Lobbyist, Fierce, Isakowitz & Blalock (Mutual of Omaha, Sprint, Time Warner, Coca-Cola)

• Timothy McKone, Fundraiser and Adviser
Executive Vice President and Lobbyist, AT&T; Former Lobbyist, Davis Manafort Inc. (SBC Telecommunications)

• Thomas Loeffler, National Finance Committee & Campaign Co-chair
Founder and Chairman, The Loeffler Group (National Association of Broadcasters, Southwest Airlines, Toyota, Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America)
Update: Left campaign May 18, 2008

• William L. Ball, III, Adviser
Managing Director, The Loeffler Group (EADS North America, Southwest Airlines, Teaching Strategies Inc.)

• Susan Nelson, National Finance Director
Consultant and Former Lobbyist, The Loeffler Group (AT&T, Toyota, National Association of Broadcasters)
Update: Consulting contract with The Loeffler Group terminated, as reported by Newsweek, May 17, 2008

• James Courter, National Finance Committee Co-chair
CEO, IDT Corp.; Former Lobbyist, Verner, Liipfert, Bernhard, McPherson and Hand (NBC, Merrill Lynch, Microsoft, Verizon)
Update: Left campaign July 14, 2008, as reported by the New York Times, July 16, 2008

• J. Antonio Villamil, Economic Policy Adviser
CEO, The Washington Economics Group, Inc. (PSEG Global Inc.)

• Christian Ferry, Deputy Campaign Manager
Former Lobbyist, Davis Manafort Inc. (SBC Communications, Verizon Communications)

• James Rill, Economic Policy Adviser
Partner, Howrey LLP; Former Senior Partner & Lobbyist, Collier, Shannon, Rill & Scott (Intel, Sabre Group Inc.)  

• John Green, Congressional Liaison
Co-founder and Managing Director, Ogilvy Government Relations (National Rifle Association, EADS North America, Motorola)
Update: On unpaid leave as of March 31, as reported by Roll Call, May 21, 2008

• John Timmons, Fundraiser
Founding Partner, The Cormac Group (Time Warner Telecom, US Airways)

• Brian Ballard, McCain Victory Florida Finance Committee Chair
Managing Partner and Lobbyist, Smith & Ballard (Florida Power & Light, Verizon, Allstate)
[State lobbyist]

• Carlos Bonilla, Economic Policy Adviser
Senior Vice President and Lobbyist, The Washington Group (Delta Air Lines, National Cable & Telecommunications Association, Motorola)

• Charles Black, Chief Political Adviser
Chairman, BKSH & Associates(AT&T, General Motors, JP Morgan, Philip Morris Management Corp.)
Update: Retired from BKSH in March 2008

• David Crane, Senior Policy Adviser
Founder and President, Quadripoint Strategies (Bank of America, Allstate)

• Richard Davis, Campaign Manager
Founder and Managing Partner (on leave), Davis Manafort Inc. (Verizon, SBC Telecommunications)

• Michael Dennehy, Senior Adviser
Founder and President, The Dennehy Group
[State lobbyist]

• Wayne Berman, National Finance Co-chair and Senior Advisor
Managing Director, Ogilvy Government Relations (Ameriqual Group, Verizon, Visa)