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