WASHINGTON • Veteran Missouri lobbyist Andy Blunt is teaming up with a long-time confidant of Blunt’s father, Sen. Roy Blunt, in a lobbying venture in several states.
Gregg Hartley, a veteran D.C. lobbyist who previously worked for Roy Blunt, confirmed that Andy Blunt would join Strategies as chairman of the board and chief operating officer. Andy Blunt, who managed his father’s successful 2016 Senate campaign, is the founder and chairman of Statehouse Strategies and a prominent lobbyist in Jefferson City.
Husch Blackwell is a law firm with offices in 18 cities around the country, including ºüÀêÊÓƵ, Jefferson City, Springfield, Mo., and Kansas City .
The new lobbying venture will be headquartered in Jefferson City. Hartley, founder and chair of Cloakroom Advisors, a Washington-based federal lobbying firm, will be executive vice chair of Husch Blackwell Strategies and also its chief executive officer.
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Hartley told the Post-Dispatch that Husch Blackwell would lobby in Nebraska, Wisconsin and Colorado, along with Missouri, and would also soon set up offices in Texas. Andy Blunt will focus on the state-level practices, he said.
Andy Blunt’s lobbying became an issue in that 2016 Senate race — won by his father over then-Secretary of State Jason Kander — when it was revealed that, despite claims he avoided lobbying on federal issues involving his father, Andy Blunt had led a group of Missouri radio and TV executives to Washington for a or their staffs.