Ex-Legislators, Their Aides Shift to Lucrative Lobbying; Capitol Experience, Contacts Prove Valuable in New Career

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Madison Tim Hoven never earned more than $45,569 a year for the eight years he served in the Assembly.

But after he decided not to seek re-election in 2002, the 41- year-old Republican joined dozens of other ex-legislators and former aides who quickly have found another way to trade their Capitol experience for bigger salaries.

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Ex-Legislators, Their Aides Shift to Lucrative Lobbying; Capitol Experience, Contacts Prove Valuable in New Career

With Hoven's knowledge of the Capitol, its personalities and issues, he set up his own business and became a "contract," or independent, lobbyist. Contract lobbyists are not on the staff of any one organization or special-interest group but are instead hired to work on specific issues.

Hoven did very well: Eight orga...

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