Tobacco Lobbyist Data Analysis
Lobbyist & Firm Networks
Who represents the tobacco industry over time and across states: longevity/persistence, year-over-year churn, and cross-state representation, 2021–2026. Identity is normalized-name (a lead, confirm before publishing).
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Identity is the normalized name (case, suffixes, middle initials, and comma-order folded), matched exactly across years. Typos and firm rebrands are not fuzzy-merged here, and a shared name can mask two different people, so treat every cluster as a lead to confirm in the state masters before publishing.
Most persistent tobacco lobbyists / firms
Ranked by number of years (of 6) representing a tobacco principal.
| Type | Name | Years | States | Companies |
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Year-over-year churn
New entrants (first appearance that year) vs. departures (present the prior year, absent now).
New entrantsDepartures
| Year | New | Departed | Continuing | Net change |
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Cross-state representation
States where the selected lobbyist/firm represented a tobacco principal (2021–2026).
Top multi-state representatives
| Type | Name | States | Years | Companies |
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