Mike Toomey
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| Basic facts | |
| Organization: | The Texas Lobby Group |
| Role: | Founder and Principal |
| Location: | Austin, Texas |
| Affiliation: | Republican |
| Education: | •Baylor University •South Texas College of Law |
| Website: | Official website |
Mike Toomey is a Texas lobbyist, former chief of staff to Texas governors Rick Perry and Bill Clements and a former member of the Texas House of Representatives.[1][2][3] His lobbying client list includes Texans for Lawsuit Reform, Big City Capital, U.S. Oil Recovery, AT&T and Texas Instruments.[2][4]
Career
Mike Toomey attended Baylor University, graduating in 1972, and South Texas College of Law, graduating in 1976.[1] He practiced law in Houston from 1976 to 1988.[1] In 1982, he was first elected to the Texas House of Representatives and served three terms.[1][3] From 1989 to 1990, he served as chief of staff to Governor Bill Clements.[1]
Toomey began his lobbying practice in 1990.[5] His clients during that period included Texans for Lawsuit Reform.[5] Toomey became chief of staff to his former fellow legislator and longtime friend Governor Rick Perry in 2002.[1][2][5] He served in that capacity until 2004.[1]
In 2002, Toomey founded The Texas Lobby Group.[4] The firm’s website lists its services as “legislative lobbying, administrative lobbying, strategy development, grassroots development and mobilization, internal and external communications, and political strategy, advice and counsel.”[4] Its clients include Liberty Mutual, AT&T, UnitedHealth Group and Texas Instruments.[4] Texas Monthly named Toomey one of the 25 most powerful people in Texas politics in 2003.[6]
In 2011, Toomey founded the super PAC Make Us Great Again in order to support Rick Perry’s 2012 candidacy for the Republican nomination for president.[7][8]
Top influencers by state
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Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 The Texas Lobby Group, "About Michael Toomey," accessed December 28, 2015
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 The New York Times, "For Perry, Lobbyist Is a Take-No-Prisoners Ally," October 14, 2011
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 The Texas Tribune, "Tribpedia: Michael Toomey," accessed December 28, 2015
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 The Texas Lobby Group, "The Texas Lobby Group," accessed December 28, 2015
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Texas Monthly, "The Enforcer," May 2003
- ↑ Texas Monthly, "3.-25.," May 2005
- ↑ The Center for Public Integrity, "PAC profile: Make Us Great Again," January 30, 2012
- ↑ Facebook, "Make us Great Again," accessed December 28, 2015
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