GOP/POLITICAL FIGURES: “Voters sent Luther Strange back to Alabama last year, but the former senator is quietly plotting a return to Washington.
Strange, who had been appointed to the seat vacated by Attorney General Jeff Sessions but was defeated by Roy Moore in the Republican primary in September, has been on the hunt for a job in Washington over the past few weeks, according to three people familiar with his plans. He’s been sounding out professional contacts, and weighing whether he can get a job at a federal agency or set up his own consulting shop. Those close to him say he’s increasingly likely to land at a law firm, where he’ll split his time between Alabama and D.C.
Strange has been interviewing with several firms in Washington over the last couple weeks, including Venable, according to two people familiar with the issue. While he is not expected to land a job in the administration in the near future, some White House aides have nonetheless been eyeing him for a position, believing that, as a former senator and former Alabama attorney general, he’d have little difficulty getting confirmed… A White House spokeswoman declined to comment, adding, ‘We have no personnel announcements.’
Meanwhile, Strange has also stayed close to friends at the Republican Attorneys General Association, which he used to lead, and is expected to attend the group’s 2018 winter national meeting on Sunday and Monday.”
-Andrew Restuccia and Daniel Strauss, “Luther Strange makes play to return to D.C.,” Politico, Feb. 26, 2018 05:00am