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Former Missouri governor trades father's craft for stepmother's

Posted by John Sugden on April 22, 2014
After plying his father's political trade as governor of Missouri, Matt Blunt has officially joined his stepmother's profession by filing his first lobbying papers on behalf of the American Automotive Policy Council.

Son of Sen. Roy Blunt (R-Mo.), Matt Blunt has worked in the private sector since leaving the Missouri governor's mansion in 2009, having declined to make a bid for reelection. Blunt also served in the state legislature and as Missouri secretary of state prior to the 2004 gubernatorial election.

Blunt was named president of the American Automotive Policy Council in 2011 but did not immediately file lobbying papers. The Council represents the interests of the so-called "Big Three" American auto manufacturers - Ford, General Motors and Chrysler - on Capitol Hill.

Blunt's stepmother is Abigail Perlman Blunt, a longtime K Street alum and well-known D.C. socialite. The Kraft Foods lobbyist married Roy Blunt in 2003 following a controversial courtship.