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Former Sen. Tim Hutchinson among Pokemon lobbyists

Posted by Keturah Hetrick on Aug. 5, 2016

"Senator, I choose you!" Former Sen. Tim Hutchinson (R-Ark.) is one of three Greenberg Traurig lobbyists advocating for Pokemon's business interests.

This is the first federal lobbying registration of Pokemon Co. International, the subsidiary of the Pokemon Co. that handles the company's work outside of Asia. 

The registration follows last month's release of the wildly popular Pokemon GO app, which reached 100 million downloads earlier this week.

Hutchinson was elected to the Senate in 1996 and lost his re-election bid in 2002.

Rob Mangas, ex-chief of staff to former Sen. Wendell Ford (D-Ky.), and Dian Blagman, ex-chief of staff to former Sen. Bob Carr (D-Mich.), join the senator in lobbying for "congressional outreach and monitoring of administrative and legislative action related to technology and intellectual property," according to the disclosure form.