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Energy lobbyist crosses the aisle to lead Hurd staff

Posted by Jenna Ebersole on Jan. 12, 2015

Rep. Will Hurd (R-Texas) has started his first term in Congress by reaching across the aisle. At least, that is, with the hiring of a staffer who once worked in Congress for a Democrat.

Stoney Burke serves as the new chief of staff for Hurd and comes back to the Hill from Southern Co. He worked for Texas Democrat Rep. Chet Edwards, a political moderate, between 2006 and 2008 before registering to lobby for six years with the electric utility holding company.

Burke was an aide and legislative assistant to Edwards after leaving a previous lobbying job with Meyers and Associates Inc., where he filed to lobby between 2004 and 2005.

Most recently, Burke lobbied on a range of energy issues, including emissions regulations, unmanned aerial vehicles in electric utility service work and tax reform.

He earned a bachelor's from Texas A&M University in 2003, beginning there in 1999, and lobbied on behalf of the university's research foundation before his first congressional job. Hurd also holds a degree from Texas A&M, graduating in 2000.