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Former Virginia governor Mark Warner (D) is running for a Senate seat and is the keynote speaker at next week's Democratic National Convention in Denver. He also has another distinction. According to Real Time Investigations, Warner has received $206,556 from lobbyists since the beginning of the year, making him the top recipient of money contributed directly by lobbyists to congressional campaigns in 2008.

Behind Warner are Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), with $118,800, and Sen. John Sununu (R-N.H.), with $112,600. Of the 20 lawmakers with the most individual donations from lobbyists, only four are House members, including Tom Udall (D-N.M.), Mark Udall (D-Colo.), John Murtha (D-Pa.) and Eric Cantor (R-Va.).

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The dominoes are falling in Washington's telecommunications world.

Steve Vest is leaving the National Cable & Telecommunications Association to become senior vice president for global public policy at Time Warner. He replaces Gail MacKinnon, who is joining Time Warner Cable as its chief government relations officer.

Veteran lobbyist Rita Lewis, currently a vice president for government relations at the cable TV lobby, will move up to senior vice president, replacing Vest.

Lewis just joined the association in January from the Washington Group, a lobbying firm.

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