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Biofuels group nabs staffer from a favorite senator

Posted by Keturah Hetrick on Aug. 3, 2022

Biofuels trade group Growth Energy has a great relationship with Sen. Joni Ernst (R-Iowa). Now, it has one of her staffers, too.

The trade group added Mary Kate Munro as a government-affairs director this month. Munro spent the last five years on Ernst's staff, most recently as a legislative assistant and the senator's top staffer on environment, energy and transportation issues. Ernst is ranking member of the Agriculture Committee's Rural Development and Energy Subcommittee.

Growth Energy has a solid relationship with the senator, who is an outspoken champion of the biofuel industry. The trade group regularly praises Ernst for introducing biofuel friendly legislation and perennially honors the senator with its annual Fueling Growth Award. The company's PAC also gave $10,000 to Ernst's campaign leading up to her 2020 reelection bid, according to Federal Election Commission data.