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For one GOP Senate aide, a new job with Walgreen Co. was just what the doctor ordered.

Samantha Elleson is now a federal government-relations manager for the pharmacy-store chain. Walgreens spent north of $3 million to lobby on pharmacy and consumer issues last year.

Elleson spent the last five years working for Sen. Roger Wicker (R-Miss.), most recently as his senior legislative assistant handling his health-care portfolio.

A Democratic aide is placing his bets on the casino industry.

RaShawn Mitchell is now senior director of government relations at the American Gambling Association, a trade group that disclosed $1.9 million on federal lobbying last year. He was most recently deputy chief of staff to Rep. Joe Cunningham (D-S.C.).

Before joining Cunningham's office a year ago, Mitchell zig zagged between the private and public sectors. He's held positions with the National Wildlife Federation, U.S. Department of Energy, Natural Resources Defense Council, Office of Management and Budget, NASA and former Rep. Kendrick Meek (D-Fla.).

Rep. Brian Higgins' (D-N.Y.) former scheduler and press assistant has traded the Capitol Subway in for a new form of transit. 

In January, Cooper Ehrendreich made the move from the representative's office to the Railway Engineering-Maintenance Suppliers Association. As government affairs manager, he will serve as the lead grassroots coordinator for the group, according to its website. 

Prior to joining Higgins' staff, Ehrendreich worked on policy analysis for just under a year at Bockorny Group Inc. 

After a seven-year break from the Hill, a Democratic aide is back as a chief of staff.

Jordan Wood, formerly an aide to Rep. Brad Schneider (D-Ill.), is now Rep. Katie Porter's (D-Calif.) top in command.

Wood spent the last four years at End Citizens United, where she was most recently a vice president for political affairs. The PAC, which aimed at overturning the 2010 Supreme Court decision that changed the rules for corporate political spending, is one of Porter's top campaign contributors for this election cycle, according to the Center for Responsive Politics.

A former House Agriculture Committee aide has returned to her alma mater.

Jennifer Yezak is now Texas A&M's associate federal-relations director for agriculture and natural resources. The university system lobbies in Washington on a host of issues, including agriculture, budget and education. Yezak earned both a bachelor's and master's degree from Texas A&M.

Yezak spent the last year as deputy clerk to the House Agriculture Committee. She's also worked for former Sens. Bob Krueger (D-Texas) and Lloyd Bentsen (D-Texas), held senior positions with the USDA and served as deputy commissioner of the Colorado Department of Agriculture.