Chris Davis to Lottery as Lobbyist. Former State Representative Snags Soft Landing After Abandoning Re-election Bid in July.

Former Republican state Representative Chris Davis has landed a pension boosting job at the troubled Connecticut Lottery Corporation. He’s a government relations manager, commonly called a lobbyist.

Davis, who was the ranking Republican on the legislature’s finance committee, abandoned his re-election race in July, two months after winning renomination for a sixth term. East Windsor and Ellington Republicans scrambled to find a replacement for Davis. The five-term veteran announced he had discovered during the pandemic that he wanted to spend more time with his family. Democrat Jaime Foster won the seat in November against David Stavens.

Foster was also a late entry into the race. She replaced Taylor Biniarz, who decided after Davis quit the race she would rather spend time on activism than in the legislature, according to the Journal Inquirer.