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ERVIN GRAVES STRATEGY GROUP, LLC

Lobbying for RIGAKU ANALYTICAL DEVICES, INC. · Manufacturing of analytical instrumentation for chemical detection and identification

Filing Registration

Reporting period

1st Quarter 2026

Jan 1 - Mar 31 · Posted Apr 15, 2026

Money reported

None

Registrations and no-activity reports carry no figure.

Client based in

Massachusetts

Official filing document

Lobbyists on this filing 2

BRANDON KIRBY New on this filing

Previously held: U.S. Representative Rod Blum (R-IA-01), Intern, Staff Assistant/Legislative Correspondent, Legislative Assistant, January 2017 - January 2019
MARGARET LINEHAN New on this filing

Previously held: U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-MD), Foreign Policy Intern, June 2022 - August 2022

A "covered position" is a government job the lobbyist held in the 20 years before registering, which the law requires them to name. See the revolving door for former members of Congress across all filings.

Lobbying activity 1

Defense

Advocacy related to funding, policy, and procurement of handheld Raman chemical detection technologies.

Foreign interests disclosed 1

Section 7 of the LD-2: foreign entities that own part of the client, paid toward this lobbying, or stand to benefit from it.

RIGAKU HOLDINGS CORPORATION

Japan · Akishima-shi, Tokyo · owns 100% of the client · contributed $0.00

Source: federal Lobbying Disclosure Act filing, reproduced as filed. Bills are parsed from the activity descriptions.