Scott Leake Leaving Capitol Square

J. Scott Leake, who has been a senior adviser to Senate Republicans since 2003, will step down from that position at the end of the month to take a job in the private sector.

Leake said his new job will likely still require him to be a frequent visitor to Capitol Square, although he said it is not a lobbying position.

Leake had been executive director of the Virginia Senate Republican Leadership Trust, an organization run by moderate Senate Republicans. But those Republicans lost much of their power last year after the Democrats retook control of the state Senate.