Colorado ALEC Politicians

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About ALEC
ALEC is a corporate bill mill. It is not just a lobby or a front group; it is much more powerful than that. Through ALEC, corporations hand state legislators their wishlists to benefit their bottom line. Corporations fund almost all of ALEC's operations. They pay for a seat on ALEC task forces where corporate lobbyists and special interest reps vote with elected officials to approve “model” bills. Learn more at the Center for Media and Democracy's ALECexposed.org, and check out breaking news on our PRWatch.org site.

For a list of politicians with known ALEC ties, please see ALEC Politicians.

This is a partial list of Colorado politicians that are known to be involved in, or previously involved in, the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC). It is a partial list. (If you have additional names, please add them with a citation. The names in this original list were verified as of posting.)

Legislators who have cut ties with ALEC publicly are also listed here.

Colorado Legislators with ALEC Ties

House of Representatives

Senate

Former Representatives

  • Former Rep. Tom Blickensderfer (Senate Majority Leader), listed in the "1999 ALEC Leaders in the States" by ALEC[14]
  • Former Sen. Sam Cassidy, Lt. Gov. 1994-1995 [1]
  • Former Rep. Doug Dean (R, Speaker of the House, now Director of the Colorado Public Utilities Commission), listed in the "1999 ALEC Leaders in the States" by ALEC[14]
  • Former Rep. Russell George (Speaker of the House), listed in the "1999 ALEC Leaders in the States" by ALEC[14]
  • Former Rep. William G. Kaufman (R, Speaker Pro Tempore, now member of the Colorado Transportation Commission), listed in the "1999 ALEC Leaders in the States" by ALEC[14]

Former Senators

References

  1. Jump up to: 1.0 1.1 1.2 American Legislative Exchange Council, Sourcebook, annual organizational publication, 1995
  2. organizational member spreadsheet, August 2011, obtained and released by Common Cause
  3. American Legislative Exchange Council, Directory – Full Name and Address, Tax and Fiscal Task Force Membership Directory, August 2011, obtained and released by Common Cause
  4. American Legislative Exchange Council, Directory – Full Name and Address, Energy, Environment and Agriculture Task Force Membership Directory, August 2011, obtained and released by Common Cause
  5. member spreadsheet, August 2011, obtained and released by Common Cause
  6. American Legislative Exchange Council, Directory – Full Name and Address, Communications and Technology Task Force Membership Directory, August 2011, obtained and released by Common Cause
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  9. organizational member spreadsheet, August 2011, obtained and released by Common Cause
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  11. American Legislative Exchange Council, Directory – Full Name and Address, Health and Human Services Task Force Membership Directory, August 2011, obtained and released by Common Cause
  12. Claudette Konola Hickenlooper to the Rescue, blog, May 12, 2011
  13. American Legislative Exchange Council, Directory – Full Name and Address, organizational task force membership directory, August 2011, obtained and released by Common Cause
  14. Jump up to: 14.0 14.1 14.2 14.3 14.4 14.5 American Legislative Exchange Council, ’99 ALEC Leaders in the States, organizational document, archived by the Wayback Machine December 8, 2000, accessed November 2012
  15. American Legislative Exchange Council, Directory – Full Name and Address, Energy, Environment and Agriculture Task Force Membership Directory, August 2011, obtained and released by Common Cause
  16. American Legislative Exchange Council, Directory – Full Name and Address, Energy, Environment and Agriculture Task Force Membership Directory, December 2010, obtained and released by Common Cause
  17. Congressman Doug Lamborn, About, U.S. House of Representatives member biography, accessed November 2012
  18. American Legislative Exchange Council, Letter to Senate Majority Leader Reid, RE: the EPA’s plan to regulate greenhouse gases under the Clean Air Act, March 10, 2010
  19. American Legislative Exchange Council Inside ALEC Nov./Dec. 2009, organization newsletter, November/December 2009, p. 25, accessed 2011. This website has been altered by ALEC. An archived version from April 7, 2011, is available here.