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ALEC State Chairmen "are appointed by the National Chairman. All Private Sector State Chairmen are appointed by the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) State Chairman, and confirmed by both the Chairman of ALEC's "Private Enterprise Board," (ALEC Corporations), and the Chairman of its "Public Sector Board," (ALEC Politicians). Each ALEC State Chairman shall appoint a Private Sector State Chairman to serve concurrently with the State Chairman. . . . State Chairmen duties shall include recruiting new members, working to ensure introduction of model legislation, suggesting task force membership, establishing state steering committees, planning issue events, and working with the Private Enterprise State Chairman to raise and oversee expenditures of legislative 'scholarship' funds."[1] State Chairmen (corporate chairs are no longer listed) as of 2019 include:[2]
- Alabama:
- Alaska:
- Arizona:
- Rep. John Allen (R)[2][5][6]
- Arkansas:
- Rep. Jim Dotson (R-93)[2][5]
- Sen. Missy Irvin (R)[2][6]
- California:
- Vacant
- Colorado:
- Rep. Lorri Saine (R)[2][5][6]
- Sen. Kevin Grantham (R)[2][5][6]
- Connecticut:
- Delaware:
- Sen. Colin Bonini (R)[2][5][6]
- Florida:
- Georgia:
- Hawaii:
- Idaho:
- Rep. Sage Dixon (R)[2][6]
- Sen. Mary Souza (R)[2][6]
- Illinois:
- Indiana:
- Iowa:
- Kansas:
- Kentucky:
- Louisiana:
- Maine:
- Rep. Trey Stewart (R)[2]
- Maryland:
- Massachusetts:
- Michigan:
- Minnesota:
- Mississippi:
- Missouri:
- Montana:
- Nebraska:
- Sen. Lou Ann Linehan[2]
- Nevada:
- New Hampshire:
- New Jersey:
- Sen. Joseph Pennacchio (R)[11]
- New Mexico:
- Rep. Jim Townsend (R)[2][6]
- New York:
- Rep. Kevin Byrne (R)[2]
- North Carolina:
- North Dakota:
- Ohio:
- Oklahoma:
- Oregon:
- Pennsylvania:
- South Carolina:
- South Dakota:
- Tenessee
- Texas:
- Utah:
- Vermont:
- Rep. Robert G. Helm (R)[2][12][5][13]
- Virginia:
- Washington:'
- West Virginia:
- Wisconsin:
- Rep. Tyler Vorpagel(R)[14]
- Wyoming:
Contents
Previous State Chairmen
2019
2018
Listed as of Sept. 23, 2018 but not as of April 3, 2019:
- Sen. Lou Ann Linehan (R)
- Sen. Joel C. Anderson (R)[8][9][4][5][6]
- Rep. David B. Reis (R)[8][9][12][4][5][6]
- Rep. Rob Taylor (R)[5][6]
- Rep. Nate Wadsworth (R)[5][6]
- Sen. Andre E. Cushing, III (R) [12][5][6]
- Sen. Gail Bates (R)[5][6]
- Rep. Donna Lichtenegger (R)[5][6]
- Sen. Lou Linehan (R)[6]
- Rep. Ken Weyler (R)[5][6]
- Sen. Gary Daniels (R)[5][6]
- Rep. Jason Ray Saine (R)[12][5][6]
- Rep. Wes Retherford (R)[5][13]
- Sen. Lou Terhar (R)[5][13]
- Rep. Mark Lepak (R)[5][13]
- Rep. C. Gene Whisnant (R)[8][9][5][13]
- Sen. Rich Alloway (R)[7][5][13]
- Rep. Ken Ivory (R)[5][13]
- Sen. Jan Angel (R)[5][13]
- Sen. Patricia Rucker (R)[13]
2017
Listed as of July 17, 2017, but not as of Sept. 23, 2018:
- Rep. Debbie Lesko (R)[8][9][4][5]
- Rep. Neil Combee (R)[5]
- Rep. Jeff Thompson (R),[12][4] named ALEC State Chair of the Year in 2014[15][5]
- Sen. Steve Vick (R-3)[4][5]
- Rep. Jim DeCesare (R)[5]
- Sen. Tom Buford (R) [4][5]
- Sen. Jim Smith (R)[9][5]
- Sen. Steve Oroho (R)[5]
- Hon. Jay Webber (R)[8][9][5]
- Rep. Yvette Herrell (R-51),[4] named ALEC State Chair of the Year in 2014[16][5]
- Rep. Karen Rohr (R)[5]
- Speaker Cliff Rosenberger (R)[5]
- Sen. Kim David (R)[5]
- Rep. Bill Sanderson (R)[5]
- Sen. Bill Ketron (R-13)[4][5]
- Sen. Stuart Adams (R) [8][5]
- Del. Eric Householder (R) [8][9][5]
2014
Listed as of March 25, 2014, but not as of July 18, 2017:
- Rosemary Elebash (AL), National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB)[10][17]
- Rep. Wes Keller (R-AK) [8][9][4]
- John Schlatter (AK), Takeda[10]
- Rep. Wes Keller (R-AZ) [8][9][4]
- Russell Smoldon (AZ), Salt River Project[10]
- Rep. Andrea Dean Lea (R-AR)[9][12][4]
- Ted Mullenix (AR), AT&T[10]
- Pete Anderson (CA), AT&T[10]
- Bruce MacRae (CA), United Parcel Service[10]
- Sen. Bill Cadman (R-CO)[9][4]
- Rep. Libby Szabo (R-CO)[9][4]
- Linda Pryor (CO), Pfizer[10]
- Bill Schroeder (CO), Intermountain Rural Electric Association (IREA)[10]
- Joseph Anson (CT), Bayer[10]
- John Emra (CT), AT&T[10]
- Mark DiMaio (DE), AstraZeneca Inc.[10]
- Rep. John Wood (R-FL)[4]
- Sen. Kelli Stargel (R-FL)[4]
- David Nickles (FL), Nickles Strategy Group[10]
- Rep. Bruce Williamson (R-GA)[12][4]
- Sen. Judson H. Hill (R-GA) [12][4]
- Michael Wall (GA), Comcast[10]
- Sen. Jim Patrick (R-ID)[4]
- Mike Reynoldson (ID), Micron Technology[10]
- Greg Chesmore (IL), Celgene Corporation[10]
- Sen. Jim Buck (R-IN)[8][9][4]
- Julie Griffith (IN), Duke Energy Corp.[10]
- Rep. Linda Miller (R-IA) [8]
- Sen. Bill Dix (R-IA)[9]
- Tom Cope (IA), Avenson, Oakley & Cope, and Edward Failor, Jr., Iowans for Tax Relief[10]
- Rep. Ray Merrick (R-KS)[8][9]
- Julie Hein (Hein Law Firm) (KS), Ronald Hein, Esq. (Hein Law Firm), and Michael Morgan (Koch Industries)[10]
- Rep. Mike Harmon (R-KY)[8][9]
- Mark E. Guiffre (KY), United Parcel Service (UPS) Airlines, and Matthew P. Lathrop, YUM! Brands[10]
- Daniel Wilson (LA), AT&T[10]
- Ann Robinson (ME), Preti Flaherty[10]
- Del. Michael Hough (R-MD))
- Sen. Christopher Shank (R-MD)[8][9]
- Thomas Langan (MD), Unilever[10]
- Joseph Cleary (MA), Bayer[10]
- Rep. Aric Nesbitt (R-MI)
- Robert Campau (MI), Michigan Association of Realtors[10]
- John Gibbs (MN), Comcast[10]
- Rep. Jim Beckett (R-MS)[4]
- Randal Russell (MS), AT&T[10]
- Rep. Sue Allen (R-MO)[7]
- Tom Krewson (MO) (Comcast) and Mary Scruggs (Director of Government Relations, Association of Missouri Electric Cooperatives)[10]
- Ronald Devlin (MT), Northwestern Energy[10]
- Paul Plofchan (NE), Pfizer[10]
- Sen. Barbara Cegavske (R-NV)[8][9]
- Derek Naten (NV), Bayer
Judy Stokey (NV), NV Energy, Inc.[10]
- Rick Newman (NH), NH Government Solutions Group, LLC[10]
- Gaspar Laca (NM), GlaxoSmithKline[10]
- Robert Luria (NY), GlaxoSmithKline[10]
- Gary Salamido (NC), GlaxoSmithKline[10]
- Rep. Mike Nathe (R-ND))[4]
- Rep. Bette B. Grande (R-ND)[9]
- Joel Gilbertson (ND), Vogel Law Firm[10]
- Rep. John P. Adams (R-OH) [8][9]
- Edward Kozelek (OH), Time Warner Cable[10]
- Jim Dunlap (OK), Dunlap Consultants, and Clayton Taylor, The Williams Companies[10]
- Rep. Harold Wright (R-OK)[8][4]
- Paul S. Cosgrove (OR), Lindsay, Hart, Neil & Weigler, LLP[10]
- Rep. Brian L. Ellis (R-PA)
- Kevin Fuller (PA), Bayer[10]
- Rep. Alan Clemmons (R-SC) [8]
- Sen. Ray Cleary (R-SC)[4]
- Jeanelle McCain (SC) (Progress Energy)
- Tom Mullikin (SC) (Mullikin Law Firm)
- Fred Allen (SC), (Nelson, Mullins, Riley and Scarborough)
- Harry F. Cato (SC), (Nelson, Mullins, Riley and Scarborough)
- Chuck Claunch (SC), Duke Energy Corp.[10]
- Rep. Hal Wick (R-SD))[9]
- Craig Mischo (SD), Bayer
- Marilyn Vetter (SD), Takeda[10]
- Rep. Curry Todd (R-TN)[8][9]
- Patricia Cannon (TN), Allergan, Inc.[10]
- Rep. Jodie A. Laubenberg (R-TX)[12]
- Gary Barrett (TX), Bayer
- Holly Reed (TX), AT&T[10]
- Jay Magure (UT), 1-800 Contacts, Inc.
- Steve Proper(UT), Comcast[10]
- Shawn Shouldice (VT), Capital Connections, LLC[10]
- Del. John A. Cosgrove, Jr. (R-VA)[8][4]
- Rick Cornwell (VA), Verizon[10]
- Sen. Don Benton (R-WA) [8][9]
- Daniel Mead Smith (WA) (President, Washington Policy Center)
John Schlatter (WA)(Government Affairs Manager, Takeda)[10]
- Rep. John Nygren (R-WI)[7]
- Katie Rezin (WI), Foley & Lardner LLP;[18]
- Amy Boyer, The Hamilton Consulting Group/Xcel Energy
- Bryon Wornson, (WI) Pfizer[10]
- Sen. Fred Emerich (R-WY)
- Rep. Norine A. Kasperik (R-WY)[9]
- Jody Levin (WY), Verizon
- Wendy Lowe (WY), Peabody Energy[10]
2013
Listed as of November 4, 2013, but not as of March 25, 2014:
- Sen. Patti Anne Lodge (R-ID)[8][9]
- Rep. Mary Sue McClurkin (R-AL) [8][9]
- Rep. Jimmy T. Patronis, Jr. (R-FL)[8][9]
- Sen. Kirk Dillard (R-IL)[8][9][12]
Listed as of April 2013, but not as of November 4, 2013[7]:
- Connecticut - Sen. Kevin Witkos (R)
- Missouri - Rep. Timothy Jones (R) and Rep. Jason Smith (R)
- Montana - Rep. Patrick O. Connell (R)
- Wisconsin - Rep. Scott Suder (R) and Sen. Leah Vukmir (R)[7]
2012
Listed as of December 2012,[8]but not as of June 2014:[4]
- Eugene "Buck" Clarke (R-MI)
- Rep. Scott Reichner (R-MT)
- Sen. Edward Walker (R-MT)
- Rep. Alan Carlson (R-ND)
- Rep. Gary Banz (R)
- Sen. Cliff A. Aldridge (R)
- Sen. Wayne Niederhauser (R-UT)
- Sen. Stephen Martin (R)
- Rep. Jan Angel (R-WA)
Listed as of 2012, but not as of April 2013[12][9][8]
- Arkansas - Rep. Linda Collins-Smith (R)
- Connecticut - Rep. DebraLee Hovey (R)
- Georgia - Rep. Calvin Hill (R) and Sen. Chip Rogers (R)
- Illinois - Rep. Renée Kosel (R)
- Maine - Sen. Richard Rosen (R)
- Montana - Rep. Gary MacLaren (R)
- New York - Sen. Owen Johnson (R, C, IP)
- North Carolina - Rep. Fred Steen II (R)
- Rhode Island - Rep. (previously Sen.) Jon D. Brien (D-50)
- South Dakota - Sen. Deb Peters (R)
- Texas - Rep. Charlie Howard (R), Rep. Jim Jackson (R) and Sen. Kel Seliger (R)
- Utah - Sen. Curt Bramble (R) and Rep. Chris Herrod (R)
- Vermont - Sen. Kevin Mullin (R)
- Wisconsin - Rep. Robin Vos (R)
- Wyoming - Rep. Peter Illoway (R)
2011
Were listed as of 2011, but not as of November of 2012 [8]
- Arkansas - Sen. Eddie Joe Williams (R)[9]
- Colorado - Rep. B J Nikkel (R)
- Delaware - Rep. Daniel Short (R)
- Louisiana - Rep. George Cromer (R)
- Massachusetts - **Rep. Nicholas A. Boldyga (R-3) and Rep. Harriett L. Stanley (D-2)[10][9]
- Michigan - Sen. Tonya Schuitmaker (R)
- Mississippi - Rep. Jim Ellington (R)
- Nebraska - Sen. Abbie Cornett
- Nevada - Sen. Dennis Nolan (R-9)
- New Mexico - Sen. Kent L. Cravens (R)
- North Dakota - Rep. Blair Thoreson (R)
- Oklahoma - Sen. John W. Ford (R)
- Pennsylvania - Rep. John R. Evans (R)
- Rhode Island - Sen. Leo Blais (R-21)
- South Carolina - Sen. Raymond E. Cleary III (R)
- South Dakota - Rep. Valentine Rausch (R)
- Utah - Rep. Ken Ivory[9]
As of the first half of 2011[19]:
- Arizona - Sen. Robert L. Burns - (R)
- Arkansas - Sen. Barbara Horn - (D)
- Arkansas - Rep. Roy Ragland - (R)
- Georgia - Sen. John Wiles (R)
- Idaho - Rep. Jim Clark (R)
- Louisiana - Rep. Noble Ellington (R)
- Maine - Sen. Carol Weston (R)
- Maryland - Sen. Alexander X. Mooney (R)
- Maryland - Del. Nancy Stocksdale (R)
- Michigan - Sen. Jason Allen (R)
- Minnesota - Rep. Laura Brod (R)
- Minnesota - Sen. Gen Olson (R)
- Mississippi - Sen. Alan Nunnelee (R) (Now a member of the US House of Representatives)
- Missouri - Rep. Ed Emery (R)
- Montana - Rep. Dennis Himmelberger (R)
- Nebraska - Sen. Abbie Cornett (R)
- Nevada - Sen. Dennis Nolan (R)
- South Carolina - Rep. Harry Cato (R)
- Vermont - Rep. Patricia O'Donnell (R)
- Wisconsin - Sen. Scott Fitzgerald (R)
- Wisconsin - Rep. Michael Huebsch (R)
Previous Years
1999
- Alaska - Former Sen. Pete Kelly (R - Fairbanks)[20]
- Arizona - Former Rep. Lori S. Daniels (R - Maricopa County)[20]
- Arkansas - Former Rep./Sen. Steve Faris (D-27)[20]
- California - Former Rep. Howard Kaloogian (R - San Diego County)[20]
- Colorado - Former Sen. David Owen (R)[20]
- Connecticut - Former Rep. John Harkins (R-120, now Mayor of Stratford, CT)[20]
- Delaware - Former Del. Joe DiPinto (R-Wilmington West)[20]
- Florida - Dave Nickles (State Government Relations Manager, Pfizer Inc.)[21]
- New Mexico - Gaspar Laca (Manager, State Government Affairs, Glaxo Wellcome)[21]
1992
- Minnesota - Rep. Greg Davids (R-31B)[22]
References
- ↑ American Legislative Exchange Council, 2007 Form 990: Bylaws, filed with the IRS and received by Guidestar.org, revised July 2007, received September 20, 2008 (emphasis added)
- ↑ 2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 2.11 2.12 2.13 2.14 2.15 2.16 2.17 2.18 2.19 2.20 2.21 2.22 2.23 2.24 2.25 2.26 2.27 2.28 2.29 2.30 2.31 2.32 2.33 2.34 2.35 2.36 2.37 2.38 2.39 2.40 2.41 2.42 2.43 2.44 2.45 2.46 2.47 2.48 2.49 2.50 2.51 2.52 2.53 2.54 2.55 2.56 2.57 2.58 2.59 2.60 2.61 2.62 2.63 2.64 2.65 2.66 2.67 2.68 2.69 2.70 2.71 2.72 2.73 2.74 2.75 2.76 American Legislative Exchange Council State Chairs organizational website, accessed April 3, 2019
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Mary Sell, Collins gets Alabama spot on conservative policy group, Decatur Daily, March 21, 2014.
- ↑ 4.00 4.01 4.02 4.03 4.04 4.05 4.06 4.07 4.08 4.09 4.10 4.11 4.12 4.13 4.14 4.15 4.16 4.17 4.18 4.19 4.20 4.21 4.22 4.23 4.24 4.25 4.26 4.27 4.28 4.29 4.30 4.31 American Legislative Exchange Council, State Chairs, organizational website, accessed March 25, 2014.
- ↑ 5.00 5.01 5.02 5.03 5.04 5.05 5.06 5.07 5.08 5.09 5.10 5.11 5.12 5.13 5.14 5.15 5.16 5.17 5.18 5.19 5.20 5.21 5.22 5.23 5.24 5.25 5.26 5.27 5.28 5.29 5.30 5.31 5.32 5.33 5.34 5.35 5.36 5.37 5.38 5.39 5.40 5.41 5.42 5.43 5.44 5.45 5.46 5.47 5.48 5.49 5.50 5.51 5.52 5.53 5.54 5.55 5.56 5.57 5.58 5.59 5.60 5.61 5.62 5.63 5.64 5.65 5.66 5.67 5.68 5.69 5.70 5.71 5.72 5.73 5.74 5.75 5.76 5.77 American Legislative Exchange Council, State Chairs, organizational website, accessed July 18, 2017.
- ↑ 6.00 6.01 6.02 6.03 6.04 6.05 6.06 6.07 6.08 6.09 6.10 6.11 6.12 6.13 6.14 6.15 6.16 6.17 6.18 6.19 6.20 6.21 6.22 6.23 6.24 6.25 6.26 6.27 6.28 6.29 6.30 6.31 6.32 6.33 6.34 6.35 6.36 6.37 6.38 6.39 6.40 6.41 6.42 6.43 6.44 6.45 6.46 6.47 6.48 6.49 ALEC State Chairs Organizational Website, accessed Sept. 2018
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 7.5 7.6 American Legislative Exchange Council, State Chairmen, Official Website, accessed November 4, 2013.
- ↑ 8.00 8.01 8.02 8.03 8.04 8.05 8.06 8.07 8.08 8.09 8.10 8.11 8.12 8.13 8.14 8.15 8.16 8.17 8.18 8.19 8.20 8.21 8.22 8.23 8.24 8.25 8.26 8.27 8.28 8.29 8.30 8.31 8.32 American Legislative Exchange Council, ALEC State Chairmen, organization website, accessed June 30, 2011. This page has been altered by ALEC and is no longer available. Another version of the list of state chairmen is available at ALEC's site here.
- ↑ 9.00 9.01 9.02 9.03 9.04 9.05 9.06 9.07 9.08 9.09 9.10 9.11 9.12 9.13 9.14 9.15 9.16 9.17 9.18 9.19 9.20 9.21 9.22 9.23 9.24 9.25 9.26 9.27 9.28 9.29 9.30 9.31 9.32 9.33 9.34 9.35 9.36 American Legislative Exchange Council, "Sponsors", organizational document, 2012 SNPS Agenda on file with CMD.
- ↑ 10.00 10.01 10.02 10.03 10.04 10.05 10.06 10.07 10.08 10.09 10.10 10.11 10.12 10.13 10.14 10.15 10.16 10.17 10.18 10.19 10.20 10.21 10.22 10.23 10.24 10.25 10.26 10.27 10.28 10.29 10.30 10.31 10.32 10.33 10.34 10.35 10.36 10.37 10.38 10.39 10.40 10.41 10.42 10.43 10.44 10.45 10.46 10.47 10.48 10.49 10.50 American Legislative Exchange Council, "Solutions for the States," 38th Annual Meeting agenda, on file with CMD, August 3-6, 2011
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 11.3 American Legislative Exchange Council State Chair August 6, 2019 Organizational Website
- ↑ 12.00 12.01 12.02 12.03 12.04 12.05 12.06 12.07 12.08 12.09 12.10 12.11 American Legislative Exchange Council, "State Chairmen", organizational website, accessed April 2013
- ↑ 13.00 13.01 13.02 13.03 13.04 13.05 13.06 13.07 13.08 13.09 13.10 13.11 13.12 13.13 13.14 13.15 13.16 13.17 13.18 13.19 13.20 13.21 13.22 13.23 13.24 13.25 13.26 13.27 13.28 Cite error: Invalid
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- ↑ Rep. Mike Kuglitsch Office, [email to CMD informed of State chair change], 2019.
- ↑ American Legislative Exchange Council, Rep. Jeff Thompson Awarded State Chair of the Year by the American Legislative Exchange Council, organizational press release, August 1, 2014.
- ↑ American Legislative Exchange Council, Rep. Yvette Herrell Awarded State Chair of the Year by the American Legislative Exchange Council, organizational press release, August 1, 2014.
- ↑ National Federation of Independent Business [1], organizational webpage, accessed October 29, 2011
- ↑ American Legislative Exchange Council Policy and Intern Manager, Re: Wisconsin - conference, email to Rezin, **Rep. Scott Suder (R-WI), et al, June 20, 2013, on file with CMD.
- ↑ American Legislative Exchange Council, ALEC State Chairmen, document exposed by the Center for Media and Democracy, July 13, 2011
- ↑ 20.0 20.1 20.2 20.3 20.4 20.5 20.6 American Legislative Exchange Council, ’99 ALEC Leaders in the States, organizational document, archived by the Wayback Machine December 8, 2000, accessed November 2012
- ↑ 21.0 21.1 American Legislative Exchange Council, 1998 Annual Meeting Agenda, organizational document, August 18-22, 1998, available through the Tobacco Library, accessed November 2012
- ↑ Sally Jo Sorensen, Greg Davids and ALEC: SE MN representative was Minnesota legislative state chair in 1992, Bluestem Prairie blog, December 7, 2012.
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