Tennessee ALEC Politicians
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This is a partial list of Tennessee 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.
Contents
Tennessee Legislators with ALEC Ties
House of Representatives
- Rep. Harry R. Brooks, Jr. (R-19), ALEC Education Task Force Member[1]
- Rep. David Byrd (R-71), Attended 2019 ALEC Annual Meeting[2]
- Rep. Sheila K. Butt (R-64), Republican Majority Floor Leader of the Tennessee House of Representatives, attended ALEC meeting in San Diego, 2015.[3]
- Rep. Martin Daniel (R-18), Attended 2019 ALEC Annual Meeting[2] registered member
- Rep. Jimmy Eldridge (R-73)[4], ALEC Health and Human Services Task Force Member[5]
- Rep. Jeremy Faison (R-11), Attended 2019 ALEC Annual Meeting[2], registered member
- Rep. Tilman Goins (R-10), Attended 2017 Annual Meeting
- Rep. David Hawk (R-5), ALEC Energy, Environment and Agriculture Task Force Alternate[6]
- Rep. Patsy Hazlewood (R-27)[7]
- Rep. Dan Howell (R-22), Attended 2019 ALEC Annual Meeting[2][7][8]
- Rep. Curtis G. Johnson (R-68), ALEC Tax and Fiscal Policy Task Force Alternate[9]
- Rep. Kelly Keisling (R-38), ALEC Civil Justice Task Force Member [10]
- Rep. Susan Lynn (R-57)[7][4][11]
- Rep. Gerald McCormick (R-26), ALEC Tax and Fiscal Policy Task Force Alternate [9]
- Rep. Steve K. McDaniel (R-72), ALEC Communications and Technology Task Force Member[12]
- Rep. Dennis Powers (R-36)[7]
- Rep. John D. Ragan (R-33), ALEC Education Task Force Alternate[1]
- Rep. Bob Ramsey, (R-20) ALEC Health and Human Services Task Force and Communications and Technology Task Force Alternate[12]
- Rep. Jay Reedy (R-74), Attended 2019 ALEC Annual Meeting[2]
- Rep. Bill Sanderson (R-77); State Chair
- Rep. Charles Michael Sargent, Jr. (R-61), ALEC Commerce, Insurance and Economic Development Task Force Member[13]
- Rep. Ron Travis (R-31)[7]
- Rep. Mark White (R-83), ALEC International Relations Task Force Member[14]
Senate
- Sen. Mike Bell (R-9), ALEC Health and Human Services Task Force Member[5]
- Sen. Mark Green (R-22), registered member
- Sen. Dolores R. Gresham (R-26), ALEC Education Task Force Alternate[1]
- Sen. Ed Jackson (R-27), Attended 2019 ALEC Annual Meeting[2], registered member
- Sen. Brian K. Kelsey (R-31), ALEC Civil Justice Task Force Chair [10]
- Sen. Becky Massey (R-6), Attended 2019 ALEC Annual Meeting[2]
- Sen. Frank Niceley (R-8), Attended 2019 ALEC Annual Meeting, [2]ALEC Energy, Environment and Agriculture Task Force Member[6]
- Sen. John Stevens (R-24), Attended 2019 ALEC Annual Meeting[2]
- Sen. Steve Southerland (R-1), ALEC Tax and Fiscal Policy Task Force Alternate[9]
- Sen. Reginald Tate (D-33),[15] ALEC Tax and Fiscal Policy Task Force Member[16]
- Sen. Ken Yager (R-12), ALEC Commerce, Insurance and Economic Development Task Force Alternate[13]
Other Tennessee Office Holders
- Cleveland Mayor-Elect Kevin D. Brooks, ALEC Education Task Force Alternate[1]
- U.S. District Court Judge, former Sen. Mark S. Norris (R-32), ALEC Civil Justice Task Force Member[10]
- Rutherford County Mayor-elect Bill Ketron (former state senator), ALEC State Chair,[17] ALEC Energy, Environment and Agriculture Task Force[6] and Tax and Fiscal Policy Task Force member,[9] attended 2011[18] and 2015 ALEC Annual Meetings.[19] Ketron told The Tennessean that 6 other senators and 22 Tennessee legislators attended the 2015 ALEC meeting.[19]
Former Legislators
- Rep. David Shepard (D-69), ALEC Health and Human Services Task Force Member[5] - told Knox News in July 2012 that "he joined and paid his first year's dues in 2010 -- $100 -- but never actually attended a meeting, then sent repeated notice of his resignation" in 2012.[20] See Legislators Who Have Cut Ties to ALEC for more.
- Rep. Tony Shipley (R-2), ALEC Public Safety and Elections Task Force Alternate [21]
- Rep. Curry Todd (R-95), State Chairman,[22] Member of ALEC Board of Directors[23][19] and Communications and Technology Task Force Member,[12] attended the 2015 ALEC annual conference[19]
- Rep. Barrett W. Rich (R-94), ALEC Civil Justice Task Force Member [10]
- Rep. Stephen McManus (R-96), ALEC Commerce, Insurance and Economic Development Task Force Member[13]
- Rep. Jon C. Lundberg (R-1), ALEC Public Safety and Elections Task Force Member [21]
- Rep. Ryan A. Haynes (R-14), ALEC International Relations Task Force Member [21]
- Rep. Joshua G. Evans (R-66)[4], ALEC Public Safety and Elections Task Force Member[21]
- Rep. Mike T. Harrison (R-9), ALEC Tax and Fiscal Policy Task Force Member [9]
- Rep. Joe Carr (R-48), ALEC Public Safety and Elections Task Force Member [21]
- Rep. Vince Dean (R-30), ALEC Public Safety and Elections Task Force Alternate [21]
- Rep. Vance Dennis (R-71), ALEC Civil Justice Task Force Member [10]
- Rep. Joseph Armstrong (D-15), ALEC Health and Human Services Task Force Member[5] - told Knox News in July 2012 that "he stopped paying dues in 2010 and, after discovering he was still listed as a member, sending a resignation notice" in 2012.[20] See Legislators Who Have Cut Ties to ALEC for more.
- Former Rep. Dale Ford (R-6)[4]
- Former Rep. Julia Hurley (R-32), ALEC Health and Human Services Task Force Member[5]
- Rep. Phillip Max Johnson (R-78), ALEC International Relations Task Force Member[24]
- Former Rep. Debra Young Maggart (R-45), ALEC Commerce, Insurance and Economic Development Task Force Member[13]
- Former Rep. Joe McCard (R-Maryville; chief clerk of the state House as of 2011)[15]
- Rep. Joe McCord (R-8), ALEC Energy, Environment and Agriculture Task Force Member[6]
- Former Rep. Johnny Richard Montgomery (R-12), ALEC Communications and Technology Task Force Member[12]
- Former Rep. Randall H. Stamps (R) ran for TN SOS in 2009. [25]
Former Senators
- State director of the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Rural Development office Jim Tracy, ALEC Education Task Force Member[1]
- Sen. Jim Kyle (D-28)[25][7]
- Sen. Ophelia Ford (D-29)[4]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 American Legislative Exchange Council, Directory – Full Name and Address, Education Task Force Membership Directory, August 2011, obtained and released by Common Cause
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 Nick Surgey 2019 Annual Meeting Attendees - Legislators Documented August 2019
- ↑ Sheila Butt's personal facebook page showing photo from ALEC hotel room, accessed July 27, 2015.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 American Legislative Exchange Council, Letter to Robert C. Byrd and Nancy Pelosi RE: Federal health reform efforts, June 24, 2009
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 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
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 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
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 7.5 Jamie Corey NEW ALEC MEMBERSHIP LIST NAMES MORE LEGISLATORS TIED TO THE GROUP Documented June 6, 2019
- ↑ ALEC, State and Local Legislators Urge Congress to Eliminate State and Local Tax Deduction in Exchange for Pro-Growth Lower Rates, ALEC, October 16, 2017.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3 9.4 American Legislative Exchange Council, Directory – Full Name and Address, Tax and Fiscal Policy Task Force Membership Directory, August 2011, obtained and released by Common Cause
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 10.3 10.4 American Legislative Exchange Council, organizational member spreadsheet, organizational Civil Justice Task Force document, August 2011, obtained and released by Common Cause
- ↑ 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
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 12.3 American Legislative Exchange Council, Directory – Full Name and Address, Communications and Technology Task Force Membership Directory, August 2011, obtained and released by Common Cause
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 13.2 13.3 American Legislative Exchange Council, Directory – Full Name and Address, organizational task force membership directory, August 2011, obtained and released by Common Cause
- ↑ American Legislative Exchange Council, Directory – Full Name and Address, International Relations Task Force Membership Directory, August 2011, obtained and released by Common Cause
- ↑ 15.0 15.1 Tom Humphrey, House Speaker Harwell stops payment for some out-of-state legislator travel, KnoxNews.com, July 24, 2011
- ↑ American Legislative Exchange Council, organizational task force membership directory, March 31st, 2011, obtained and released by Common Cause April 2012.
- ↑ American Legislative Exchange Council, State Chairs, organizational website, accessed June 9, 2014.
- ↑ Don Enss, Ketron's tie to ALEC shows real motive on Voter ID, Daily News Journal, August 29, 2011
- ↑ 19.0 19.1 19.2 19.3 Richard Locker, "Legislative council's influence rises in Tennessee," The Tennessean, May 7, 2015.
- ↑ 20.0 20.1 Tom Humphrey, Two TN Democrats Quit ALEC as Republican Legislators Praise It, Knox News "Humphrey on the Hill" column, July 29, 2012.
- ↑ 21.0 21.1 21.2 21.3 21.4 21.5 American Legislative Exchange Council, Directory – Full Name and Address, Public Safety Task Force Membership Directory, August 2011, obtained and released by Common Cause
- ↑ American Legislative Exchange Council, "ALEC State Chairmen, organization website, accessed April 2012
- ↑ American Legislative Exchange Council, Board of Directors, organizational website, accessed July 7, 2011.
- ↑ American Legislative Exchange Council, Directory – Full Name and Address, International Relations Task Force Membership Directory, August 2011, obtained and released by Common Cause
- ↑ 25.0 25.1 American Legislative Exchange Council, ed. Samuel A. Brunelli, Sourcebook of American State Legislation, Volume II, organizational annual publication, January 1995.
