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The
American Legislative Exchange Council , otherwise known by the acronym ALEC, is a non-profit 501(c) political organization established in 1975. The legislative members are state and federal legislators. It is a forum to allow the members to write model laws and discuss legislative language with other members. ALEC meetings are an opportunity for the corporate and non-profit leaders to meet and provide feedback to legislators. Member legislators can then use the model bills as templates for their own bills.
Members here are listed as former members by virtue of the end of their terms in office of the various state legislatures, a necessary qualifier for membership in ALEC. None of these former members resigned from ALEC. See
Resigned legislative members for the individuals who have announced they are no longer members by choice.
ALEC keeps its membership, activities and communications confidential. This list includes former members whose identity primarily has become known through internal documents revealed to
Common Cause and by research by members of the press.
Notable former legislative members
Early members included a number of state and local politicians who went on to statewide or national office, including
Bob Kasten and
Tommy Thompson of Wisconsin,
John Engler of Michigan,
Terry Branstad of Iowa, and
John Kasich of Ohio.
[1] Several members of Congress were also involved in the organization during its early years, including Sen.
James L. Buckley and Rep.
Jack Kemp of New York, Sen.
Jesse Helms of North Carolina, and Rep.
Phil Crane of Illinois.
[1] More recently,
Eric Cantor Majority Leader of the U.S. House of Representatives was an alumnus.
[2]
Former elected government official members
Former state level members
Arizona
Connecticut
MARYLAND
Phillip D Bissett, R Maryland House of Delegates
James M Harkins, R Maryland House of Delegates
North Carolina
Utah
Virginia
Washington
Wisconsin
Joe Knilans , R,
State Assembly
[10]
Scott Suder , R, Minority Leader, State Assembly
Bill Kramer , R, Wisconsin State Assembly
[10]
[11]
Neal Kedzie , R, Wisconsin State Senate
[10]
[12]
Mike Ellis , R, President of the Wisconsin State Senate
[13]
Joe Leibham , R, President Pro Tempore Wisconsin State Senate
[14]
Former members elected to the U.S. House of Representatives
Alabama
Alaska
Arizona
California
Colorado
Florida
Sandy Adams , R
[15]
Allen Boyd , D
[4]
Ginny Brown-Waite , R
[4]
Mario Díaz-Balart , R
[15]
Suzanne Kosmas , D
[4]
Kendrick Meek , D (also, unsuccessful candidate in the 2010 United States Senate election)
[4]
John Mica , R
[15]
Jeff Miller , R
[15]
Bill Posey , R
[16]
Adam Putnam , R (also,
Florida Commissioner of Agriculture )
[4]
David Rivera , R
[15]
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen , R
[15]
Dennis Ross , R
[15]
Marco Rubio , R (also, United States Senate)
[17]
Steve Southerland , R
[15]
Daniel Webster , R
[15]
Georgia
Idaho
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Kansas
Kentucky
Louisiana
Maryland
Michigan
Minnesota
Mississippi
Missouri
New Jersey
New York
North Carolina
North Dakota
Ohio
Oklahoma
Oregon
Pennsylvania
South Carolina
South Dakota
Tennessee
Texas
Virginia
Washington
Wisconsin
Former members elected to the U.S. Senate
Alabama
Florida
Idaho
Kansas
Mississippi
Nebraska
Nevada
North Carolina
Oklahoma
South Carolina
West Virginia
Wyoming
Former members elected Governor
Arizona
Colorado
Indiana
Iowa
Michigan
Ohio
Oklahoma
Pennsylvania
South Carolina
Utah
Wisconsin
Resigned legislative members
Alma Allen (politician) , D,
Texas House of Representatives
[28]
Lisa Boscola , D, Pennsylvania Senate
[29]
Mike Colona , D, Minority Whip Missouri House of Representatives
[30]
Danielle Conrad , D, Nebraska Legislature
[31]
Greg Cromer , R,
Louisiana House of Representatives
[32]
Dawnna Dukes , D, Texas House of Representatives
[33]
Harold Dutton , D, Texas House of Representatives
[33]
Walter Felag , D,
Rhode Island Senate
[34]
Mary Flowers , D,
Illinois House of Representatives
[29]
Ken Haar , D, Nebraska Legislature
[31]
Ted Harhai , D,
Pennsylvania House of Representatives
[29]
Denise Harper-Angel , D, Kentucky Senate
[35]
Brian Hatfield , D, Washington Senate
[36]
Eric Johnson , D, Texas House of Representatives
[33]
Ray Jones , D, Kentucky Senate
[35]
William Keller , R, Pennsylvania House of Representatives
[29]
Troy Kelley , D,
Washington House of Representatives , once attended a meeting but claims he is no longer a member
[36]
Tracy King , D, Texas House of Representatives
[33]
Nick Kotik , D, Pennsylvania House of Representatives
[37]
Joseph Markosek , D, Pennsylvania House of Representatives
[29]
Armando Martinez , D, Texas House of Representatives
[33]
Ruth Jones McClendon , D, Texas House of Representatives
[33]
Heath Mello , D, Nebraska Legislature
[31]
Jose Menendez , D, Texas House of Representatives
[33]
George Muñoz , D,
New Mexico Senate
[38]
Jeremy Nordquist , D, Nebraska Legislature
[31]
Nan Orrock , D, Georgia Senate
[39]
Joseph Petrarca , D, Pennsylvania House of Representatives
[29]
Brandon Phelps , D, Illinois House of Representatives
[29]
Chente Quintanilla , D, Texas House of Representatives
[33]
Brian Quirk , D,
Iowa House of Representatives
[40]
Harry Readshaw , D, Pennsylvania House of Representatives claims he didn't know he was a member
[37]
Eddie Rodriguez , D, Texas House of Representatives
[33]
Jennifer Seelig , D,
Utah State House of Representatives
[41]
Tim Shaughnessy , D, Kentucky Senate
[35]
Kathy Stein , D, Kentucky Senate
[35]
John Tassoni Jr , D, Rhode Island Senate
[42]
Robert Theberge , D,
New Hampshire House of Representatives
[43]
Kevin Van De Wege , D, Washington House of Representatives
[44]
Don Vaughan , D, Minority leader
North Carolina Senate
[45]
Ted Vick , D,
South Carolina House of Representatives
[46]
Hubert Vo , D, Texas House of Representatives
[33]
Leanna Washington , D, Pennsylvania Senate
[29]
Anthony Williams , D, Pennsylvania Senate
[29]
Former corporate members
See also
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