ALEC

Leaders in the States
Since 1973, the citizen legislators of the American Legislative Exchange Council have advanced a
common sense conservative agenda based on the fundamental principles of free markets, limited
government, federalism and individual liberty. Today, with 2,400 members, ALEC is the largest
bipartisan, individual membership association of state legislators { in the nation.

In addition } to the senior leadership positions listed here, hundreds of other ALEC members are
chairmen or ranking members of committees and caucuses, or hold other significant and influential
positions. Legislators also contribute to advancing the ALEC agenda by serving on ALEC’s Board of
Directors, or as State or Task Force Chairs.
Alabama
Among the leadership of America’s
state legislatures, ALEC members hold
an impressive presence: 32 Speakers

Senator Ray Haynes

Senate Minority Leader

Representative Bob McKee

ALEC Immediate Past National
Chairman/Senate Minority Whip

ALEC State Chair

Assemblyman Jim Brulte

and Speakers Pro Tem; 22 Senate

Alaska

Presidents and Senate Presidents Pro

Senator Loren D. Leman

Tem; 22 Senate Majority and Minority

Senate Majority Leader

Leaders; 30 House Majority and Minor-

California

Senator James T. Waggoner

Representative Jeannette A. James

Assembly Minority Leader

Assemblyman Dennis Hollingsworth
ALEC State Chair

Colorado

ity Leaders. ALEC alumni include 8

Senator Pete G. Kelly

Speaker Doug Dean
Senator Ed Perlmutter

sitting governors, 3 lieutenant gover-

ALEC State Chair

Senate President Pro Tempore

House Majority Leader

Arizona

nors, 2 senior cabinet-level positions,
and more than 80 members of Congress.

summary 2001
Speakers of the House/
Pro Tempores . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .32
House Majority Leaders . . . . . . . . .18
House Minority Leaders . . . . . . . .12
Senate Presidents/
Pro Tempores . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22
Senate Majority Leaders . . . . . . . . .14
Senate Minority Leaders . . . . . . . . .8

Governor Jane Dee Hull
Senator President Randall E. Gnant
Speaker James Weiers
Senator Russell W. Bowers

Senate Minority Leader

Representative Lola Spradley
House Majority Leader

Representative William Sinclair
House Majority Whip

Senate Majority Leader

Senator David Owen

Senator Brenda Burns

ALEC National Director

ALEC National Director/1999 ALEC National
Chairman

Senator Robert Hagedorn

Representative Carolyn S. Allen

Senator Ron May

House Majority Leader

ALEC State Co-Chair

Representative Marilyn Jarrett

Representative Tambor Williams

House Majority Whip

ALEC State Co-Chair

Senator Lori Daniels
ALEC State Chair

Arkansas

Governors (sitting) . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8

Senator Steve Faris

Lt. Governors (sitting) . . . . . . . . . . .3

ALEC State Chair

Members of Congress . . . . . . . . .80+

Senator John K. Andrews, Jr.

ALEC Tax and Fiscal Policy State Chair

Connecticut
Governor John G. Rowland
Lt. Governor Jodi Rell
Senator George L. Gunther
ALEC National Director

Representative Robert Ward
House Minority Leader

Representative John Harkins
ALEC State Chair

Delaware
Speaker Terry R. Spence
Representative Wayne A. Smith
House Majority Leader

Representative Clifford G. Lee

Representative David Frizzell

Representative George Owings

ALEC Health and Human Services Task
Force Chair

House Majority Whip

Representative Robert W. Behning

House Minority Whip

ALEC State Chair

Representative Nancy R. Stocksdale

House Majority Whip

Representative Joe DiPinto
ALEC State Chair

Florida
Senate President John McKay
Speaker Tom Feeney
Senator Virginia Brown-Waite
Senate President Pro Tempore

Senator James E. King, Jr.
Senate Majority Leader

Senator Tom Rossin
Senate Democratic Leader

Senator Richard Mitchell
Senate Democratic Whip

Senator Kendrick B. Meek
Senate Democratic Whip

Representative Sandra L. Murman
Speaker Pro Tempore

Representative Mike Fasano
House Majority Leader

Senator Debby Sanderson
ALEC State Chair

Georgia
Representative Earl Ehrhart
ALEC National Director/House Minority Whip

Representative Warren Massey
ALEC State Co-Chair

Representative John J. Wiles
ALEC State Co-Chair

Hawaii
Representative David A. Pendleton
House Minority Floor Leader

Representative Paul Whalen
House Minority Whip

Representative Jim Rath
ALEC State Chair

Idaho
Senator James E. Risch
Senate Majority Leader

Representative Frank C. Bruneel
House Majority Leader

Senator Sheila Sorensen
ALEC State Chair

Illinois

Iowa
Senate President Mary E. Kramer
Speaker Brent J. Siegrist
Senator Andrew J. McKean
Senate President Pro Tempore

Michigan

Representative Steven E. Sukup

Senate President Pro Tempore

Senate Majority Leader

Senator Michael E. Gronstal

Speaker Pro Tempore

Senator Joanne Emmons

Representative Christopher C. Rants

Senate Majority Floor Leader

House Majority Leader

Senator Philip E. Hoffman

Representative Richard E. Myers

ALEC 2001 National Treasurer

House Minority Leader

Representative Patricia Birkholz

Representative Elizabeth Jacobs

Speaker Pro Tempore

House Majority Whip

Representative Bruce Patterson

Representative Geri D. Huser

House Majority Floor Leader

House Minority Whip

Representative Mary Ann Middaugh

Representative Dolores Mertz

ALEC State Chair

ALEC National Director

Representative Sandy Greiner
ALEC State Chair

Minnesota
Representative Lynda Boudreau
Co-Speaker Pro Tempore

Kansas
Senator Susan Wagle
ALEC 2001 National Secretary

Representative Anthony Powell
ALEC State Chair

Kentucky
Senate President David L. Williams
Senator Richard L. Roeding

Senator Patricia Pariseau
ALEC State Chair

Mississippi
Speaker Timothy A. Ford
Senator William G. Hewes, III
ALEC National Director

Representative Jim C. Barnett
ALEC State Chair

Senate President Pro Tempore/ALEC State Chair

Representative Jim Ellington

Senator Dan Kelly

ALEC Task Force Chair

Senate Majority Floor Leader

Senator Tommy Moffat

Senator Elizabeth Tori

ALEC Vice State Chair

Senate Majority Whip

Representative Paul Marcotte
ALEC Trade and Transportation Task Force
Chair

Louisiana
Governor Mike Foster
Speaker Charles W. DeWitt
Representative Emile Bruneau
Speaker Pro Tempore

Representative Donald Ray Kennard

ALEC State Chair

ALEC State Chair

Senate President Pro Tempore

Massachusetts
Speaker Thomas M. Finneran

Senate Minority Leader

Senator Stewart E. Iverson

ALEC 2001 Second Vice Chairman

Indiana

ALEC State Chair

Governor John M. Engeler
Lt. Governor Dick Posthumus
Speaker Rick V. Johnson
Senator John Schwarz

Senate President James Philip
Senator Doris C. Karpiel

Senator Robert Garton

Representative Robert Flanagan

Senator Noble Ellington
Representative Glenn Ansardi
ALEC Vice State Chair

Maryland

Senator Joseph W. Harrison

Senator Martin G. Madden

Senate Majority Floor Leader

Senate Minority Leader

Representative Brian C. Bosma

Representative Robert H. Kittleman

House Republican Leader

House Minority Leader

Missouri
Senator Peter Kinder
Co-Senate President Pro Tempore

Senator Ronnie DePasco
Democratic Floor Leader

Representative Charles W. Shields
House Minority Whip

Representative Gary L. Burton
ALEC Telecommunications and Information
Technology Task Force Chair

Representative Susan Phillips
ALEC State Chair

Montana
Senator Ken D. Miller
ALEC State Chair

Nebraska
Senator Doug Kristensen
Speaker of the Legislature

Senator George Coordsen
Chairperson, Executive Board of Legislative
Council

Senator L. Patrick Engel
ALEC National Director/State Chair

Nevada

Senator Gary J. Nelson

Senator William J. Raggio

Senate Majority Leader

Senate Majority Leader/1993 ALEC National
Chairman/ALEC National Director

Representative Wesley R. Belter
House Majority Leader

Senator Maurice Washington

Representative Alan Carlson

Senator Majority Whip/ALEC State Chair

ALEC State Chair

Representative Greg Brower
Co-House Minority Whip

Senator Dean Rhoads
ALEC National Director

New Hampshire

Ohio
Senator Bruce E. Johnson
Senate President Pro Tempore

Senator Randall Gardner
Senate Majority Whip

Representative Gary Cates
Speaker Pro Tempore

Senator Carl R. Johnson

Representative Patricia Clancy

Senate President Pro Tempore

House Majority Floor Leader

Representative Kenneth L. Weyler

Representative Stephen P. Buehrer

ALEC State Chair

ALEC State Co-Chair

Representative Ronald Nowe

Senator Lynn Wachtmann

ALEC State Vice Chair

ALEC State Co-Chair

New Jersey

Speaker Pro Tempore

Senator William C. Mescher
ALEC State Chair

Representative Lynn C. Hettrick
House Minority Floor Leader

South Carolina
Speaker David Wilkins
Representative Doug Smith

Oklahoma

Representative Harry Stille
ALEC Education Task Force Chair

South Dakota
Senator Larry Diedrich
Co-Senate Majority Whip

Senator Duane O. Sutton
Co-Senate Majority Whip

Representative William G. Peterson
House Majority Leader

Representative Jay Duenwald
Co-House Majority Whip

Representative Mike Jaspers
Co-House Majority Whip

Representative Ken D. Juhnke
Co-House Majority Whip

Speaker Pro Tempore

Governor Frank Keating
Lt. Governor Mary Fallin
Senator Stratton Taylor

Assemblywoman Clare M. Farragher

Senate President Pro Tempore

ALEC State Chair

Senator Jim Dunlap

Representative Steve K. McDaniel

Senate Minority Floor Leader/ALEC 2001 First
Vice Chairman

House Minority Leader/ALEC 2001 National
Chairman

Senator E. Scott Pruitt

Representative Charles N. Sargent, Jr.

Senate Minority Whip

House Minority Whip

Representative Fred S. Morgan

Representative James F. Boyer

House Minority Floor Leader/ALEC State Chair

ALEC National Director/State Chair

Speaker Jack Collins
Assemblyman Nicholas R. Felice

New Mexico
Senator Leonard L. Rawson
Senate Minority Whip

Representative Ted E. Hobbs
House Minority Floor Leader

Representative Terry T. Marquardt
ALEC State Chair

New York
Governor George Pataki
Senator Joseph L. Bruno
Senate President Pro Tempore/Majority Leader

Assemblyman John J. Faso
House Minority Leader

Assemblyman Robert A. Straniere
ALEC National Director

North Carolina
Speaker James B. Black
Representative Andrew T. Dedmon
Co-House Majority Whip

Representative Beverly Earle
Co-House Majority Whip

Representative Harold J. Brubaker
ALEC 1994 National Chairman
ALEC National Director

Representative Gregg Thompson
ALEC State Chair

North Dakota
Speaker LeRoy G. Berstein
Senator Karen K. Krebsbach
Senate President Pro Tempore

ALEC State Vice Chair

Tennessee

Representative Hopper Smith

Texas

Co-House Minority Whip

Representative John Sullivan

Representative D. R. Uher

Co-House Minority Whip

Speaker Pro Tem/ALEC State Chair

Representative Susan C. Winchester

Representative Bill G. Carter

Co-House Minority Whip

Oregon

Senator Owen Johnson
Senate Vice President Pro Tempore/ALEC 1987
National Chairman/ALEC National Director

Representative William G. Peterson

Senate President Gene Derfler
Representative Karen Minnis
House Majority Leader

Pennsylvania
Speaker Matthew Ryan
Senator Robert C. Jubelirer

ALEC National Director

Representative Bob Hunter
ALEC State Vice Chair

Utah
Senate President Al Mansell
ALEC State Vice Chair

Speaker Martin R. Stephens
Senator Steve Poulton
Senate Majority Leader

Senate President Pro Tempore

Senator John L. Valentine

Senator David J. Brightbill

Senate Majority Whip

Senate Majority Leader

Representative Kevin S. Garn

Senator Michael A. O’Pake

House Majority Leader

Senate Minority Whip

Representative David Ure

Representative John M. Perzel

House Majority Whip

House Majority Leader

Representative Marda Dillree

Representative Ron Marsico

ALEC State Chair

ALEC State Chair

Rhode Island

Vermont

Representative Gerard M. Martineau

Speaker Walter E. Freed
Representative Frank M. Mazur

House Majority Leader

ALEC State Chair

Representative Robert A. Watson
House Minority Leader

Senator Leo Blais
ALEC State Chair

Virginia

Senator James E. West

Senator Robert Welch

Speaker S. Vance Wilkins
Senator John H. Chichester

Senate Republican Leader

ALEC National Director/State Chair

Senate President Pro Tempore

Senator Walter A. Stosch
Senate Majority Leader

Delegate H. Morgan Griffith

Representative Mark Schoesler
Republican House Whip

Representative Val A. Stevens
ALEC State Chair

West Virginia

House Majority Leader

Representative John Pino

Senator Stephen H. Martin

Speaker Pro Tempore

ALEC State Chair

Senator Vic Sprouse

Delegate William J. Howell

Senate Minority Leader

ALEC Civil Justice Task Force Chair

Washington
Representative Clyde Ballard
Co-Speaker of the House

Wisconsin
Speaker Scott Jensen
Senator Mary E. Panzer

Wyoming
Governor Jim Geringer
Senate President Henry H. Coe
Speaker Rick Tempest
Representative Randall B. Luthi
Speaker Pro Tempore

Representative Fred Parady
House Majority Floor Leader

Representative Rodney Anderson
House Majority Whip

Representative Peter S. Illoway
ALEC State Chair

Senate Republican Leader

Alumni
Cabinet
Health & Human Services Secretary
Tommy Thompson
1991 Thomas Jefferson Freedom Award
Recipient

White House Chief of Staff
Andrew Card

U.S. Senate
Senator Wayne Allard (R-Colo.)
Senator George Allen (R-Va.)
ALEC Jefferson Scholar/1996 Thomas Jefferson
Freedom Award

Senator Ben Nighthorse Campbell (R-Colo.)
Senator Michael B. Enzi (R-Wyo.)
Senator Peter Fitzgerald (R-Ill.)
Senator Tim Hutchinson (R-Ark.)
Senator James M. Inhofe (R-Okla.)
Senator Jon Kyl (R-Ariz.)
Senator Don Nickles (R-Okla.)
Assistant Majority Leader

Senator Richard C. Shelby (R-Ala.)
Senator Craig Thomas (R-Wyo.)

U.S. House of Representatives
Representative Spencer Bachus (R-Ala.)
Representative Richard H. Baker (R-La.)
Representative James A. Barcia (D-Mich.)
Representative Charles F. Bass (R-N.H.)
Representative John A. Boehner (R-Ohio)
Representative Leonard L. Boswell (D-Iowa)
Representative F. A. Boyd (D-Fla.)
Representative Kevin Brady (R-Texas)
Representative Dan Burton (R-Ind.)
Representative David Camp (R-Mich.)
Representative Eric Cantor (R-Va.)
Representative Howard Coble (R-N.C.)
Representative Michael Collins (R-Ga.)
Representative Philip M. Crane (R-Ill.)
Representative Barbara Cubin (R-Wyo.)
Representative John Culberson (R-Texas)

Representative James O. Davis (D-Fla.)
Representative Jo Ann Davis (R-Va.)
Representative Tom DeLay (R-Texas)
Representative Peter Deutsch (D-Fla.)
Representative John T. Doolittle (R-Calif.)
Representative Robert L. Ehrlich (R-Md.)
Representative Mark Foley (R-Fla.)
Representative Rodney Frelinghuysen (R-N.J.)
Representative Paul E. Gillmor (R-Ohio)
Representative Virgil H. Goode (I-Va.)
Representative Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.)
Representative Sam Graves (R-Mo.)
Representative Mark Green (R-Wisc.)
Representative James C. Greenwood (R-Pa.)
Representative Gil Gutknecht (R-Minn.)
Representative Melissa Hart (R-Pa.)
Representative Richard Hastings (R-Wash.)
Representative Joel Hefley (R-Colo.)
Representative Henry J. Hyde (R-Ill.)
ALEC Founding Member/1998 ALEC Pioneer
Award Recipient

Representative Ernest J. Istook (R-Okla.)
Representative Nancy L. Johnson (R-Conn.)
Representative Sam Johnson (R-Texas)
Representative Walter B. Jones (R-N.C.)
Representative Jack Kingston (R-Ga.)
Representative Jerry Lewis (R-Calif.)
Representative John Linder (R-Ga.)
Representative Frank A. LoBiondo (R-N.J.)
Representative Frank D. Lucas (R-Okla.)
Representative Karen McCarthy (D-Mo.)
Representative John M. McHugh (R-N.Y.)
Representative Scott McInnis (R-Colo.)
Representative John L. Mica (R-Fla.)
Representative Jerry Moran (R-Kan.)
Representative Robert W. Ney (R-Ohio)
Representative Anne M. Northup (R-Ky.)
Representative John E. Peterson (R-Pa.)
Representative Joseph R. Pitts (R-Pa.)
Representative Todd Platts (R-Pa.)
Representative Adam Putnam (R-Fla.)

Representative Jim Ramstad (R-Minn.)
Representative Mike Rogers (R-Mich.)
Representative Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-Fla)
Representative Lucille Roybal-Allard (D-Calif.)
Representative Edward Royce (R-Calif.)
Representative Robert W. Schaffer (R-Colo.)
Representative Ed Schrock (R-Va.)
Representative Nick Smith (R-Mich.)
Representative Bob Stump (R-Ariz.)
Representative W. J. Billy Tauzin (R-La.)
Representative Todd Tiahrt (R-Kan.)
Representative Pat Tiberi (R-Ohio)
Representative Gerald C. Weller (R-Ill.)
Representative Roger Wicker (R-Miss.)
Representative Don Young (R-Ark.)

gubernatorial alumni
Sitting Governors
Michigan Governor John Engler
1993 Thomas Jefferson Freedom Award
Recipient

Louisiana Governor Mike Foster
Wyoming Governor Jim Geringer
Arizona Governor Jane Dee Hull
Oklahoma Governor Frank Keating
2000 Thomas Jefferson Freedom Award
Recipient

Colorado Governor Bill Owens
New York Governor George Pataki
Connecticut Governor John Rowland

Past Governors
Idaho Governor Phil Batt
South Carolina Governor
David Beasley
Iowa Governor Terry Branstad
ALEC Founding Member/1996 ALEC
Pioneer Award

Minnesota Governor Arne Carlson
Illinois Governor Jim Edgar

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