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For over twenty five years, the citizen legislators of the American Legislative Exchange Council have advanced a common sense, conservative agenda based on the fundamental Jeffersonian principles of free markets, limited government, federalism and individual liberty. Today, with 3,000 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. ALEC alumni include 13 sitting or former governors, three lieutenant governors, and 81 are current members of Congress. |
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Speakers of the House/Pro Tempores 43 |
House Majority Leaders 21 |
House Minority Leaders 13 |
Senate Presidents/Pro Tempores 22 |
Senate Majority Leaders 12 |
Senate Minority Leaders 11 |
Governors (including alumni) 13 |
Lt. Governors (including alumni) 3 |
Members of Congress 81 |
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Go to Gubernatorial and Congressional Alumni |
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Alabama |
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Representative Demetrius C. Newton |
Speaker Pro Tempore |
Representative Bob McKee |
ALEC State Chair |
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Alaska |
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Representative Joseph P. Green |
House Majority Leader |
Senator Pete Kelly |
ALEC State Chair |
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Arizona |
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Senate President Brenda Burns |
1999 ALEC National Chair |
Speaker Jeff Groscost |
Senator John Wettaw |
Senate President Pro Tempore |
Senator Russell W. Bowers |
Senate Majority Leader |
Representative Lori S. Daniels |
House Majority Leader/ALEC State Chair |
Representative Wes Marsh |
ALEC Trade and Transportation |
Task Force Chair |
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Arkansas |
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Senator Stanley Russ |
Senate Majority Leader |
Representative Steve Faris |
House Majority Leader/ALEC State Chair |
Honorable Bobby Hogue |
former Speaker/1998 Immediate Past ALEC National Chairman |
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California |
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Senator Ray Haynes |
Senate Minority Whip/ |
1999 ALEC First Vice Chair |
Assemblyman Rod Pacheco |
Assembly Minority Leader |
Assemblyman Howard Kaloogian |
ALEC State Chair |
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Colorado |
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Senate President Ray Powers |
ALEC National Director/ |
1995 ALEC National Chairman |
Speaker Russell George |
Senator Douglas Lamborn |
Senate President Pro Tempore |
Senator Tom Blickensderfer |
Senate Majority Leader |
Senator David Owen |
ALEC National Director/State Chair |
Representative William G. Kaufman |
Speaker Pro Tempore |
Representative Doug Dean |
House Majority Leader |
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Connecticut |
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Governor John G. Rowland |
Lt. Governor Jodi Rell |
Senator M. Adela Eads |
Senate Minority Leader |
Senator George L. Gunther |
ALEC National Director |
Representative Robert M. Ward |
House Minority Leader |
Representative John Harkins |
ALEC State Chair |
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Delaware |
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Speaker Terry R. Spence |
Senator Thomas B. Sharp |
President Pro Tempore |
Senator Thurman Adams |
Senate Majority Leader |
Senator Steven Amick |
Senate Minority Leader |
Representative Wayne Smith |
House Majority Leader |
Representative Robert Gilligan |
House Minority Leader |
Representative Charles Welch |
House Majority Whip |
Delegate Joe DiPinto |
ALEC State Chair |
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Florida |
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Speaker John Thrasher |
Senator Jack Latvala |
Senate Republican Leader |
Representative Dennis L. Jones |
Speaker Pro Tempore |
Representative Jerry L. Maygarden. |
House Majority Leader |
Representative Debby Sanderson |
ALEC National Director/ |
State Chair |
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Georgia |
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Representative Len Walker |
House Majority Leader |
Representative Robert Irvin |
House Minority Leader |
Representative Earl Ehrhart |
ALEC National Director/ |
State Chair |
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Hawaii |
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Representative David Stegmaier |
ALEC State Chair |
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Idaho |
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Speaker Bruce Newcomb |
Senator Jerry T. Twiggs |
Senate President Pro Tempore |
Senator James Risch |
Senate Majority Leader |
Representative Frank Bruneel |
House Majority Leader |
Senator Sheila Sorensen |
ALEC State Chair |
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Illinois |
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Senate President James "Pate" Philip |
Majority Leader |
Representative Lee Daniels |
House Minority Leader |
Senator Doris Karpiel |
ALEC State Chair |
Senator Kirk Dillard |
ALEC Civil Justice Task Force Chair |
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Indiana |
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Speaker John Gregg |
Senator Robert Garton |
Senate President Pro Tempore |
Senator Joseph W. Harrison |
Senate Majority Leader |
Representative Paul Mannweiler |
House Republican Leader |
Representative Robert Behning |
ALEC State Chair |
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Iowa |
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Senate President Mary Kramer |
Speaker Ron J. Corbett |
Senator Donald Redfern |
Senate President Pro Tempore |
Senator Stewart Iverson, Jr. |
Senate Majority Leader |
Senator Michael E. Gronstal |
Senate Minority Leader |
Representative Christopher C. Rants |
Speaker Pro Tempore |
Representative Brent Siegrist |
House Majority Leader |
Representative David Schrader |
House Minority Leader |
Representative Sandy Greiner |
ALEC State Chair |
Representative Dolores Mertz |
ALEC Health and Human Services |
Task Force Chair |
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Kansas |
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Speaker Robin Jennison |
Senate President Richard L. Bond |
Representative Doug Mays |
Speaker Pro Tempore |
Representative Kent Glasscock |
House Majority Leader |
Representative Susan Wagle |
ALEC National Director |
Representative Anthony Powell |
ALEC State Chair |
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Kentucky |
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Senator Richard Roeding |
ALEC State Chair |
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Louisiana |
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Governor Mike Foster |
Speaker "Hunt" Downer, Jr. |
Representative Donald Ray Kennard |
1999 ALEC Secretary |
Representative C. Emile "Peppi" Bruneau, Jr. |
Speaker Pro Tempore |
Senator Noble Ellington |
ALEC State Chair |
Representative Glenn Ansardi |
ALEC State Vice Chair |
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Maine |
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Representative Jean Ginn Marvin |
ALEC State Chair |
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Maryland |
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Senator Martin G. Madden |
Senate Minority Leader |
Delegate Robert H. Kittleman |
House Minority Leader |
Delegate Nancy Stocksdale |
ALEC State Chair |
Delegate Martha Klima |
ALEC Telecommunications and Information Technology |
Task Force Chair |
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Massachusetts |
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Speaker Thomas M. Finneran |
Representative William McManus, II |
ALEC State Chair |
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Michigan |
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Governor John M. Engler |
Lt. Governor Dick Posthumus |
Senator John Schwarz |
Senate President Pro Tempore |
Senator Philip Hoffman |
ALEC National Director |
Representative Patricia Birkholz |
House Speaker Pro Tempore |
Representative Andrew Raczkowski |
House Majority Leader |
Representative Mary Ann Middaugh |
ALEC State Chair |
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Minnesota |
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Speaker Steven Sviggum |
Representative Lynda Boudreau |
Co-Speaker Pro Tempore |
Senator Linda Runbeck |
ALEC State Chair |
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Mississippi |
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Speaker Tim Ford |
Senator Tommy Gollot |
Senate President Pro Tempore |
Senator William Hewes, III |
ALEC National Director |
Representative Jim Barnett |
ALEC State Chair |
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Missouri |
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Senator Ronnie DePasco |
Senate Majority Leader |
Senator Steven Ehlmann |
Senate Minority Leader |
Representative Gary Burton |
ALEC State Chair |
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Montana |
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Senator Ken Miller |
ALEC State Chair |
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Nebraska |
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Speaker of the Legislature |
Doug Kristensen |
George Coordsen |
Chairperson, Exec. Board of Leg. Council |
Senator Pat Engel |
ALEC State Chair |
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Nevada |
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Speaker Joseph Dini, Jr. |
Senator William J. Raggio |
Senate Majority Leader/ |
ALEC National Director/1993 ALEC National Chairman |
Senator Dean Rhoads |
ALEC National Director |
Assemblyman Lynn Hettric |
Assembly Minority Leader |
Senator Randolph Townsend |
ALEC State Chair |
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New Hampshire |
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Speaker Nancy Stickney |
Representative Gary Daniels |
ALEC State Chair |
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New Jersey |
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Senate President Donald Di Francesco |
Assemblyman Nicholas Felice |
Assembly Speaker Pro Tempore |
Assemblywoman Clare Farragher |
ALEC State Chair |
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New Mexico |
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Representative Ted Hobbs |
House Minority Floor Leader |
Representative Terry Marquardt |
ALEC State Chair |
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New York |
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Governor George Pataki |
Senator Joseph Bruno |
Senate President Pro Tempore/Majority Leader |
Senator Owen Johnson |
Senate Vice President Pro Tempore/ALEC 1987 National |
Chairman/ |
ALEC National Director |
Senator Vincent L. Leibell |
ALEC State Chair |
Assemblyman Robert Straniere |
ALEC National Director |
Assemblyman Marc Herbst |
ALEC State Chair |
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North Carolina |
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Speaker James B. Black |
Representative Harold Brubaker |
ALEC National Director/1994 ALEC National Chairman |
Representative Richard Morgan |
ALEC State Chair |
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North Dakota |
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Speaker Francis Wald |
Senator Wayne Stenehjem |
Senate President Pro Tempore |
Senator Gary Nelson |
Senate Majority Leader |
Representative John Dorso |
House Majority Leader |
Representative Merle Boucher |
House Minority Leader |
Representative Alan Carlson |
ALEC State Chair |
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Ohio |
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Speaker Jo Ann Davidson |
Representative Dale Van Vyven |
ALEC National Director/ |
1996 ALEC National Chairman |
Senator Robert Cupp |
Senate President Pro Tempore |
Representative Randall Gardner |
Speaker Pro Tempore |
Representative Pat Tiberi |
House Majority Floor Leader |
Senator Lynn Wachtmann |
ALEC State Chair |
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Oklahoma |
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Governor Frank Keating |
Lt. Governor Mary Fallin |
Senator Jim Dunlap |
1999 ALEC Treasurer |
Representative Fred Morgan |
House Minority Leader |
ALEC State Chair |
Representative Doug Miller |
ALEC State Chair |
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Oregon |
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Senate President Brady Adams |
Speaker Lynn Snodgrass |
Senator Randy Miller |
Senate President Pro Tempore |
Senator Gene Derfler |
Senate Majority Leader |
Representative Ken Strobeck |
Speaker Pro Tempore |
Representative Steve Harper, Majority Leader |
Senator Eileen Qutub, ALEC State Chair |
Representative Jim Welsh |
ALEC Energy, Environment, Natural Resources and Agriculture |
Task Force Chair |
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Pennsylvania |
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Speaker Matthew J. Ryan |
Senator Robert Jubelirer |
Senate President Pro Tempore |
Senator F. Joseph Loeper |
Senate Majority Leader |
Representative John Perzel |
House Majority Leader |
Representative Robert Flick |
ALEC State Chair |
Representative Howard Fargo |
ALEC Tax & Fiscal Policy Task Force Chair |
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Rhode Island |
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Speaker John B. Harwood |
Representative Gerard Martineau |
House Majority Leader |
Representative Robert Watson |
House Minority Leader |
Senator Michael Flynn |
ALEC State Chair |
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South Carolina |
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Speaker David Wilkins |
Representative Terry Haskins |
Speaker Pro Tempore |
Representative Robert Harrell, Jr. |
House Majority Leader |
Senator William Mescher |
ALEC State Chair |
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South Dakota |
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Speaker Roger Hunt |
Representative Robert HarrellHouse Majority Leader |
Representative Kristie Fiegen |
ALEC State Chair |
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Tennessee |
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Representative Steve McDaniel |
House Minority Leader/1999 ALEC Second Vice Chair |
Senator Ben Atchley |
Senate Minority Leader |
Representative James Boyer |
ALEC State Chair |
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Texas |
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Representative D. R. "Tom" Uher |
House Speaker Pro Tempore/ALEC State Chair |
Senator Teel Bivins |
Senate President Pro Tempore |
Representative Kent Grusendorf |
ALEC Education Task Force Chair |
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Utah |
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Speaker Martin Stephens |
Senator Lyle Hillyard |
Senate Majority Leader |
Representative Kevin Garn |
House Majority Leader |
Representative Marda Dillree |
ALEC State Chair |
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Vermont |
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Senator John H. Bloomer, Jr. |
Senate Minority Leader |
Representative Walter Freed |
House Minority Leader |
Representative Frank Mazur |
ALEC State Chair |
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Virginia |
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Senator Walter A. Stosch |
Senate Republican Floor Leader |
Representative Vance Wilkins, Jr. |
House Republican Leader |
Senator Stephen Martin |
ALEC State Chair |
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Washington |
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Co-Speaker Clyde Ballard |
Representative Barbara Lisk |
House Republican Leader |
Senator Val Stevens |
ALEC State Chair |
Representative Kathy Lambert |
ALEC Criminal Justice Task Force Chair |
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West Virginia |
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Speaker Robert Kiss |
Senator Vic Sprouse |
Senate Minority Leader |
Senator Michael Oliverio |
ALEC State Chair |
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Wisconsin |
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Governor Tommy Thompson |
Speaker Scott Jensen |
Senator Michael Ellis |
Senate Minority Leader |
Assemblywoman Margaret Farrow |
Assembly Speaker Pro Tempore |
Assemblyman Steven Foti |
Assembly Majority Leader |
Senator Robert Welch |
ALEC State Chair |
Representative Dan Vrakas |
ALEC Commerce and Economic |
Development Task Force Chair |
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Wyoming |
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Governor Jim Geringer |
Senate President Jim Twiford |
Speaker Eli Debout |
Senator Henry Coe |
Senate Minority Leader |
Representative Harry Tipton |
Speaker Pro Tempore |
Representative Rick Tempest |
House Majority Leader/ALEC State Chair |
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ALEC Alumini |
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Gubernatorial Alumni |
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Sitting Governors |
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Governor John Engler |
Michigan |
First elected in Nov. 1990 |
1993 Thomas Jefferson Freedom Award Recipient |
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Governor Mike Foster |
Louisiana |
First elected in Nov. 1995 |
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Governor Jane Dee Hull |
Arizona |
First elected in Nov. 1993 |
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Governor Jim Geringer |
Wyoming |
First elected in Nov. 1994 |
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Governor Frank Keating |
Oklahoma |
First elected in Nov. 1994 |
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Governor George Pataki |
New York |
First elected in Nov. 1994 |
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Governor John Rowland |
Connecticut |
First elected in Nov. 1994 |
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Governor Tommy Thompson |
Wisconsin |
First elected in Nov. 1986 |
1991 Thomas Jefferson Freedom Award Recipient |
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Past Governors |
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Governor George Allen |
Virginia, 1994-1998 |
ALEC Jefferson Scholar/ |
1996 Thomas Jefferson Freedom Award |
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Governor Phil Batt |
Idaho, 1995-1999 |
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Governor David Beasley |
South Carolina, 1995-1999 |
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Governor Terry Branstad |
Iowa, 1983-1999 |
ALEC Founding Member/ |
1996 ALEC Pioneer Award |
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Governor Jim Edgar |
Illinois, 1991-1999 |
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Governor Arne Carlson |
Minnesota, 1991-1999 |
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ALEC Alumni Serving in 106th Congress |
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U.S. Senate |
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Senator Spencer Abraham (R-MI) |
Senator Wayne Allard (R-CO) |
Senator Ben Nighthorse Campbell (R-CO) |
Chairman, Indian Affairs Committee |
Senator Paul Coverdell (R-GA) |
Republican Conference Secretary |
Senator Michael B. Enzi (R-WY) |
Senator Tim Hutchinson (R-AR) |
Senator James M. Inhofe (R-OK) |
Senator Jon Kyl (R-AZ) |
Senator Don Nickles (R-OK) |
Assistant Majority Leader |
Senator Richard C. Shelby (R-AL) |
Chairman, Select Committee on Intelligence |
Senator Craig Thomas (R-WY) |
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U.S. House of Representatives |
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Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert |
Representative Spencer Bachus (R-AL) |
Representative Richard H. Baker (R-LA) |
Representative James A. Barcia (D-MI) |
Representative Bill Barrett (R-NE) |
Representative Charles F. Bass (R-NH) |
Representative John A. Boehner (R-OH) |
Representative Leonard L. Boswell (D-IA) |
Representative F. A. Boyd (D-FL) |
Representative Kevin Brady (R-TX) |
Representative Dan Burton (R-IN) |
Chairman, House Government |
Reform Committee |
Representative David Camp (R-MI) |
Representative Howard Coble (R-NC) |
Representative Michael Collins (R-GA) |
Representative Merrill Cook (R-UT) |
Representative Philip M. Crane (R-IL) |
Representative Barbara Cubin (R-WY) |
Representative Pat Danner (D-MO) |
Representative James O. Davis (D-FL) |
Representative Tom DeLay (R-TX) |
House Majority Whip |
Representative Peter Deutsch (D-FL) |
Representative John T. Doolittle (R-CA) |
Representative Robert L. Ehrlich (R-MD) |
Representative Thomas W. Ewing (R-IL) |
Representative Mark Foley (R-FL) |
Representative Bob Franks (R-NJ) |
Representative Rodney Frelinghuysen (R-NJ) |
Representative Paul E. Gillmor (R-OH) |
Representative Virgil H. Goode (D-VA) |
Representative Lindsey Graham (R-SC) |
Representative James C. Greenwood (R-PA) |
Representative Gil Gutknecht (R-MN) |
Representative Richard Hastings (R-WA) |
Representative Joel Hefley (R-CO) |
Representative Henry J. Hyde (R-IL) |
Chairman, House Judiciary Committee/ |
ALEC Founding Member/1998 ALEC Pioneer Award Recipient |
Representative Ernest J. Istook (R-OK) |
Representative Nancy L. Johnson (R-CT) |
Representative Sam Johnson (R-TX) |
Representative Walter B. Jones (R-NC) |
Representative John R. Kasich (R-OH) |
Chairman, House Budget Committee |
Representative Jack Kingston (R-GA) |
Representative Jerry Lewis (R-CA) |
Representative John Linder (R-GA) |
Representative Frank A. LoBiondo (R-NJ) |
Representative Frank D. Lucas (R-OK) |
Representative Karen McCarthy (D-MO) |
Representative John M. McHugh (R-NY) |
Representative Scott McInnis (R-CO) |
Representative Jack Metcalf (R-WA) |
Representative John L. Mica (R-FL) |
Representative Jerry Moran (R-KS) |
Representative Robert W. Ney (R-OH) |
Representative Anne M. Northup (R-KY) |
Representative John E. Peterson (R-PA) |
Representative Joseph R. Pitts (R-PA) |
Representative Jim Ramstad (R-MN) |
Representative James E. Rogan (R-CA) |
Representative Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL) |
Representative Lucille Roybal-Allard (D-CA) |
Representative Edward Royce (R-CA) |
Representative Matt Salmon (R-AZ) |
Representative Robert W. Schaffer (R-CO) |
Representative Nick Smith (R-MI) |
Representative Bob Stump (R-AZ) |
Chairman, House Veterans' Committee |
Representative James M. Talent (R-MO) |
Chairman, House Small Business Committee |
Representative W. J. "Billy" Tauzin (R-LA) |
Representative Todd Tiahrt (R-KS) |
Representative Gerald C. Weller (R-IL) |
Representative Roger Wicker (R-MS) |
Representative Don Young (R-AK) |
Chairman, House Resources Committee |
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