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’99 ALEC Leaders in the States


 
 
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. 
 
Summary 
 
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 

 
Go to Gubernatorial and Congressional Alumni 
 
Alabama 
 
Representative Demetrius C. Newton 
Speaker Pro Tempore 
Representative Bob McKee 
ALEC State Chair 
 
Alaska 
 
Representative Joseph P. Green 
House Majority Leader 
Senator Pete Kelly 
ALEC State Chair 
 
Arizona 
 
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 
 
Arkansas 
 
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 
 
California 
 
Senator Ray Haynes 
Senate Minority Whip/ 
1999 ALEC First Vice Chair 
Assemblyman Rod Pacheco 
Assembly Minority Leader 
Assemblyman Howard Kaloogian 
ALEC State Chair 
 
Colorado 
 
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 
 
Connecticut 
 
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 
 
Delaware 
 
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 
 
Florida 
 
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 
 
Georgia 
 
Representative Len Walker 
House Majority Leader 
Representative Robert Irvin 
House Minority Leader 
Representative Earl Ehrhart 
ALEC National Director/ 
State Chair 
 
Hawaii 
 
Representative David Stegmaier 
ALEC State Chair 
 
Idaho 
 
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 
 
Illinois 
 
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 
 
Indiana 
 
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 
 
Iowa 
 
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 
 
Kansas 
 
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 
 
Kentucky 
 
Senator Richard Roeding 
ALEC State Chair 
 
Louisiana 
 
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 
 
Maine 
 
Representative Jean Ginn Marvin 
ALEC State Chair 
 
Maryland 
 
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 
 
Massachusetts 
 
Speaker Thomas M. Finneran 
Representative William McManus, II 
ALEC State Chair 
 
Michigan 
 
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 
 
Minnesota 
 
Speaker Steven Sviggum 
Representative Lynda Boudreau 
Co-Speaker Pro Tempore 
Senator Linda Runbeck 
ALEC State Chair 
 
Mississippi 
 
Speaker Tim Ford 
Senator Tommy Gollot 
Senate President Pro Tempore 
Senator William Hewes, III 
ALEC National Director 
Representative Jim Barnett 
ALEC State Chair 
 
Missouri 
 
Senator Ronnie DePasco 
Senate Majority Leader 
Senator Steven Ehlmann 
Senate Minority Leader 
Representative Gary Burton 
ALEC State Chair 
 
Montana 
 
Senator Ken Miller 
ALEC State Chair 
 
Nebraska 
 
Speaker of the Legislature 
Doug Kristensen 
George Coordsen 
Chairperson, Exec. Board of Leg. Council 
Senator Pat Engel 
ALEC State Chair 
 
Nevada 
 
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 
 
New Hampshire 
 
Speaker Nancy Stickney 
Representative Gary Daniels 
ALEC State Chair 
 
New Jersey 
 
Senate President Donald Di Francesco 
Assemblyman Nicholas Felice 
Assembly Speaker Pro Tempore 
Assemblywoman Clare Farragher 
ALEC State Chair 
 
New Mexico 
 
Representative Ted Hobbs 
House Minority Floor Leader 
Representative Terry Marquardt 
ALEC State Chair 
 
New York 
 
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 
 
North Carolina 
 
Speaker James B. Black 
Representative Harold Brubaker 
ALEC National Director/1994 ALEC National Chairman 
Representative Richard Morgan 
ALEC State Chair 
 
North Dakota 
 
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 
 
Ohio 
 
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 
 
Oklahoma 
 
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 
 
Oregon 
 
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 
 
Pennsylvania 
 
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 
 
Rhode Island 
 
Speaker John B. Harwood 
Representative Gerard Martineau 
House Majority Leader 
Representative Robert Watson 
House Minority Leader 
Senator Michael Flynn 
ALEC State Chair 
 
South Carolina 
 
Speaker David Wilkins 
Representative Terry Haskins 
Speaker Pro Tempore 
Representative Robert Harrell, Jr. 
House Majority Leader 
Senator William Mescher 
ALEC State Chair 
 
South Dakota 
 
Speaker Roger Hunt 
Representative Robert HarrellHouse Majority Leader 
Representative Kristie Fiegen 
ALEC State Chair 
 
Tennessee 
 
Representative Steve McDaniel 
House Minority Leader/1999 ALEC Second Vice Chair 
Senator Ben Atchley 
Senate Minority Leader 
Representative James Boyer 
ALEC State Chair 
 
Texas 
 
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 
 
Utah 
 
Speaker Martin Stephens 
Senator Lyle Hillyard 
Senate Majority Leader 
Representative Kevin Garn 
House Majority Leader 
Representative Marda Dillree 
ALEC State Chair 
 
Vermont 
 
Senator John H. Bloomer, Jr. 
Senate Minority Leader 
Representative Walter Freed 
House Minority Leader 
Representative Frank Mazur 
ALEC State Chair 
 
Virginia 
 
Senator Walter A. Stosch 
Senate Republican Floor Leader 
Representative Vance Wilkins, Jr. 
House Republican Leader 
Senator Stephen Martin 
ALEC State Chair 
 
Washington 
 
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 
 
West Virginia 
 
Speaker Robert Kiss 
Senator Vic Sprouse 
Senate Minority Leader 
Senator Michael Oliverio 
ALEC State Chair 
 
Wisconsin 
 
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 
 
Wyoming 
 
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 
  
 

ALEC Alumini 
 
Gubernatorial Alumni 
 
Sitting Governors 
 
Governor John Engler 
Michigan 
First elected in Nov. 1990 
1993 Thomas Jefferson Freedom Award Recipient 
 
Governor Mike Foster 
Louisiana 
First elected in Nov. 1995 
 
Governor Jane Dee Hull 
Arizona 
First elected in Nov. 1993 
 
Governor Jim Geringer 
Wyoming 
First elected in Nov. 1994 
 
Governor Frank Keating 
Oklahoma 
First elected in Nov. 1994 
 
Governor George Pataki 
New York 
First elected in Nov. 1994 
 
Governor John Rowland 
Connecticut 
First elected in Nov. 1994 
 
Governor Tommy Thompson 
Wisconsin 
First elected in Nov. 1986 
1991 Thomas Jefferson Freedom Award Recipient 
 
Past Governors 
 
Governor George Allen 
Virginia, 1994-1998 
ALEC Jefferson Scholar/ 
1996 Thomas Jefferson Freedom Award 
 
Governor Phil Batt 
Idaho, 1995-1999 
 
Governor David Beasley 
South Carolina, 1995-1999 
 
Governor Terry Branstad 
Iowa, 1983-1999 
ALEC Founding Member/ 
1996 ALEC Pioneer Award 
 
Governor Jim Edgar 
Illinois, 1991-1999 
 
Governor Arne Carlson 
Minnesota, 1991-1999 
 
ALEC Alumni Serving in 106th Congress 
 
U.S. Senate 
 
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) 
 
U.S. House of Representatives 
 
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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