Missouri ALEC Politicians

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ALEC is a corporate bill mill. It is not just a lobby or a front group; it is much more powerful than that. Through ALEC, corporations hand state legislators their wishlists to benefit their bottom line. Corporations fund almost all of ALEC's operations. They pay for a seat on ALEC task forces where corporate lobbyists and special interest reps vote with elected officials to approve “model” bills. Learn more at the Center for Media and Democracy's ALECexposed.org, and check out breaking news on our ExposedbyCMD.org site.

For a list of politicians with known ALEC ties, please see ALEC Politicians.

This is a partial list of Missouri 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.

Missouri Legislators with ALEC Ties

House of Representatives

Senate

Former Representatives

Former Senators

  • Sen. Dan Brown (R-16)[17]
  • Sen. Eric Burlison (R-20) ALEC State Chair
  • Sen. Jason Crowell (R-27)[17]
  • Sen. Jane D. Cunningham (R-7); Education Task Force.[30] Between 2001-2010, Cunningham attended more than 30 ALEC board meetings and conferences, with ALEC providing more than $33,000 in travel expenses, according to Progress Missouri.[33]
  • Sen. and later U.S. Rep. Pat Danner (R)[17]
  • Sen. Ronnie DePasco (Senate Majority Leader)[44]
  • Sen. Bob Dixon (R-30)[17]
  • Sen. Steven E. Ehlman (R), currently County Executive, St. Charles County. [39]
  • Sen. Ed Emery (R-126), attended ALEC's 2020 States and Nation Policy Summit where he participated in "Task Force Chairs Meeting", "Process Working Group", "General Session - Morning", "Training: TPUSA: Saving America’s Academic Institutions: One Student Regent at a Time. What They Are, Why They Matter, How You Can Help", "Workshop: Against Critical Theory’s Onslaught: Reclaiming Education and the American Dream", "Thursday General Session - Afternoon", "Education and Workforce Development Task Force Meeting", "Jefferson Awards Ceremony", "Friday General Session - Morning", "Energy, Environment and Agriculture Task Force Meeting", "Friday General Session - Afternoon", "Health and Human Services Task Force Meeting" and "Tax and Fiscal Policy Task Force Meeting"[4]attended 2019[2] and 2020[45] ALEC Annual Meetings, former State Chairman,[19][46][47][11], attended 2013 ALEC Annual Meeting,[13] attended a steakhouse dinner paid for by lobbyists at the 2014 ALEC meeting that was the subject of a Missouri Ethics Commission report.[14][15]
  • Sen. Jack Goodman (R-29) (Assistant Majority Floor Leader), spoke on "Saving Dollars and Protecting Communities: State Successes in Corrections Policy" at the 2011 ALEC Annual Meeting[48] (ineligible to run for reelection in 2012; ran for presiding judge of the 39th judicial circuit and won)
  • Sen., now U.S. Rep. Sam Graves (R-6)[17]
  • Sen. John Griesheimer (R-26); Energy, Environment and Agriculture Task Force[20]
  • Sen. Chuck Gross (R-23),[17] now vice president at UMB Bank
  • Sen. David Klindt (R),[17] now vice president of and lobbyist for the Association of Missouri Electric Cooperatives[49]
  • Sen. John Lamping (R-24)[17]
  • Sen. Jim Lembke (R-1); International Relations Task Force[38]
  • Sen. John Loudon (R-Chesterfield),[17] briefly attempted lobbying, then worked briefly for homebuilding contractors group in California and, with his wife Gina Loudon, was on "Wife Swap" in March 2013[50]
  • Sen. Robert Mayer (R-25); Civil Justice Task Force[24] (ineligible to run for reelection in 2012; ran for presiding judge of the 35th judicial circuit and won)
  • Sen. Brian Munzlinger (R-18)[17]
  • Sen. Brian D. Nieves (R-98)[11]; Civil Justice Task Force[24]
  • Sen. Gary Nodler (R-32)[17]
  • Sen. Bob Onder (R-02)[51] Spoke at the 2018 ALEC conference, Named Legislator of the week Aug 20, 2018[52][2]
  • Sen. Mike L. Parson (R-28); Public Safety and Elections Task Force[32]
  • Sen. David Pearce (R-21)[17]
  • Sen. Ron Richard (R-129); Commerce, Insurance and Economic Development Task Force[25][7]
  • Sen. Luann Ridgeway (R-17),[17] now Clay County Eastern Commissioner
  • Sen. David Sater (R-29)[17]
  • Sen. Wayne Wallingford (R-27); [53] attended a steakhouse dinner paid for by lobbyists at the 2014 ALEC meeting that was the subject of a Missouri Ethics Commission report.[14][15]
  • Sen. Jay Wasson (R-20)[17]
  • Sen. Paul Wieland (R-22), Attended 2019 ALEC Annual Meeting[2][33][7]

Additional Former Officials

References

  1. ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 1.14 1.15 1.16 1.17 1.18 1.19 1.20 1.21 1.22 1.23 1.24 1.25 David Armiak and Arn Pearson, ALEC Has Half the Legislative Members it Claims, Exposed by CMD, December 1, 2022.
  2. ↑ 2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 2.11 2.12 2.13 2.14 2.15 2.16 2.17 2.18 2.19 Nick Surgey 2019 Annual Meeting Attendees - Legislators Documented August 2019
  3. ↑ Jim Murphy Great speech by energy secretary Rick Perry. #ALECinATX tweet, August 14, 2019
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 David Armiak, "ALEC Working in Partnership with Turning Point USA, Major Player in Capitol Insurrection", Exposed by CMD, January 13, 2021, accessed January 26, 2021.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 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.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 ALEC, Legislator Letter: Affirming Support for Israel and Condemning Hamas, ALEC, January 11, 2024.
  7. ↑ 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
  8. ↑ ALEC, ALEC-FreedomWorks Legislator of the Week, ALEC, August 24, 2017.
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 American Legislative Exchange Council, organizational task force membership directory, June 30, 2011, p. 31, obtained and released by Common Cause April 2012.
  10. ↑ Nick Surgey Revealed "Documented", accessed: July 1, 2020
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 11.3 11.4 11.5 11.6 11.7 American Legislative Exchange Council, Letter to Robert C. Byrd and Nancy Pelosi RE: Federal health reform efforts, June 24, 2009
  12. ↑ American Legislative Exchange Council, International and Federal Relations Task Force meeting and Federal Relations Working Group, meeting agenda and materials, August 4, 2011, on file with CMD.
  13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 13.2 Kinder: Right To Work Likely To Go To Missouri Ballot, Associated Press, August 9, 2013.
  14. ↑ 14.0 14.1 14.2 14.3 14.4 Missouri Ethics Commission, case documents, August 27, 2015.
  15. ↑ 15.0 15.1 15.2 15.3 15.4 Summer Ballantine, "Missouri ethics panel says lobbyist-bought meal misreported," Associated Press, August 31, 2015.
  16. ↑ ALEC, [1], ALEC, March 18, 2019.
  17. ↑ 17.00 17.01 17.02 17.03 17.04 17.05 17.06 17.07 17.08 17.09 17.10 17.11 17.12 17.13 17.14 17.15 17.16 17.17 17.18 17.19 17.20 17.21 17.22 17.23 17.24 17.25 17.26 17.27 17.28 17.29 17.30 17.31 17.32 17.33 17.34 17.35 17.36 Progress Missouri, Exposed: ALEC's Influence in Missouri, organizational report, April 2013.
  18. ↑ United for Missouri, Carl Bearden, organizational biography, accessed January 2013.
  19. ↑ 19.0 19.1 19.2 19.3 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
  20. ↑ 20.0 20.1 20.2 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
  21. ↑ 21.0 21.1 21.2 21.3 21.4 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.
  22. ↑ 22.0 22.1 22.2 Jason Hancock, Free-market group draws criticism for potential role in bills, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, August 5, 2011
  23. ↑ ColoRep. Mike Colona (D-MO), ALEC IS "TOO EXTREME FOR ME AND THE PEOPLE OF MISSOURI", statement to Progress Missouri, April 12, 2012, accessed April 2012.
  24. ↑ 24.0 24.1 24.2 24.3 American Legislative Exchange Council, organizational member spreadsheet, August 2011, obtained and released by Common Cause.
  25. ↑ 25.0 25.1 25.2 American Legislative Exchange Council, Director – Full Name and Address, organizational task force membership directory, August 2011, obtained and released by Common Cause.
  26. ↑ 26.0 26.1 American Legislative Exchange Council, Full Name and Address, Tax and Fiscal Policy Task Force Membership Directory, August 2011, obtained and released by Common Cause.
  27. ↑ Participated in Civil Justice Task Force Meeting, ALEC 2017 Annual Meeting, Jessica Catron, Twitter, July 20, 2017.
  28. ↑ ALEC Legislator of the Week: Missouri Representative Bruce DeGroot organizational website, accessed Sept. 7, 2018
  29. ↑ 29.0 29.1 29.2 29.3 29.4 American Legislative Exchange Council, Directory – Full Name and Address, Communications and Technology Task Force Membership Directory, August 2011, obtained and released by Common Cause.
  30. ↑ 30.0 30.1 30.2 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named EDUNOLA
  31. ↑ ALEC, ALEC-FreedomWorks Legislator of the Week, ALEC, March 2, 2017.
  32. ↑ 32.0 32.1 32.2 32.3 32.4 American Legislative Exchange Council, Public Safety & Elections Task Force 2011 Spring Task Force Summit April 29, 2011 Minutes, organizational document, June 30, 2011, p. 5, obtained and released by Common Cause April 2012
  33. ↑ 33.0 33.1 33.2 33.3 33.4 Progress Missouri, "Exposed: ALEC's Influence in Missouri, 2015," organizational report, November 2015.
  34. ↑ ALEC, ALEC-FreedomWorks Legislator of the Week, ALEC, June 29, 2017.
  35. ↑ Randy Turner, Missouri's newest lobbyist: Steve Hunter enters the revolving door, The Turner Report, February 11, 2009.
  36. ↑ Allen Icet, Allen Icet, LinkedIn career profile, accessed January 2014.
  37. ↑ Allen Icet, Allen Icet, LinkedIn career profile, accessed January 2014.
  38. ↑ 38.0 38.1 38.2 American Legislative Exchange Council, Directory – Full Name and Address, International Relations Task Force Membership Directory, August 2011, obtained and released by Common Cause.
  39. ↑ 39.0 39.1 39.2 American Legislative Exchange Council, Sourcebook, annual organizational publication, 1995
  40. ↑ American Legislative Exchange Council, "ALEC State Chairmen, organization website, accessed April 2012.
  41. ↑ ALEC, Legislator Calls on ALEC to Help End Taxpayer-Funded Stadiums, ALEC, October 12, 2017.
  42. ↑ John Wiemann Personal Finance Disclosure Statement, submitted to the Missouri Secretary of State on April 10, 2016, accessed via Center for Public Integrity Find your state legislators' financial interests database.
  43. ↑ Brian Yates, Brian Yates, LinkedIn career profile, accessed January 2014.
  44. ↑ American Legislative Exchange Council, ’99 ALEC Leaders in the States, organizational document, archived by the Wayback Machine December 8, 2000, accessed November 2012
  45. ↑ David Armiak, "ALEC 2020 Annual Meeting Attendees and Sponsors Revealed", Center for Media and Democracy, July 23, 2020, accessed August 10, 2020.
  46. ↑ American Legislative Exchange Council, ALEC State Chairmen, document exposed by the Center for Media and Democracy, July 13, 2011
  47. ↑ ALEC State Chair organizational website, accessed Sept 2018
  48. ↑ American Legislative Exchange Council, "Saving Dollars and Protecting Communities: State Successes in Corrections Policy," annual meeting speaker biographies and materials, August 3, 2011, on file with CMD
  49. ↑ Jeffrey Tomich, Clashing views on climate, coal plant regulation on display at EPA listening session, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, November 4, 2013.
  50. ↑ Kevin Horrigan, 'Dark forces' on 'Wife Swap' send Loudons AWOL from culture wars, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, March 30, 2013.
  51. ↑ ALEC, ALEC-FreedomWorks Legislator of the Week, ALEC, June 8, 2017.
  52. ↑ ALEC Legislator of the Week: Missouri State Senator Bob Onder organizational site, accessed Sept 7. 2018
  53. ↑ American Legislative Exchange Council, Letter to Google, signatory letter to Google, September 24, 2014.
  54. ↑ Missouri Community Service Commission, Commissioners: Peter Kinder, commission biography, accessed January 2014.
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