Tennessee ALEC Politicians
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This is a partial list of Tennessee 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.
Contents
Tennessee Legislators with ALEC Ties
House of Representatives
- Rep. Rick Eldridge (R-10)[1] joined ALEC in 2019; attended the 2020 ALEC Annual Meeting; member of the Criminal Justice Task Force[2]
- Rep. Jeremy Faison (R-11), Attended 2019 ALEC Annual Meeting[3], registered member
- Rep. David Hawk (R-5), ALEC Energy, Environment and Agriculture Task Force Alternate[4]
- Rep. Patsy Hazlewood (R-27)[5]
- Rep. Dan Howell (R-22) joined ALEC in 2017; Attended the 2019 and 2020[2] ALEC Annual Meetings[3][5][6]; member of the Education and Workforce Development Task Force[2]
- Rep. Curtis G. Johnson (R-68) joined ALEC in 2011; attended the 2020 ALEC Annual Meeting;[2] ALEC Tax and Fiscal Policy Task Force Alternate[7]
- Rep. Kelly Keisling (R-38) public sector member as of December 2021; attended and participated in ALEC's Energy, Environment, and Agriculture Task Force meeting at the December 2021 States and Nation Policy Summit.[8]; ALEC Civil Justice Task Force Member [9]
- Rep. Susan Lynn (R-57)[5][10][11]
- Rep. Dennis Powers (R-36)[5] joined ALEC in 2013; attended the 2020 ALEC Annual Meeting; member of the Commerce, Insurance and Economic Development Task Force[2]
- Rep. John D. Ragan (R-33), ALEC Education Task Force Alternate[12]
- Rep. Jay Reedy (R-74) joined ALEC in 2014; attended the 2020 ALEC Annual Meeting; member of the Energy, Environment and Agriculture Task Force[2]; attended ALEC's 2020 States and Nation Policy Summit where he participated in “Workshop: New Education Polling Data with EdChoice", “Opening General Session”, “General Session - Morning”, “Workshop: State Budget Reform Toolkit: Policy Best Practices to Help Legislators Navigate the Fiscal Uncertainty of COVID-19” and “Friday General Session - Morning”, attended 2019 ALEC Annual Meeting[3]
- Rep. Michael Sparks (R-49)[13]
- Rep. Christopher Todd (R-73) joined ALEC in 2019; former State Chair; public sector member as of December 2021; attended and participated in ALEC's Energy, Environment and Agriculture Task Force meeting at the December 2021 States and Nation Policy Summit.[8]; attended ALEC's 2020 States and Nation Policy Summit where he participated in "Opening General Session", "Workshop: Post-Election Panel: The Future of Energy and Environmental Policy", "Rural Caucus Meeting", "General Session - Morning", "Workshop: Against Critical Theory’s Onslaught: Reclaiming Education and the American Dream", "Thursday General Session - Afternoon", "Workshop: Stop the Cancel Culture, Before it Stops You!", "Friday General Session - Morning", "Energy, Environment and Agriculture Task Force Meeting", "Friday General Session - Afternoon", "CARE Constituent Management Training" and “ALEC CONNECT Training"; attended the 2020 ALEC Annual Meeting[2]
- Rep. Ron Travis (R-31)[5]
- Rep. Mark White (R-83) joined ALEC in 2014; attended the 2020 ALEC Annual Meeting; member of the Education and Workforce Development Task Force[2]; ALEC International Relations Task Force Member[14]
Senate
- Sen. Richard Briggs (R-7) joined ALEC in 2015; attended the 2020 ALEC Annual Meeting; member of the Health and Human Services Task Force[2]
- Sen. Ferrell Haile (R-18) joined ALEC in 2017; attended the 2020 ALEC Annual Meeting; member of the Health and Human Services Task Force[2]
- Sen. Ed Jackson (R-25), Attended 2019[3] and 2020[15] ALEC Annual Meetings, registered member
- Sen. Jon Lundberg (R-4) joined ALEC in 2009; attended the 2020 ALEC Annual Meeting; member of the Civil Justice Task Force[2]; lists the American Legislative Exchange Council as an organizational affiliation in the Chamber Book of the 112th Assembly[16]
- Sen. Becky Massey (R-6) joined ALEC in 2017; Attended the 2019 and 2020[2] ALEC Annual Meetings[3]; member of the Health and Human Services Task Force[2]
- Sen. Randy McNally (R-5) joined ALEC in 2011; attended the 2020 ALEC Annual Meeting; member of the Tax and Fiscal Policy Task Force[2]
- Sen. Frank Niceley (R-8) joined ALEC in 2014; Attended the 2019 and 2020[2] ALEC Annual Meetings, [3]ALEC Energy, Environment and Agriculture Task Force Member[4]
- Sen. Mark Pody (R-17)[1] joined ALEC in 2019; attended the 2020 ALEC Annual Meeting; member of the Energy, Environment and Agriculture Task Force[2]
- Sen. Kerry Roberts (R-23) joined ALEC in 2018; attended the 2020 ALEC Annual Meeting; member of the Education and Workforce Development Task Force[2]
- Sen. John Stevens (R-24), Attended 2019 ALEC Annual Meeting[3]
- Sen. Steve Southerland (R-9) joined ALEC in 2015; attended the 2020 ALEC Annual Meeting; member of the Energy, Environment and Agriculture Task Force[2]; ALEC Tax and Fiscal Policy Task Force Alternate[7]
- Sen. Dawn White (R-13) joined ALEC in 2019; attended the 2020 ALEC Annual Meeting; member of the Tax and Fiscal Policy Task Force[2]
- Sen. Ken Yager (R-12) joined ALEC in 2018; attended the 2020 ALEC Annual Meeting;[2] ALEC Commerce, Insurance and Economic Development Task Force Alternate[17]
Other Tennessee Office Holders
- U.S. District Court Judge, former Sen. Mark S. Norris (R-32), ALEC Civil Justice Task Force Member[9]
- Rutherford County Mayor Bill Ketron (former state senator), Former State Chair,[18] ALEC Energy, Environment and Agriculture Task Force[4] and Tax and Fiscal Policy Task Force member,[7] attended 2011[19] and 2015 ALEC Annual Meetings.[20] Ketron told The Tennessean that 6 other senators and 22 Tennessee legislators attended the 2015 ALEC meeting.[20]
Former Representatives
- Rep. Joseph Armstrong (D-15), ALEC Health and Human Services Task Force Member[21] - told Knox News in July 2012 that "he stopped paying dues in 2010 and, after discovering he was still listed as a member, sending a resignation notice" in 2012.[22] See Legislators Who Have Cut Ties to ALEC for more.
- Rep. Sheila K. Butt (R-64), Republican Majority Floor Leader of the Tennessee House of Representatives, attended ALEC meeting in San Diego, 2015.[23]
- Rep. David Byrd (R-71), Attended 2019 ALEC Annual Meeting[3]
- Rep. Kent Calfee (R-32)[1]
- Rep. Joe Carr (R-48), ALEC Public Safety and Elections Task Force Member [24]
- Rep. Martin Daniel (R-18), ALEC State Chair, Attended 2019 ALEC Annual Meeting[3] registered member
- Rep. Vince Dean (R-30), ALEC Public Safety and Elections Task Force Alternate [24]
- Rep. Vance Dennis (R-71), ALEC Civil Justice Task Force Member [9]
- Rep. Jimmy Eldridge (R-73)[10], ALEC Health and Human Services Task Force Member[21]
- Rep. Joshua G. Evans (R-66)[10], ALEC Public Safety and Elections Task Force Member[24]
- Rep. Dale Ford (R-6)[10]
- Rep. Tilman Goins (R-10), Attended 2017 Annual Meeting
- Rep. Mike T. Harrison (R-9), ALEC Tax and Fiscal Policy Task Force Member [7]
- Rep. Ryan A. Haynes (R-14), ALEC International Relations Task Force Member [24]
- Rep. Julia Hurley (R-32), ALEC Health and Human Services Task Force Member[21]
- Rep. Phillip Max Johnson (R-78), ALEC International Relations Task Force Member[25]
- Rep. Charles Michael Sargent, Jr. (R-61), ALEC Commerce, Insurance and Economic Development Task Force Member[17]
- Rep. Harry R. Brooks, Jr. (R-19), ALEC Education Task Force Member[12]
- Rep. Jon C. Lundberg (R-1), ALEC Public Safety and Elections Task Force Member [24]
- Rep. Debra Young Maggart (R-45), ALEC Commerce, Insurance and Economic Development Task Force Member[17]
- Rep. Joe McCard (R-Maryville; chief clerk of the state House as of 2011)[26]
- Rep. Gerald McCormick (R-26), ALEC Tax and Fiscal Policy Task Force Alternate [7]
- Rep. Joe McCord (R-8), ALEC Energy, Environment and Agriculture Task Force Member[4]
- Rep. Steve K. McDaniel (R-72), ALEC Communications and Technology Task Force Member[27]
- Rep. Stephen McManus (R-96), ALEC Commerce, Insurance and Economic Development Task Force Member[17]
- Rep. Bob Ramsey,(R-20) ALEC Health and Human Services Task Force and Communications and Technology Task Force Alternate[27]
- Rep. Johnny Richard Montgomery (R-12), ALEC Communications and Technology Task Force Member[27]
- Rep. Barrett W. Rich (R-94), ALEC Civil Justice Task Force Member [9]
- Rep. Bill Sanderson (R-77); State Chair
- Rep. David Shepard (D-69), ALEC Health and Human Services Task Force Member[21] - told Knox News in July 2012 that "he joined and paid his first year's dues in 2010 -- $100 -- but never actually attended a meeting, then sent repeated notice of his resignation" in 2012.[22] See Legislators Who Have Cut Ties to ALEC for more.
- Rep. Tony Shipley (R-2), ALEC Public Safety and Elections Task Force Alternate [24]
- Rep. Randall H. Stamps (R) ran for TN SOS in 2009. [28]
- Rep. Curry Todd (R-95), State Chairman,[29] Member of ALEC Board of Directors[30][20] and Communications and Technology Task Force Member,[27] attended the 2015 ALEC annual conference[20]
Former Senators
- Sen. Mike Bell (R-9), ALEC Health and Human Services Task Force Member[21]
- Sen. Ophelia Ford (D-29)[10]
- Sen. Mark Green (R-22), registered member
- Sen. Dolores R. Gresham (R-26), ALEC Education Task Force Alternate[12]
- Sen. Brian K. Kelsey (R-31), ALEC State Chair, ALEC Civil Justice Task Force Chair,[9] attended ALEC's 2020 States and Nation Policy Summit where he participated in “Process Working Group”, “Education and Workforce Development Task Force Meeting” and “ALEC CONNECT Training”
- Sen. Jim Kyle (D-28)[28][5]
- Sen. Reginald Tate (D-33),[26] ALEC Tax and Fiscal Policy Task Force Member[31]
- State director of the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Rural Development office Jim Tracy, ALEC Education Task Force Member[12]
Former Office Holders
- Cleveland Mayor-Elect Kevin D. Brooks, ALEC Education Task Force Alternate[12]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Nick Surgey Revealed "Documented", Dec 6, 2019
- ↑ 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 David Armiak and Arn Pearson, ALEC Has Half the Legislative Members it Claims, Exposed by CMD, December 1, 2022.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 3.8 Nick Surgey 2019 Annual Meeting Attendees - Legislators Documented August 2019
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 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
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 Jamie Corey NEW ALEC MEMBERSHIP LIST NAMES MORE LEGISLATORS TIED TO THE GROUP Documented June 6, 2019
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 American Legislative Exchange Council, Directory – Full Name and Address, Tax and Fiscal Policy Task Force Membership Directory, August 2011, obtained and released by Common Cause
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 David Armiak, ALEC Energy, Environment, and Agriculture Task Force Registered Attendees for the 2021 States & Nation Policy Summit, ExposedbyCMD, February 8, 2022.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3 9.4 American Legislative Exchange Council, organizational member spreadsheet, organizational Civil Justice Task Force document, August 2011, obtained and released by Common Cause
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 10.3 10.4 American Legislative Exchange Council, Letter to Robert C. Byrd and Nancy Pelosi RE: Federal health reform efforts, June 24, 2009
- ↑ 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
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 12.3 12.4 American Legislative Exchange Council, Directory – Full Name and Address, Education Task Force Membership Directory, August 2011, obtained and released by Common Cause
- ↑ Nick Surgey Aug 2019 "Documented", August 19, 2019
- ↑ American Legislative Exchange Council, Directory – Full Name and Address, International Relations Task Force Membership Directory, August 2011, obtained and released by Common Cause
- ↑ David Armiak, "ALEC 2020 Annual Meeting Attendees and Sponsors Revealed", Center for Media and Democracy, July 23, 2020, accessed August 10, 2020.
- ↑ Tennessee Senate, Chamber Book of the 112th General Assembly, 2021—2022, Tennessee Senate, accessed May 24, 2022.
- ↑ 17.0 17.1 17.2 17.3 American Legislative Exchange Council, Directory – Full Name and Address, organizational task force membership directory, August 2011, obtained and released by Common Cause
- ↑ American Legislative Exchange Council, State Chairs, organizational website, accessed June 9, 2014.
- ↑ Don Enss, Ketron's tie to ALEC shows real motive on Voter ID, Daily News Journal, August 29, 2011
- ↑ 20.0 20.1 20.2 20.3 Richard Locker, "Legislative council's influence rises in Tennessee," The Tennessean, May 7, 2015.
- ↑ 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
- ↑ 22.0 22.1 Tom Humphrey, Two TN Democrats Quit ALEC as Republican Legislators Praise It, Knox News "Humphrey on the Hill" column, July 29, 2012.
- ↑ Sheila Butt's personal facebook page showing photo from ALEC hotel room, accessed July 27, 2015.
- ↑ 24.0 24.1 24.2 24.3 24.4 24.5 American Legislative Exchange Council, Directory – Full Name and Address, Public Safety Task Force Membership Directory, August 2011, obtained and released by Common Cause
- ↑ American Legislative Exchange Council, Directory – Full Name and Address, International Relations Task Force Membership Directory, August 2011, obtained and released by Common Cause
- ↑ 26.0 26.1 Tom Humphrey, House Speaker Harwell stops payment for some out-of-state legislator travel, KnoxNews.com, July 24, 2011
- ↑ 27.0 27.1 27.2 27.3 American Legislative Exchange Council, Directory – Full Name and Address, Communications and Technology Task Force Membership Directory, August 2011, obtained and released by Common Cause
- ↑ 28.0 28.1 American Legislative Exchange Council, ed. Samuel A. Brunelli, Sourcebook of American State Legislation, Volume II, organizational annual publication, January 1995.
- ↑ American Legislative Exchange Council, "ALEC State Chairmen, organization website, accessed April 2012
- ↑ American Legislative Exchange Council, Board of Directors, organizational website, accessed July 7, 2011.
- ↑ American Legislative Exchange Council, organizational task force membership directory, March 31st, 2011, obtained and released by Common Cause April 2012.
