Interactive Map: Is Your State Legislator a Member of ALEC?
Many of the laws that affect us most directly — from taxes to marriage equality to voter ID — are made at the state level. The idea that change begins with the states is one of the founding principles of the American Legislative Exchange Council, or ALEC. In state houses around the country, hundreds of ALEC “model laws” are proposed or enacted that would, among other things, dilute collective bargaining rights, make it harder for some Americans to vote and limit corporate liability for harm caused to consumers.Is your representative a member of ALEC? ALEC claims that nearly 2,000 state legislators are members, but doesn’t disclose their names. The Center for Media and Democracy, on their ALEC Exposed site, has a wiki listing nearly 1,000 legislators they believe to be ALEC members. Click on the map or enter your city or street address below (and hit ENTER) to see if your representatives are on the list. If no results are found for your district, help us complete the map by calling your representatives and asking if they belong to ALEC. Then let us know what they say using the pop-up form below, or simply email: editor@ALECexposed.org.(UPDATE: This map was updated on June 20, 2013 to reflect new information collected from our users and through the ALEC Exposed wiki after the 2012 election. We’ve also incorporated new districting information from Open States. But we still need your help fact checking and keeping it up to date! Email us if you find any errors or gather any new information.)
Wisconsin Legislators with ALEC Ties (and other states)
Assembly
- Rep. Tyler August (R-32),[1] ALEC International Relations Task Force[2] /Federal Relations Working Group Member, Education Task Force Member[3]
- Rep. Joan Ballweg (R-41), ALEC Commerce, Insurance and Economic Development Task Force Alternate[4] , Public Safety and Elections Task Force Alternate[5]
- Rep. Kathy Bernier (R-68), ALEC Public Safety and Elections Task Force Member [6]
- Rep. David Craig (R-83), received a $750 ALEC "scholarship" in 2012[7]
- Rep. Mike Endsley (R-26), ALEC Civil Justice Task Force Member [8]
- Rep. Mark Honadel (R-21)
- Rep. Andre Jacque (R-2), ALEC Civil Justice Task Force Member[9] , International Relations Task Force Member[10]
- Rep. Chris Kapenga (R-99),[1] ALEC Civil Justice Task Force Alternate [11]
- Rep. John Klenke (R-88), ALEC Tax and Fiscal Policy Task Force Alternate[12], Commerce, Insurance and Economic Development Task Force Member[13]
- Rep. Dan Knodl (R-24), ALEC Health and Human Services Task Force Alternate[14], Public Safety and Elections Task Force Alternate[15]
- Rep. Dean Knudson (R-30), ALEC Education Task Force Alternate[16]
- Rep. Bill Kramer (R-97),[1] ALEC Communications and Technology Task Force Alternate[17] , Commerce, Insurance and Economic Development Task ForceMember[18]
- Rep. Scott Krug (R-72), ALEC Public Safety and Elections Task Force Alternate [6]
- Rep. Mike Kuglitsch (R-84),[1] ALEC International Relations Task Force[19] , Civil Justice Task Force Member [20]
- Rep. Tom Larson (R-67), ALEC Communications and Technology Task Force Member[21]
- Rep. Daniel LeMahieu (R-59), ALEC Tax and Fiscal Policy Task Force Alternate [22]
- Rep. Amy Loudenbeck (R-45), ALEC Commerce, Insurance and Economic Development Task Force Alternate[23]
- Rep. Dave Murphy (R-56)[24]
- Rep. Stephen Nass (R-33),[1] Education Task Force Member[25] , International Relations Task Force Member[26]
- Rep. John Nygren (R-89)[1],State Chairman[27] ALEC Health and Human Services Task Force Member[28], Education Task Force Member[29]
- Rep. Warren Petryk (R-93), ALEC Health and Human Services Task Force Member[30]
- Rep. Don Pridemore (R-22), attended ALEC's 2012 States and Nation Policy Summit in Washington, DC in December 2012[31]
- Rep. Keith Ripp (R-42)
- Rep. Michael Schraa (R-53), disclosed $1,200 in expenses related to ALEC in 2012 that had not yet been reimbursed[7]
- Rep. Erik Severson (R-28), ALEC Health and Human Services Task Force Member[32]
- Rep. Jim Steineke (R-5), ALEC Energy, Environment and Agriculture Task Force Member[33]
- Rep. Jeffrey Stone (R-82)
- Rep. Patricia Strachota (R-58), ALEC Tax and Fiscal Policy Task Force Member [22]
- Rep. Scott Suder (R-69), former ALEC State Chairman,[34] Public Safety and Elections Task Force Member [6] and Co-chair of the Homeland Security Committee in 2007[35]
- Rep Rob Swearingen (R-34)[1]
- Rep. Jeremy Thiesfeldt (R-52), ALEC Education Task Force Alternate[36]
- Rep. Travis Tranel (R-49), ALEC Public Safety and Elections Task Force Alternate [6]
- Rep. Robin Vos (R-63), State Chairman,[34] Tax and Fiscal Policy Task Force Member, [22] and attended 2011 ALEC annual meeting[37]
- Rep. Chad Weininger (R-4), ALEC Energy, Environment and Agriculture Task Force Alternate[38]
Senate
- Sen. Alberta Darling (R-8)[39], ALEC Tax and Fiscal Policy Task Force Alternate[40], Commerce, Insurance and Economic Development Task Force Member[41]
- Sen. Michael Ellis (R-19)
- Sen. Paul Farrow (R-33),[1] ALEC Communications and Technology Task Force Member[42], Education Task Force Member[43]
- Sen. Scott Fitzgerald (R-13), ALEC Public Safety and Elections Task Force Member [6] and former State Chairman - A staff member stated in a July 2013 email to constituents that Sen. Fitzgerald is no longer an ALEC member,[44] but in September 2013 the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported that he had rejoined ALEC.[45]
- Sen. Glenn Grothman (R-20), ALEC Education Task Force Member[46], International Relations Task Force Member[47]
- Sen. Sheila Harsdorf (R-10)
- Sen. Neal Kedzie (R-11)
- Sen. Frank Lasee (R-1), ALEC Commerce, Insurance and Economic Development Task Force Alternate[48]
- Sen. Mary Lazich (R-28), ALEC Health and Human Services Task Force Member[49] - Sen. Lazich told a constituent by email in March 2013 that she is no longer an ALEC member.[50] Lazich confirmed to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel in September 2013 that she had not rejoined ALEC.[45] Please see Legislators Who Have Cut Ties to ALEC for more.
- Sen. Terry Moulton (R-23), ALEC Tax and Fiscal Policy Task Force Member[51]
- Sen. Leah Vukmir (R-5),[1] ALEC Health and Human Services Task Force Co-chair[52]
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