Stop The Swamp
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Stop The Swamp
Special interests and the American Legislative Exchange Council are trying to ooze into state government.
They want to take the swamp with them.
ALEC pushes slimy laws to revoke our rights, devour our paychecks, and influence our legislators with lavish trips and exclusive events.
Use the mapUse the dropdown and find out if your legislator has been swamped by ALEC.
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Chamber Senate · District 21
Gerald Allen
ALEC Tie
Paid $100 in campaign expenditures to ALEC in 2014R
Chamber Senate · District 35
Bill Hightower
ALEC Tie
Signed ALEC letter in September 2014 to Google about CEO Eric Schmidt's comments about ALEC's position on climate changeR
Chamber Senate · District 5
Greg Reed
ALEC Tie
ALEC Alabama Co-State Chair, 2018R
Chamber Senate · District 7
Paul Sanford
ALEC Tie
Paid $425 in campaign expenditures to ALEC in 2015R
Chamber Senate · District 16
J.T. Waggoner
ALEC Tie
Listed as a member in ALEC's 2001 "Leaders in the States" documentR
Chamber Senate · District 14
Cam Ward
ALEC Tie
Listed as ALEC member on CMDLinked to American Legislative Exchange Council on personal website
Admitted to attending ALEC meeting in 2007 but denies membership
Signed Confirm Judge Brett Kavanaugh ALEC Letter 2018
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Chamber House · District 10
Mike Ball
ALEC Tie
Attended August 2011 ALEC meeting in New Orleans - Reimbursed $2,031.85R
Chamber House · District 40
K.L. Brown
ALEC Tie
Paid $100 in campaign expenditures to ALEC in 2014R
Chamber House · District 48
Jim Carns
ALEC Tie
Former ALEC State Chair (2005)R
Chamber House · District 8
Terri Collins
ALEC Tie
ALEC Alabama Co-State Chair, 2018Signed ALEC letter in February 2017 regarding Medicare
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Chamber House · District 46
David Faulkner
ALEC Tie
Signed Confirm Judge Brett Kavanaugh ALEC Letter 2018Paid $100 in campaign expenditures to ALEC in 2015
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Chamber House · District 100
Victor Gaston
ALEC Tie
Lists himself as a member of ALEC on his official legislative biographyR
Chamber House · District 23
Tommy Hanes
ALEC Tie
Paid $100 in campaign expenditures to ALEC in 2015R
Chamber House · District 31
Mike Holmes
ALEC Tie
Paid $100 in campaign expenditures to ALEC in 2014Signed ALEC letter in September 2014 to Google about CEO Eric Schmidt's comments about ALEC's position on climate change
Signed Confirm Judge Brett Kavanaugh ALEC Letter 2018
Signed ALEC letter to FCC Chairman Wheeler
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Chamber House · District 7
Ken Johnson
ALEC Tie
Paid $100 in campaign expenditures to ALEC in 2014R
Chamber House · District 24
Nathaniel Ledbetter
ALEC Tie
Signed Confirm Judge Brett Kavanaugh ALEC Letter 2018Paid $100 in campaign expenditures to ALEC in 2015
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Chamber House · District 25
Mac McCutcheon
ALEC Tie
Paid $100 in campaign expenditures to ALEC in 2017R
Chamber House · District 43
Arnold Mooney
ALEC Tie
Paid $200 in campaign expenditures to ALEC in 2015R
Chamber House · District 1
Phillip Pettus
ALEC Tie
Signed Confirm Judge Brett Kavanaugh ALEC Letter 2018R
Chamber House · District 20
Howard Sanderford
ALEC Tie
Energy, Environment and Agriculture Task Force Member, 2010R
Chamber House · District 105
David Sessions
ALEC Tie
Paid $100 in campaign expenditures to ALEC in 2015R
Chamber House · District 49
April Weaver
ALEC Tie
Paid $100 in campaign expenditures to ALEC in 2014R
Chamber House · District 104
Margie Wilcox
ALEC Tie
Paid $100 in campaign expenditures to ALEC in 2015R
Chamber House · District 102
J.W. Williams
ALEC Tie
Energy, Environment and Agriculture Task Force Member, 2010Attended July 2014 ALEC Annual Meeting in Dallas where he was presented his Legislator of the Year AwardALEC Legislator of the Year, 2014Paid $100 in campaign expenditures to ALEC in 2014Signed on to ALEC SALT Letter to Congress in October 2016Signed ALEC letter in September 2014 to Google about CEO Eric Schmidt's comments about ALEC's position on climate changeSigned ALEC Letter March 2010 against the Clean Air ActR
Chamber Senate · District 13
Chris Birch
ALEC Tie
Named ALEC's Legislator of the Week, 10.15.18R
Chamber Senate · District 2
John Coghill
ALEC Tie
Signed Confirm Judge Brett Kavanaugh ALEC Letter 2018ALEC International Relations Task Force member, 2012
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Chamber Senate · District 11
Mia Costello
ALEC Tie
Member of the Tax and Fiscal Policy Taskforce, as of 2011. ALEC.R
Chamber Senate · District 14
Cathy Giessel
ALEC Tie
Signed Confirm Judge Brett Kavanaugh ALEC Letter 2018Member of the Tax and Fiscal Policy Taskforce, as of 2011
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Chamber Senate · District 6
Shelley Hughes
ALEC Tie
Signed Confirm Judge Brett Kavanaugh ALEC Letter 2018R
Chamber Senate · District 7
Lora Reinbold
ALEC Tie
Attended ALEC Chicago Conference, 2013Attended ALEC Dallas-Fort Worth Conference 2014
Signed Confirm Judge Brett Kavanaugh ALEC Letter 2018
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Chamber House · District 10
David Eastman
ALEC Tie
Legislative staffers Jared Mclure and Debbie Leamer from Representative David Eastman's office attended ALEC Denver conference in 2017Signed ALEC letter in December 2018 opposing Airbnb's West Bank Policy
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Chamber House · District 24
Charles Kopp
ALEC Tie
Signed Confirm Judge Brett Kavanaugh ALEC Letter 2018Signed ALEC letter in December 2018 opposing Airbnb's West Bank Policy
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Chamber Senate · District 7
Anna MacKinnon
ALEC Tie
Member of the Tax and Fiscal Policy Taskforce, as of 2011R
Chamber House · District 25
Charisse Millett
ALEC Tie
Alaska Gift Disclosure: $1,500 in 2011R
Chamber Senate · District 6
Sylvia Allen
ALEC Tie
Attended ALEC's annual conference in Denver, 2017Received $500 in scholarship from ALEC to attend its annual conference in Utah in 2013
Energy, Environment, and Agriculture task force member, 2011
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Chamber Senate · District 5
Sonny Borrelli
ALEC Tie
Received over $500 gift from ALEC in 2012R
Chamber Senate · District 20
Paul Boyer
ALEC Tie
Received an ALEC gift of $500 or more in 2013 and 2014Attended ALEC’s 44th annual meeting in Denver, Colorado in July 2017
Signed ALEC letter in 2013 to Senator Dick Durbin re: Durbin's request to identify ALEC's funders
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Chamber Senate · District 28
Kate Brophy McGee
ALEC Tie
Received a gift from ALEC of $500 or more in 2011R
Chamber Senate · District 1
Karen Fann
ALEC Tie
Received a gift of $500 or more from ALEC in 2014R
Chamber Senate · District 12
Eddie Farnsworth
ALEC Tie
Received a gift of $500 or more from ALEC in 2011 and 2012R
Chamber Senate · District 21
Rick Gray
ALEC Tie
Signed ALEC letter in December 2018 opposing Airbnb's West Bank PolicyR
Chamber Senate · District 11
Vince Leach
ALEC Tie
Received a gift of $500 or more from ALEC in 2014Signed on to ALEC SALT Letter to Congress in October 2016
Attended ALEC's annual conference is Denver, 2017
ALEC legislator of the week, 5/29/18
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Chamber Senate · District 22
David Livingston
ALEC Tie
Received a gift of $500 or more from ALEC in 2014Signed ALEC letter in September 2014 to Google about CEO Eric Schmidt's comments about ALEC's position on climate change
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Chamber Senate · District 17
J.D. Mesnard
ALEC Tie
Received a gift from ALEC in 2011, 2012, 2013, and 2014R
Chamber Senate · District 8
Frank Pratt
ALEC Tie
Received gift form ALEC in 2011 and 2012R
Chamber Senate · District 23
Michelle Ugenti-Rita
ALEC Tie
Received a donation of $500 or more from ALEC in 2011, 2012, and 2013R
Chamber House · District 15
John Allen
ALEC Tie
Received an ALEC "Scholarships" gift of $500 in 2014ALEC Arizona State Chair, 2018
Attended ALEC's annual conference in Denver, 2017
Signed ALEC letter in December 2018 opposing Airbnb's West Bank Policy
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Chamber House · District 15
Nancy Barto
ALEC Tie
Signed Confirm Judge Brett Kavanaugh ALEC Letter 2018Attended ALEC Conference in Denver, 2017
Received a donation of over $500 from ALEC in 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, and 2014
Attended ALEC's annual conference in New Orleans 2018
Signed ALEC letter in 2013 to Senator Dick Durbin re: Durbin's request to identify ALEC's funders
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Chamber House · District 25
Russell Bowers
ALEC Tie
Listed as an ALEC leader in 1999R
Chamber House · District 1
Noel Campbell
ALEC Tie
Paid $100 ALEC fees with campaign funds in 2016 (10/17/2016)Attended ALEC's 45th annual conference in New Orleans, 2018
Signed Confirm Judge Brett Kavanaugh ALEC Letter 2018
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Chamber House · District 5
Regina Cobb
ALEC Tie
Signed Confirm Judge Brett Kavanaugh ALEC Letter 2018JSN News reported Cobb's attendance at an ALEC conference in 2014
Signed ALEC letter in February 2017 regarding Medicare
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Chamber House · District 8
David Cook
ALEC Tie
Attended ALEC's annual conference in Denver, 2017R
Chamber House · District 11
Mark Finchem
ALEC Tie
Received a gift of $500 or more from ALEC in 2014Attended ALEC's annual conference in Denver, 2017
Signed on to ALEC SALT Letter to Congress in October 2016
Signed ALEC letter in December 2018 opposing Airbnb's West Bank Policy
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Chamber House · District 12
Travis Grantham
ALEC Tie
Attended ALEC's annual conference in Denver, 2017R
Chamber House · District 14
Gail Griffin
ALEC Tie
Signed Confirm Judge Brett Kavanaugh ALEC Letter 2018Received a gift of $500 or more from ALEC in 2011
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Chamber House · District 23
John Kavanagh
ALEC Tie
Signed ALEC Letter from July 2009 to Senator Reid and Speaker Pelosi regarding the Affordable Care ActReceived a gift of $500 or more from ALEC in 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, and 2014
Signed on to ALEC SALT Letter to Congress in October 2016
Signed ALEC letter in 2013 to Senator Dick Durbin re: Durbin's request to identify ALEC's funders
Signed Confirm Judge Brett Kavanaugh ALEC Letter 2018
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Chamber House · District 20
Anthony Kern
ALEC Tie
Signed Confirm Judge Brett Kavanaugh ALEC Letter 2018Received a gift of $500 or more from ALEC in 2014Attended ALEC's annual conference in Denver, 2017
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Chamber House · District 23
Jay Lawrence
ALEC Tie
Signed Confirm Judge Brett Kavanaugh ALEC Letter 2018Attended ALEC conferences in 2014, 2015, and 2017
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Chamber House · District 14
Becky Nutt
ALEC Tie
Attended ALEC's annual conference in Denver, 2017Attended ALEC's 2018 States & Nation Policy Summit in Washington DC
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Chamber House · District 21
Kevin Payne
ALEC Tie
Attended ALEC's annual conference in Denver, 2017R
Chamber House · District 21
Tony Rivero
ALEC Tie
Signed Confirm Judge Brett Kavanaugh ALEC Letter 2018Received a gift from ALEC of $500 or more in 2014
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Chamber House · District 8
Thomas Shope
ALEC Tie
Received a gift of over $500 from ALEC in 2012, 2013, and 2014R
Chamber House · District 1
David Stringer
ALEC Tie
Signed Confirm Judge Brett Kavanaugh ALEC Letter 2018Attended ALEC's annual conference in Denver, 2017
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Chamber House · District 6
Bob Thorpe
ALEC Tie
Received a gift of over $500 from ALEC in 2012, 2013, and 2014Signed ALEC letter in September 2014 to Google about CEO Eric Schmidt's comments about ALEC's position on climate change
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Chamber House · District 22
Ben Toma
ALEC Tie
Attended ALEC's annual conference in Denver, 2017Signed Confirm Judge Brett Kavanaugh ALEC Letter 2018
Signed on to ALEC SALT Letter to Congress in October 2016
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Chamber House · District 16
Kelly Townsend
ALEC Tie
Received a gift of $500 or more from ALEC in 2012, 2013, 2014Attended ALEC's annual conference in Denver, 2017
ALEC Legislator of the Week 2/5/2018
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Chamber House · District 17
Jeff Weninger
ALEC Tie
Attended ALEC's annual conference in Denver, 2017R
Chamber House
Kimberly Yee
ALEC Tie
Received a gift of $500 or more from ALEC in 2011 and 2012R
Chamber Senate · District 22
Judy Burges
ALEC Tie
Received a gift from ALEC of $500 or more in 2011R
Chamber Senate · District 11
Steve Smith
ALEC Tie
Alternate member ALEC's task force on Public Safety and ElectionsR
Chamber Senate · District 17
Steven Yarbrough
ALEC Tie
Signed on to ALEC SALT Letter to Congress in October 2016Received a gift of $500 or more from ALEC in 2010 and 2011Attended ALEC's annual conference in Denver, 2017
Signed ALEC Letter from July 2009 to Senator Reid and Speaker Pelosi regarding the Affordable Care Act
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Chamber House · District 6
Brenda Barton
ALEC Tie
Attended ALEC's annual conference in Denver, 2017Received a $500 scholarship from ALEC to attend annual conferences in 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014
Signed ALEC letter in September 2014 to Google about CEO Eric Schmidt's comments about ALEC's position on climate change
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Chamber House · District 10
Todd Clodfelter
ALEC Tie
Attended ALEC's annual conference in Denver, 2017R
Chamber House · District 16
Doug Coleman
ALEC Tie
Received a gift from ALEC of $500 or more in 2012 and 2014R
Chamber House · District 14
Drew John
ALEC Tie
Signed Confirm Judge Brett Kavanaugh ALEC Letter 2018R
Chamber House · District 13
Darin Mitchell
ALEC Tie
Rep. Darin Mitchell drove state-owned utility 4x4s to San Diego in 2015 to attend the ALEC event in San Diego, traveling 730 miles on the trip.R
Chamber House · District 5
Paul Mosley
ALEC Tie
Paid $100 to ALEC with campaign funds in 2016 (11/01/2016)Attended ALEC's annual conference in Denver, 2017
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Chamber House · District 18
Jill Norgaard
ALEC Tie
Signed Confirm Judge Brett Kavanaugh ALEC Letter 2018Received a gift from ALEC in 2014
Attended ALEC's annual conference in Denver, 2017
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Chamber Senate · District 3
Cecile Bledsoe
ALEC Tie
Signed ALEC letter in 2013 to Senator Dick Durbin re: Durbin's request to identify ALEC's fundersSigned ALEC Letter from July 2009 to Senator Reid and Speaker Pelosi regarding the Affordable Care Act
Health & Human Services Task Force Member, 2011
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Chamber Senate · District 13
Alan Clark
ALEC Tie
Attended ALEC's annual conference in Denver, 2017R
Chamber Senate · District 34
Jane English
ALEC Tie
Signed ALEC letter in 2013 to Senator Dick Durbin re: Durbin's request to identify ALEC's fundersAttended ALEC Conference in DC, 2014
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Chamber Senate · District 27
Trent Garner
ALEC Tie
Signed Confirm Judge Brett Kavanaugh ALEC Letter 2018R
Chamber Senate · District 11
Jimmy Hickey
ALEC Tie
International Relations Task Force member, 2013R
Chamber Senate · District 18
Missy Irvin
ALEC Tie
Signed Confirm Judge Brett Kavanaugh ALEC Letter 2018ALEC Health & Human Services Task Force member, 2011
ALEC Arkansas State Co-chair, 2018
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Chamber Senate · District 35
Jason Rapert
ALEC Tie
Commerce, Insurance, and Economic Development Task Force member, 2013R
Chamber Senate · District 9
Terry Rice
ALEC Tie
Signed ALEC letter in 2013 to Senator Dick Durbin re: Durbin's request to identify ALEC's fundersCommerce, Insurance, and Economic Development Task Force Member, 2011
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Chamber Senate · District 14
Bill Sample
ALEC Tie
Signed ALEC letter in September 2014 to Google about CEO Eric Schmidt's comments about ALEC's position on climate changeSigned ALEC Letter March 2010 against the Clean Air Act
Signed ALEC letter in 2013 to Senator Dick Durbin re: Durbin's request to identify ALEC's funders
Commerce, Insurance, and Economic Development Task Force Member, 2011
Education Task Force Member, 2011
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Chamber Senate · District 6
Gary Stubblefield
ALEC Tie
Attended ALEC's annual conference in Denver, 2017R
Chamber House · District 73
Mary Bentley
ALEC Tie
Signed Confirm Judge Brett Kavanaugh ALEC Letter 2018Attended ALEC's 45th annual conference in New Orleans, 2018
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Chamber House · District 15
Ken Bragg
ALEC Tie
Signed ALEC letter in 2013 to Senator Dick Durbin re: Durbin's request to identify ALEC's fundersR
Chamber House · District 41
Karilyn Brown
ALEC Tie
Signed on to ALEC SALT Letter to Congress in October 2016Attended ALEC Conference in Denver, 2017
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Chamber House · District 93
Jim Dotson
ALEC Tie
Signed ALEC letter in 2013 to Senator Dick Durbin re: Durbin's request to identify ALEC's fundersSigned ALEC letter in September 2014 to Google about CEO Eric Schmidt's comments about ALEC's position on climate change
ALEC Arkansas State Co-chair, 2018
Attended ALEC's 45th annual conference in New Orleans, 2018
Signed Confirm Judge Brett Kavanaugh ALEC Letter 2018
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Chamber House · District 74
Jon Eubanks
ALEC Tie
ALEC Civil Justice Task Force Member, June 2011R
Chamber House · District 80
Charlene Fite
ALEC Tie
Signed ALEC letter in 2013 to Senator Dick Durbin re: Durbin's request to identify ALEC's fundersR
Chamber House · District 22
Mickey Gates
ALEC Tie
Attended ALEC's annual conference in Denver, 2017R
Chamber House · District 58
Brandt Smith
ALEC Tie
Signed Confirm Judge Brett Kavanaugh ALEC Letter 2018R
Chamber House · District 18
Richard Womack
ALEC Tie
Signed ALEC letter in December 2018 opposing Airbnb's West Bank PolicyR
Chamber Senate · District 33
Jeremy Hutchinson
ALEC Tie
ALEC Civil Justice Task Force member, 2011R
Chamber Senate · District 19
Linda Collins-Smith
ALEC Tie
Former ALEC Co-Chair, as of 2011Signed ALEC Letter March 2010 against the Clean Air Act
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Chamber Senate · District 5
Bryan King
ALEC Tie
Energy, Environment, and Agriculture Task Force Member, October 2010R
Chamber House · District 75
Charlotte Douglas
ALEC Tie
Signed ALEC letter in 2013 to Senator Dick Durbin re: Durbin's request to identify ALEC's fundersR
Chamber House · District 70
David Meeks
ALEC Tie
Signed Confirm Judge Brett Kavanaugh ALEC Letter 2018Attended ALEC Conference in DC, 2014
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Chamber Senate · District 36
Pat Bates
ALEC Tie
Signed ALEC letter in February 2017 regarding MedicareR
Chamber Senate · District 1
Ted Gaines
ALEC Tie
Paid $100 to ALEC out of campaign paymentR
Chamber Senate · District 23
Mike Morrell
ALEC Tie
Attended an ALEC conference, 2015R
Chamber Senate · District 4
Jim Nielsen
ALEC Tie
Paid $100 to ALEC out of campaign fundR
Chamber Senate · District 8
Randy Baumgardner
ALEC Tie
Paid $100 in campaign expenditures to ALEC in 2017R
Chamber Senate · District 13
John Cooke
ALEC Tie
Paid $100 in campaign expenditures to ALEC in 2014R
Chamber Senate · District 12
Bob Gardner
ALEC Tie
Paid $100 in campaign expenditures to ALEC in 2009R
Chamber Senate · District 10
Owen Hill
ALEC Tie
Attended ALEC's 44th annual meeting in Denver, Colorado in July 2017R
Chamber Senate · District 30
Chris Holbert
ALEC Tie
Attended ALEC's 44th annual meeting in Denver, Colorado in July 2017R
Chamber Senate · District 9
Paul Lundeen
ALEC Tie
Paid $100 in campaign expenditures to ALEC in 2015R
Chamber Senate · District 23
Vicki Marble
ALEC Tie
Signed Confirm Judge Brett Kavanaugh ALEC Letter 2018Paid $200 in campaign expenditures to ALEC in 2016
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Chamber Senate · District 25
Kevin Priola
ALEC Tie
Paid $575 in campaign expenditures to ALEC in 2011R
Chamber Senate · District 7
Ray Scott
ALEC Tie
Telecom and IT Task Force Member, 2011R
Chamber Senate · District 1
Jerry Sonnenberg
ALEC Tie
Signed Confirm Judge Brett Kavanaugh ALEC Letter 2018Signed ALEC letter in September 2014 to Google about CEO Eric Schmidt's comments about ALEC's position on climate change
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Chamber Senate · District 27
Jack Tate
ALEC Tie
Paid $100 in campaign expenditures to ALEC in 2015Attended ALEC's annual conference in Denver, 2017
Signed Confirm Judge Brett Kavanaugh ALEC Letter 2018
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Chamber House · District 38
Susan Beckman
ALEC Tie
Paid $200 in campaign expenditures to ALEC in 2017ALEC Legislator of the Week 11/20/17
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Chamber House · District 49
Perry Buck
ALEC Tie
Paid $100 in campaign expenditures to ALEC in 2017R
Chamber House · District 48
Stephen Humphrey
ALEC Tie
Paid $100 in campaign expenditures to ALEC in 2013R
Chamber House · District 21
Lois Landgraf
ALEC Tie
Paid $100 in campaign expenditures to ALEC in 2015Signed Confirm Judge Brett Kavanaugh ALEC Letter 2018
Signed ALEC letter in September 2014 to Google about CEO Eric Schmidt's comments about ALEC's position on climate change
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Chamber House · District 64
Kimmi Lewis
ALEC Tie
Attended ALEC's annual conference in Denver, 2017R
Chamber House · District 16
Larry Liston
ALEC Tie
Paid $200 in campaign expenditures to ALEC in 2008Paid $474 in campaign expenditures to ALEC in 2011
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Chamber House · District 44
Kim Ransom
ALEC Tie
Signed Confirm Judge Brett Kavanaugh ALEC Letter 2018Paid $100 in campaign expenditures to ALEC in 2015
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Chamber House · District 63
Lori Saine
ALEC Tie
ALEC Legislator of the Week 3/16/2017Paid $400 in campaign expenditures to ALEC in 2015
Signed ALEC letter in 2013 to Senator Dick Durbin re: Durbin's request to identify ALEC's funders
ALEC Colorado State Chair, 2017
ALEC Colorado State Co-chair, 2018
Attended ALEC's 45th annual conference in New Orleans, 2018
Signed Confirm Judge Brett Kavanaugh ALEC Letter 2018
Signed ALEC letter in December 2018 opposing Airbnb's West Bank Policy
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Chamber House · District 43
Kevin Van Winkle
ALEC Tie
Paid $100 in campaign expenditures to ALEC in 2016R
Chamber House · District 15
David Williams
ALEC Tie
Signed on to ALEC SALT Letter to Congress in October 2016R