C. Gene Whisnant

C. Gene Whisnant is a state legislator in Oregon. He is a Republican who has represented District 53 since 2003 in the State Assembly. He is the Co-Chair of the House General Government and Consumer Protection Committee.

Ties to the American Legislative Exchange Council
Whisnant is the Oregon State Chairman of the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) as of 2011. In August 2011, he was given ALEC's 2011 Legislator of the Year Award.

In July 2009, during the height of the anti-Obama health care reform backlash, Whisnant signed onto an ALEC letter opposing the Patient Protection Affordable Care Act, which would be signed into law in early 2010.