Montana ALEC Politicians

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

'''This is a partial list of Montana 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.

House of Representatives

 * Rep. Liz Bangerter (R-80); Health and Human Services Task Force
 * Rep. Mark W. Blasdel (R-10); Education Task Force
 * Rep. Roy Hollandsworth (R-28); Energy, Environment and Agriculture Task Force
 * Rep. David Howard (R-60) ; Civil Justice Task Force
 * Rep. Steve Lavin (R-8); Public Safety and Elections Task Force
 * Rep. Mike Miller (R-84) - signed onto an ALEC letter in opposition to federal health reform efforts in 2009
 * Rep. Jesse A. O'Hara (R-18); Commerce, Insurance and Economic Development Task Force
 * Rep. Lee Randall (R-39); Energy, Environment and Agriculture Task Force
 * Rep. Scott Reichner (R-9), State Chairman ; Communications and Technology Task Force
 * Rep. Cary Smith (R-55), ALEC Tax and Fiscal Policy Task Force member, guest at the December 2010 meeting of the International Relations Task Force, and signed onto an ALEC letter in opposition to federal health reform efforts in 2009
 * Rep. Wendy Warburton (R-34) ; Energy, Environment and Agriculture Task Force

Senate

 * Rep. Elsie M. Arntzen (R-27), Commerce, Insurance and Economic Development Task Force member and signed onto an ALEC letter in opposition to federal health reform efforts in 2009
 * Sen. Dee Brown (R-3) - signed onto an ALEC letter in opposition to federal health reform efforts in 2009
 * Sen. Jeff Essmann (R-28)
 * Sen. Llewelyn C. Jones (R-14); Communications and Technology Task Force
 * Sen. Edward Walker (R-29), State Chairman.

Former Legislators

 * Rep. Bill James Beck, Sr. (R-6), Commerce, Insurance and Economic Development Task Force and signed onto an ALEC letter in opposition to federal health reform efforts in 2009
 * Rep. John Esp (R-61); Health and Human Services Task Force
 * Rep. Mike Foster
 * Rep. Gordon Hendrick (R-14); Energy, Environment and Agriculture Task Force
 * Rep. Dennis Himmelberger (R-47), former State Chairman and signed onto an ALEC letter in opposition to federal health reform efforts in 2009
 * Rep. Gary MacLaren (R-89), former State Chairman, Health and Human Services Task Force member, and signed onto an ALEC letter in opposition to federal health reform efforts in 2009
 * Rep. Tom McGillvray (R-50); Civil Justice Task Force
 * Rep. Michael More (R-70) - signed onto an ALEC letter in opposition to federal health reform efforts in 2009
 * Rep. Ken Peterson (R-46), Civil Justice Task Force member and signed onto an ALEC letter in opposition to federal health reform efforts in 2009
 * Rep. Jim Rice (R), now sits on Montana Supreme Court.
 * Rep. Dan D Skattum (R-62); Education Task Force
 * Former Rep. Fran Wendelboe (R-1) - signed onto an ALEC letter in opposition to federal health reform efforts in 2009

Former Senators

 * Former Sen. Roy Brown (R-25) - signed onto an ALEC letter in opposition to federal health reform efforts in 2009
 * Sen. Bob Lake (R-44); Tax and Fiscal Policy Task Force
 * Sen. Ken Miller, former ALEC State Chair