Kentucky ALEC Politicians

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

'''This is a partial list of Kentucky 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. Ron Crimm (R-33); Public Safety and Elections Task Force, Civil Justice Task Force Alternate
 * Rep. Robert R. Damron (D-39); Tax and Fiscal Policy Task Force ; quoted in an August 2011 Bloomberg interview as saying he no longer attends ALEC meetings because ALEC has “become, in the last few years, so partisan. . . The last meeting I went to, they spent all their time bashing Democrats. I don’t particularly care for an organization that’s so partisan.”
 * Rep. Jim DeCesare (R-21); Tax and Fiscal Policy Task Force
 * Rep. Joseph M. Fischer (R-68); Public Safety and Elections Task Force
 * Rep. Mike Harmon (R-54), State Chairman
 * Rep. Brad Montell (R-58); Education Task Force
 * Rep. David Osborne (R-59); Commerce, Insurance and Economic Development Task Force
 * Rep. Ruth Palumbo (D-76); Energy, Environment and Agriculture Task Force
 * Rep. Tom Riner (D-41)
 * Rep. Sal Santoro (R-60); Public Safety and Elections Task Force
 * Rep. Ben Waide (R-10), member of ALEC's Education Task Force
 * Rep. Addia K. Wuchner (R-66) ; Education Task Force and International Relations Task Force
 * Rep. Jill York (R-96); Education Task Force

Senate

 * Sen. Walter Blevins, Jr (D-27).; Tax and Fiscal Policy Task Force and Communications and Technology Task Force
 * Sen. Tom Buford (R-22), State Chairman
 * Sen. Julian M. Carroll (D-7); Public Safety and Elections Task Force
 * Sen. Carroll Gibson (R-5); Communications and Technology Task Force
 * Sen. Julie Denton (R-36) ; Health and Human Services Task Force
 * Sen. David P. Givens (R-9); Education Task Force
 * Sen. Denise Harper-Angel (D-35); Commerce, Insurance and Economic Development Task Force - Sen. Harper-Angel told KPR-Frankfort in May 2012 that she had requested to leave ALEC. See Legislators Who Have Cut Ties to ALEC for more.
 * Sen. Ernie Harris (R-26); Energy, Environment and Agriculture Task Force
 * Sen. Jimmy Higdon (R-14); Communications and Technology Task Force
 * Sen. Ray S. Jones, II (D-31); Civil Justice Task Force - Sen. Jones told KPR-Frankfort in May 2012 that he had requested to leave ALEC. See Legislators Who Have Cut Ties to ALEC for more.
 * Sen. Alice Kerr (R-12); Health and Human Services Task Force
 * Sen. Gerald A. Neal (D-33); Communications and Technology Task Force
 * Sen. Dorsey Ridley (D-4); Energy, Environment and Agriculture Task Force
 * Sen. John Schickel (R-11); International Relations Task Force
 * Sen. Daniel Seum (R-38); Public Safety and Elections Task Force
 * Sen. Brandon Smith (R-30); Tax and Fiscal Policy Task Force
 * Sen. Kathy W. Stein (D-13); Communications and Technology Task Force - Sen. Stein told KPR-Frankfort in May 2012 that she had requested to leave ALEC. See Legislators Who Have Cut Ties to ALEC for more.
 * Sen. Robert Stivers (R-25); Civil Justice Task Force

Former Legislators

 * Rep. Brent Housman (R-3); Commerce, Insurance and Economic Development Task Force
 * Rep. John D. Westwood (R-23); Commerce, Insurance and Economic Development Task Force

Former Senators

 * Sen. David E. Boswell
 * Sen. Tom Jensen (R-21), ALEC Energy, Environment and Agriculture Task Force member, spoke on "Saving Dollars and Protecting Communities: State Successes in Corrections Policy" at the 2011 ALEC Annual Meeting
 * Sen. Vernie D. McGaha (R-15); Education Task Force
 * Sen. Joey Pendleton (D-3); Energy, Environment and Agriculture Task Force and Health and Human Services Task Force
 * Sen. Tom Philpot
 * Sen. Richard Roeding
 * Sen. Tim Shaughnessy (D-19); Health and Human Services Task Force - Sen. Shaughnessy told KPR-Frankfort in May 2012 that he had requested to leave ALEC. See Legislators Who Have Cut Ties to ALEC for more.
 * Sen. Jack Westwood (R-23)
 * Sen. Leader David Williams (R-16), ALEC Legislator of the Year (year unknown), registered for ALEC conferences with taxpayer funds in 2007-2009 (partially refunded by ALEC's "scholarship fund" in 2009)
 * Sen. Kenneth W. Winters (R-1); Education Task Force