Mississippi ALEC Politicians

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This is a partial list of Mississippi 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.

Mississippi Legislators with ALEC Ties

House of Representatives

  • Rep. Brent Anderson (R-122)[1]
  • Rep. Shane Barnett (R-86), attended ALEC's 2020 States and Nation Policy Summit where he participated in ”Workshop: New Education Polling Data with EdChoice", "Opening General Session" and "General Session - Morning"[2]
  • Rep. Charles Jim Beckett (R-23), Member of Public Safety and Elections Task Force [3][4]
  • Rep. Richard Bennett (R-120)[5]
  • Rep. Scott Bounds (R-44); Education Task Force[6]
  • Rep. Randy P. Boyd (R-19)[1]
  • Rep. Charles Busby (R-111)[7]
  • Rep. Billy Calvert (R-83), attended ALEC's 2020 States and Nation Policy Summit where he participated in "Education and Workforce Development Task Force Meeting" and "Health and Human Services Task Force Meeting"[2]
  • Rep. Lester Carpenter (R-1); Communications and Technology Task Force[8]
  • Rep. Samuel Creekmore (R-14), attended ALEC's 2020 States and Nation Policy Summit where he participated in "Workshop: AB5/ABC/Prop-22... What’s Happening, What’s Next and What you Need to Know in the States and DC?", "Workshop: Post-Election Panel: The Future of Energy and Environmental Policy", "Rural Caucus Meeting", "Workshop: Growing Momentum for Personalize Health Care: Health Care Choices 2020", "Education and Workforce Development Task Force Meeting" and "Training: Let's Talk About Workforce Development with Frank Luntz"[2]
  • Rep. Becky Currie (R-92)[9], ALEC State Chair, attended ALEC's 2020 States and Nation Policy Summit where she participated in ” Health and Human Services Subcommittee Meeting", "Tax and Fiscal Policy Subcommittee Meeting", "State Chair Meeting", "Opening General Session", "CARE Constituent Management Training" and "General Session - Morning"[2], Health and Human Services Task Force[10]
  • Rep. Kevin Felsher (R-117), attended ALEC's 2020 States and Nation Policy Summit where she participated in ”Opening General Session", "Workshop: Stop the Cancel Culture, Before it Stops You!", "Training: Let's Talk About Workforce Development with Frank Luntz" and "Criminal Justice Task Force Meeting"”[2][1]
  • Rep. Jill Ford (R-73)[1], attended ALEC's 2020 States and Nation Policy Summit where she participated in "Workshop: New Education Polling Data with EdChoice", "Opening General Session", "Workshop: Reducing Red Tape: Lessons Learned from Successful State Strategies", "CARE Constituent Management Training", "General Session - Morning", "Workshop: State Budget Reform Toolkit: Policy Best Practices to Help Legislators Navigate the Fiscal Uncertainty of COVID-19", "Training: Let's Talk about Education and Opportunity with Frank Luntz", "Education and Workforce Development Task Force Meeting", "Workshop: Stop the Cancel Culture, Before it Stops You!", "Training: Digital Media: Applying Presidential Strategy To Legislative Races", "Training: Let's Talk About Workforce Development with Frank Luntz", "Friday General Session - Morning" and "Friday General Session - Afternoon"[2]
  • Rep. Kevin Ford (R-54), attended ALEC's 2020 States and Nation Policy Summit where she participated in ”General Session - Morning" and "Commerce, Insurance and Economic Development Task Force Meeting"[2], attended 2019 ALEC Annual Meeting[11]
  • Rep. R. L. Dale Goodin (R-105)[1]
  • Rep. Jeffrey S. Guice (R-114)[9]; Tax and Fiscal Policy Task Force[12]
  • Rep. Mac Huddleston (R-15); Health and Human Services Task Force[13]
  • Rep. Nelson Mangold (R-53)[1]
  • Rep. Kent McCarthy (R-101)[1]
  • Rep. Dana McLean (R-39)[1], attended ALEC's 2020 States and Nation Policy Summit where she participated in "Opening General Session", "Workshop: Reducing Red Tape: Lessons Learned from Successful State Strategies", "CARE Constituent Management Training", "Workshop: AB5/ABC/Prop-22... What’s Happening, What’s Next and What you Need to Know in the States and DC?", "Workshop: Post-Election Panel: The Future of Energy and Environmental Policy", "General Session - Morning", "Civil Justice Task Force Meeting", "Thursday General Session - Afternoon", "Education and Workforce Development Task Force Meeting", "Federalism and International Relations Task Force Meeting", "Friday General Session - Morning", "Criminal Justice Task Force Meeting", "Friday General Session - Afternoon" and "Homeland Security Task Force Meeting"[2]
  • Rep. Ken Morgan (R-100)[1]
  • Rep. Gene Newman (R-61)[1], attended ALEC's 2020 States and Nation Policy Summit where he participated in ”Opening General Session", "General Session - Morning", "Thursday General Session - Afternoon", "Commerce, Insurance and Economic Development Task Force Meeting", "Friday General Session - Morning", and "Criminal Justice Task Force Meeting"[2]
  • Rep. Jansen Owen (R-106)[1]
  • Rep. Randall H. Patterson (R-115), Attended 2019 ALEC Annual Meeting[11], claims ALEC membership on his government webpage.[14]
  • Rep. Brent Powell (R-59), attended ALEC's 2020 States and Nation Policy Summit where he participated in ”Workshop: New Education Polling Data with EdChoice", "Workshop: Post-Election Panel: The Future of Energy and Environmental Policy", "Workshop: State Budget Reform Toolkit: Policy Best Practices to Help Legislators Navigate the Fiscal Uncertainty of COVID-19", "Workshop: Stop the Cancel Culture, Before it Stops You!", "Energy, Environment and Agriculture Task Force Meeting" and "Tax and Fiscal Policy Task Force Meeting"[2]
  • Rep. Robin Robinson (R-88), attended ALEC's 2020 States and Nation Policy Summit where she participated in “Energy, Environment and Agriculture Subcommittee Meeting", "Workshop: New Education Polling Data with EdChoice", "Opening General Session", "Task Force Chairs Meeting", "Workshop: Reducing Red Tape: Lessons Learned from Successful State Strategies", "ALEC Connect Training", "Workshop: Post-Election Panel: The Future of Energy and Environmental Policy", "General Session - Morning", "Communications and Technology Task Force Meeting", "Training: Let's Talk about Education and Opportunity with Frank Luntz", "Workshop: Against Critical Theory’s Onslaught: Reclaiming Education and the American Dream", "Thursday General Session - Afternoon", "Education and Workforce Development Task Force Meeting", "Training: Digital Media: Applying Presidential Strategy To Legislative Races", "Jefferson Awards Ceremony", "Friday General Session - Morning", "Energy, Environment and Agriculture Task Force Meeting", "Friday General Session - Afternoon", "CARE Constituent Management Training" and "ALEC CONNECT Training"[2]
  • Rep. Randal "Randy" Rushing (R-78), attended ALEC's 2020 States and Nation Policy Summit where he participated in ”Opening General Session", "General Session - Morning" and "Thursday General Session - Afternoon"[2]
  • Rep Price Wallace (R-77), attended ALEC's 2020 States and Nation Policy Summit where he participated in ”General Session - Morning”[2]
  • Rep. Tom Weathersby (R-62), member according to official website as of August 2017[15]
  • Rep. Stacey Wilkes (R-108), attended ALEC's 2020 States and Nation Policy Summit where she participated in ”Civil Justice Committee and Commerce, Insurance and Economic Development Subcommittee Joint Meeting", "Opening General Session", "Workshop: Reducing Red Tape: Lessons Learned from Successful State Strategies", "Rural Caucus Meeting", "General Session - Morning", "Training: Let's Talk about Education and Opportunity with Frank Luntz" and "Commerce, Insurance and Economic Development Task Force Meeting"[2]
  • Rep. Lee Yancey (R-74); Health and Human Services Task Force[16], attended ALEC's 2020 States and Nation Policy Summit where he participated in ”Opening General Session" ,"General Session - Morning", "Training: Let's Talk about Education and Opportunity with Frank Luntz", "Thursday General Session - Afternoon", "Friday General Session - Morning" and "Tax and Fiscal Policy Task Force Meeting"[2]
  • Rep. Henry Zuber (R-113); Energy, Environment and Agriculture Task Force[17]

Senate

Other Politicians

  • Mayor of Gulfport Billy Hewes, Chair of American City County Exchange

Former Representatives

Former Senators

References

  1. ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 Nick Surgey Revealed "Documented", accessed July 1, 2020
  2. ↑ 2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 2.11 2.12 2.13 2.14 2.15 David Armiak, "ALEC Working in Partnership with Turning Point USA, Major Player in Capitol Insurrection", Exposed by CMD, January 13, 2021, accessed January 26, 2021.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 American Legislative Exchange Council, Public Safety & Elections Task Force 2011 Spring Task Force Summit April 29, 2011 Minutes, organizational document, June 30, 2011, p. 5, obtained and released by Common Cause April 2012
  4. ↑ American Legislative Exchange Council, State Chairs, organizational website, accessed June 9, 2014.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 Jamie Corey NEW ALEC MEMBERSHIP LIST NAMES MORE LEGISLATORS TIED TO THE GROUP Documented June 6, 2019
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 American Legislative Exchange Council, Directory – Full Name and Address, Education Task Force Membership Directory, August 2011, obtained and released by Common Cause
  7. ↑ Mississippi Official & Statistical Register Blue Book 2012-2016, Mississippi Legislature, published 2012, pg. 111.
  8. ↑ American Legislative Exchange Council, Directory – Full Name and Address, Communications and Technology Task Force Membership Directory, August 2011, obtained and released by Common Cause
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3 9.4 American Legislative Exchange Council, Letter to Robert C. Byrd and Nancy Pelosi RE: Federal health reform efforts, June 24, 2009
  10. ↑ American Legislative Exchange Council, Directory – Full Name and Address, Health and Human Services Task Force Membership Directory, August 2011, obtained and released by Common Cause
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 11.3 11.4 11.5 Nick Surgey 2019 Annual Meeting Attendees - Legislators Documented August 2019
  12. ↑ American Legislative Exchange Council, Full Name and Address, Tax and Fiscal Policy Task Force Membership Directory, August 2011, obtained and released by Common Cause
  13. ↑ American Legislative Exchange Council, Directory – Full Name and Address, Health and Human Services Task Force Membership Directory, August 2011, obtained and released by Common Cause
  14. ↑ Randall H. Patterson, Mississippi House of Representatives, accessed Feb. 6, 2019
  15. ↑ WeatRep. Tom Weathersby, Mississippi House of Representatives: Tom Weathersby, state legislative website, accessed August 12, 2013.
  16. ↑ American Legislative Exchange Council, Directory – Full Name and Address, Health and Human Services Task Force Membership Directory, August 2011, obtained and released by Common Cause
  17. ↑ American Legislative Exchange Council, Directory – Full Name and Address, Energy, Environment and Agriculture Task Force Membership Directory, December 2010, obtained and released by Common Cause
  18. ↑ Connor Gibson, Mississippi: Oil & Gas "Critical Infrastructure" Anti-Protest Bills, PolluterWatch, Greenpeace USA, Feb. 18, 2019.
  19. ↑ American Legislative Exchange Council, Directory – Full Name and Address, Civil Justice Task Force Membership Directory, August 2011, obtained and released by Common Cause
  20. ↑ ALEC, State and Local Legislators Urge Congress to Eliminate State and Local Tax Deduction in Exchange for Pro-Growth Lower Rates, ALEC, October 16, 2017.
  21. ↑ ALEC State Chair organziational website, accessed Sept 2018
  22. ↑ organizational member spreadsheet, August 2011, obtained and released by Common Cause
  23. ↑ American Legislative Exchange Council, [http://www.commoncause.org/atf/cf/%7BFB3C17E2-CDD1-4DF6-92BE-BD4429893665%7D/tax_35-daymailing_stfs2011_updated%20Ohio.pdf – Full Name and Address], Tax and Fiscal Policy Task Force Membership Directory, August 2011, obtained and released by Common Cause
  24. ↑ American Legislative Exchange Council, Directory – Full Name and Address, Education Task Force Membership Directory, August 2011, obtained and released by Common Cause
  25. ↑ American Legislative Exchange Council, Directory – Full Name and Address, Public Safety Task Force Membership Directory, August 2011, obtained and released by Common Cause
  26. ↑ American Legislative Exchange Council, Directory – Full Name and Address, Health and Human Services Task Force Membership Directory, August 2011, obtained and released by Common Cause
  27. ↑ American Legislative Exchange Council, Director – Full Name and Address, organizational task force membership directory, August 2011, obtained and released by Common Cause
  28. ↑ American Legislative Exchange Council, "ALEC State Chairmen, organization website, accessed April 2012
  29. ↑ American Legislative Exchange Council, Directory – Full Name and Address, Energy, Environment and Agriculture Task Force Membership Directory, December 2010, obtained and released by Common Cause
  30. ↑ American Legislative Exchange Council, "Solutions for the States," 38th Annual Meeting agenda, on file with CMD, August 3-6, 2011
  31. ↑ American Legislative Exchange Council, Directory – Full Name and Address, Education Task Force Membership Directory, August 2011, obtained and released by Common Cause
  32. ↑ organizational member spreadsheet, August 2011, obtained and released by Common Cause
  33. ↑ American Legislative Exchange Council, Director – Full Name and Address, organizational task force membership directory, August 2011, obtained and released by Common Cause
  34. ↑ American Legislative Exchange Council, Directory – Full Name and Address, Education Task Force Membership Directory, August 2011, obtained and released by Common Cause
  35. ↑ American Legislative Exchange Council, Directory – Full Name and Address, Communications and Technology Task Force Membership Directory, August 2011, obtained and released by Common Cause
  36. ↑ American Legislative Exchange Council, [http://www.commoncause.org/atf/cf/%7BFB3C17E2-CDD1-4DF6-92BE-BD4429893665%7D/tax_35-daymailing_stfs2011_updated%20Ohio.pdf
  37. ↑ American Legislative Exchange Council, Directory – Full Name and Address, International Relations Task Force Membership Directory, August 2011, obtained and released by Common Cause
  38. ↑ organizational member spreadsheet, August 2011, obtained and released by Common Cause
  39. ↑ American Legislative Exchange Council, Directory – Full Name and Address, International Relations Task Force Membership Directory, August 2011, obtained and released by Common Cause
  40. ↑ American Legislative Exchange Council, Directory – Full Name and Address, organizational task force membership directory, August 2011, obtained and released by Common Cause
  41. ↑ organizational member spreadsheet, August 2011, obtained and released by Common Cause
  42. ↑ American Legislative Exchange Council, Directory – Full Name and Address, Communications and Technology Task Force Membership Directory, August 2011, obtained and released by Common Cause
  43. ↑ American Legislative Exchange Council, Directory – Full Name and Address, Health and Human Services Task Force Membership Directory, August 2011, obtained and released by Common Cause
  44. ↑ 44.0 44.1 American Legislative Exchange Council, Letter to Senate Majority Leader Reid, RE: the EPA’s plan to regulate greenhouse gases under the Clean Air Act, March 10, 2010
  45. ↑ American Legislative Exchange Council, Directory – Full Name and Address, Communications and Technology Task Force Membership Directory, August 2011, obtained and released by Common Cause
  46. ↑ American Legislative Exchange Council, Directory – Full Name and Address, Communications and Technology Task Force Membership Directory, August 2011, obtained and released by Common Cause
  47. ↑ American Legislative Exchange Council, International and Federal Relations Task Force meeting and Federal Relations Working Group, meeting agenda and materials, August 4, 2011, on file with CMD
  48. ↑ American Legislative Exchange Council, Directory – Full Name and Address, Energy, Environment and Agriculture Task Force Membership Directory, December 2010, obtained and released by Common Cause
  49. ↑ American Legislative Exchange Council, [http://www.commoncause.org/atf/cf/%7BFB3C17E2-CDD1-4DF6-92BE-BD4429893665%7D/tax_35-daymailing_stfs2011_updated%20Ohio.pdf – Full Name and Address], Tax and Fiscal Policy Task Force Membership Directory, August 2011, obtained and released by Common Cause
  50. ↑ American Legislative Exchange Council, Directory – Full Name and Address, Education Task Force Membership Directory, August 2011, obtained and released by Common Cause
  51. ↑ American Legislative Exchange Council, [http://www.commoncause.org/atf/cf/%7BFB3C17E2-CDD1-4DF6-92BE-BD4429893665%7D/tax_35-daymailing_stfs2011_updated%20Ohio.pdf – Full Name and Address], Tax and Fiscal Policy Task Force Membership Directory, August 2011, obtained and released by Common Cause
  52. ↑ American Legislative Exchange Council, Directory – Full Name and Address, Energy, Environment and Agriculture Task Force Membership Directory, December 2010, obtained and released by Common Cause
  53. ↑ American Legislative Exchange Council, Directory – Full Name and Address, Commerce, Insurance, and Economic Development Task Force Membership Directory, August 2011, obtained and released by Common Cause
  54. ↑ American Legislative Exchange Council, Directory – Full Name and Address, Energy, Environment and Agriculture Task Force Membership Directory, December 2010, obtained and released by Common Cause
  55. ↑ American Legislative Exchange Council, Sourcebook, annual organizational publication, 1995
  56. ↑ American Legislative Exchange Council, ALEC State Chairmen, document exposed by the Center for Media and Democracy, July 13, 2011
  57. ↑ Mississippi Official & Statistical Register Blue Book 2012-2016, Mississippi Legislature, published 2012, pg. 96.
  58. ↑ member spreadsheet, August 2011, obtained and released by Common Cause
  59. ↑ American Legislative Exchange Council, Directory – Full Name and Address, Education Task Force Membership Directory, August 2011, obtained and released by Common Cause
  60. ↑ American Legislative Exchange Council, Directory – Full Name and Address, Health and Human Services Task Force Membership Directory, August 2011, obtained and released by Common Cause
  61. ↑ Mississippi State Senate, Bob M. Dearing, Legislator Biography, typo lists "ALEX" instead of ALEC, archived Aug. 22, 2011, accessed Feb. 26, 2019.
  62. ↑ Connor Gibson, Mississippi: Oil & Gas "Critical Infrastructure" Anti-Protest Bills, PolluterWatch, Greenpeace USA, Feb. 18, 2019.
  63. ↑ American Legislative Exchange Council, Directory – Full Name and Address, Energy, Environment and Agriculture Task Force Membership Directory, December 2010, obtained and released by Common Cause
  64. ↑ American Legislative Exchange Council, Directory – Full Name and Address, Health and Human Services Task Force Membership Directory, August 2011, obtained and released by Common Cause
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