About ALEC ALEC is a corporate bill mill. It is not just a lobby or a front group; it is much more powerful than that. Through ALEC, corporations hand state legislators their wishlists to benefit their bottom line. Corporations fund almost all of ALEC's operations. They pay for a seat on ALEC task forces where corporate lobbyists and special interest reps vote with elected officials to approve “model” bills. Learn more at the Center for Media and Democracy's ALECexposed.org , and check out breaking news on our PRWatch.org site

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

This is a partial list of Wisconsin 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.

Wisconsin Legislators with ALEC Ties

Assembly

Senate

Former Representatives

Former Senators

Wisconsin Legislators With ALEC References in Blue Books

Wisconsin Legislators Mentioning ALEC in their Statements of Economic Interest

2014 Assembly

Tyler August - Received $1467 "scholarship" for ALEC winter meeting and $1494 "scholarship" for ALEC annual conference

Dan Knodl - Received $1100 from ALEC

Mike Kuglitsch - Received $1282.71 "scholarship" for ALEC Dallas conference, $604.20 "scholarship" for ALEC Washington, DC conference

Stever Nass - Received $1734.21 from ALEC

John Nygren - Received $1525.13 "scholarship" for ALEC Dallas conference, $2037 (possibly $2087) "scholarship" for ALEC Washington, DC conference, and $1209.99 for speaking at Pacific Policy Foundation conference

Jeremy Thiesfeldt - Received $2106 from ALEC and $764 from Foundation for Excellence in Education

2012 Assembly

2011 Senate

Scott Fitzgerald (R) - Received $1,529.93

2011 Assembly

2010 Senate

Scott Fitzgerald (R) - Received $1,466.93

2010 Assembly

Scott Suder (R) - Received $1,200 from ALEC and $1,400 from the Heartland Institute

Michael Huebsch (R) - Received $2,000

2009 Assembly

Kitty Rhoades (R) - Received $575

Jeffery Stone (R) - Received $1,200

Scott Suder (R) - Received $2,200

Wisconsin Legislators Paying ALEC Membership Fees with Tax Dollars

References to Wisconsin ALEC Members in the Cap Times

From the Capital Times (2011):

“These days, a lot of it is health-related. ALEC, a strong believer in state's rights, federalism, and the free-market, is fighting federal health care reform tooth and nail. (It also opposes various state efforts to crack down on the health insurance industry and expand coverage.) Since 2005, 38 states have passed legislation crafted by its Health and Human Services Task Force, according to the ALEC guide. Wisconsin promises to soon be one of the star performers. 'There have been boilerplate bills that have similar characteristics to what has been passed here in Wisconsin,' Fitzgerald says. In December, he says, he and 20 to 30 other Wisconsin GOP lawmakers attended ALEC's national meeting Washington D.C. (emphasis added), where a key topic of study and conversation was federal health care reform. The 'State Legislators' Guide to Repealing Obamacare' was handed out at this meeting, and its model legislation discussed. 'A good example of that is a bill Joe Leibham is working on right now,' Fitzgerald says. "Sen. Joe Leibham, R-Sheboygan, and Rep. Robin Vos, R-Rochester, introduced the bill Fitzgerald is talking about on Thursday. The 'Health Care Freedom Amendment' would change the Wisconsin constitution to prohibit the government from forcing anyone to participate in any public or private health care or insurance program. The amendment is meant to block the implementation of federal health care reform.”[83]