ALEC's Award Winning Members - The Best of the Best

ALEC’s BEST OF THE BEST

Their Award winners –Legislator of the Year and Other Honors

Spent 2 hours on this – gonna quit!

United States of America

2010 Legislator of the Year

Asm. Michael Villines (CA)

Rep. Linda Upmeyer (IA)

Rep.Ray Merrick (KS)

Del. Gail Bates (MD)

Sen. Sander Rue(NM)

Rep. John Adams (OH)

Sen. Glenn Coffee (OK)

Sen. Bill Cadman (CO)    State Chair of the Year Award – First Recipient

Governor Rick Perry (TX)   Thomas Jefferson Freedom Award

Sen. Steve Faris (AR)   William J. Raggio Excellence

Honorable V. Glenn Coffee (OK)   2010 National Legislator of the Year Award

2009 Legislator of the Year

Rep. Blair Thoreson (ND)

Rep. Leah Vukmir (WI)

Del. Chris Shank (MD)

Rep. Ted Hoskins (MO)

Sen. Wayne Niederhauser (UT)

Del. Adelaide Eckardt (MD)

Rep. Tom Graves (GA)

Rep. Jim Clark (ID)

Sen. Jim Buck (IN).

Rep. Harold Brubaker (NC)    William J. Raggio Excellence

Rep.Earl Ehrhart (GA)    ALEC Leadership Award for Limited Government

2008 Legislator of the Year

Senator Carol Weston (ME)

Senator Curt Bramble (UT)

Senator Steve Komadina (NM)

Rep. Renée Kosel (IL)

Rep. Curry Todd (TN)

Sen. Alex Mooney (MD)

Rep. David Casas (GA)

Sen. Bill Seitz (OH)

Rep. Wayne Christian (TX)

Rep. Tom Craddick, TX – The William Raggio Award

2007 Legislator of the Year

State Sen. Dennis Nolan (NV)

State Rep. Rodney Hubbard (MO)

State Rep. William Hamzy (CT)

Sen. Robert Burns.(AZ)

Sen. Charlie Ross (MS)

Sen. Bob Beers.(NV)

Sen. Bill Raggio (NV) – The William Raggio Award (first recipient)

Billy Tauzin (LA)   Adam Smith Free

2006 Legislator of the Year:

Missouri Representative Ed Emery

Texas Senator Troy Fraser

North Carolina Representative Julia Howard

Texas Representative Phil King

South Dakota Representative Hal Wick

2005

Rep. Phil Montgomery (WI) Legislator of the Year

Rep John E. Piscopo (CT) 2005 Legislator of the Year

2004

Rep. John Harkins (CT)  Legislator of the Year Award

2002

Ohio Representative Stephen Buehrer

Florida Speaker of the House Tom Feeney

Florida Senator Debby Sanderson

2001

Rep. Jamie Van Fossen (IA) 
James F Ports  (MD)

2000
Tony Powell (KS)

1998

Sen. Sandy Greiner (IA) 1998 National Legislator of the Year 1998

Rep. John Thrasher (FL) Legislator of the Year 1998

Sheila Sorensen  (ID) National Legislator of the Year: 1998

1996

Sen Mat Dunaskis (MI) Legislator of the Year

1981

Rep. Harold D. “Hal” Stratton, Jr  NM  Legislator of the

Unknown Year

Rep Lynn R. Wachtmann (OH), Legislator of the Year Award

Rep. Mary Fallin (OK) “she was recognized by the American Legislative Exchange Council as Legislator of the Year”

John Andrews (CO)   National Legislator of the Year

Mark Hillman (CO)  National Legislator of the Year

Sen David Williams (KY) Legislator of the Year

RepJulia Howard was recognized as Legislator of the Year  (2006 or 2007)

International Legislator of the Year

2009

Daniel Hannan, British Member of the European Parliament

2008

Dr. Syed Kamall, a Member of the European Parliament representing London.

2007

Chris Heaton-Harris (MEP)

2006

Roger Helmer MEP for the East Midlands region

Lady Margaret Th atcher   ALEC’s Pioneer Award

2008 - An aside

Lady Margaret Thatcher also sent ALEC members a letter in which she wrote, “you have achieved an enormous amount already but our task never ends. So steel yourselves for the struggles ahead and draw strength once more from that undaunted spirit of freedom which underpins your great nation.”

If you don’t know what ALEC is – please read this, or  this, or  this, or this.

And believe me - you should know what ALEC is!

Protest ALEC - April 29 in Cincinnati
(cross posted to DKos)