Bill Moyers' List Of Politicians In Delaware's General Assembly With Known ALEC Ties

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Many of the laws that affect us most directly — from taxes to marriage equality to voter ID — are made at the state level. The idea that change begins with the states is one of the founding principles of the American Legislative Exchange Council, or ALEC. In state houses around the country, hundreds of ALEC “model laws” are proposed or enacted that would, among other things, dilute collective bargaining rights, make it harder for some Americans to vote and limit corporate liability for harm caused to consumers.

Is your representative a member of ALEC? ALEC claims that nearly 2,000 state legislators are members, but doesn’t disclose their names. The Center for Media and Democracy, on their ALEC Exposed site, has a wiki listing nearly 1,000 legislators they believe to be ALEC members.

(UPDATE: This map was updated on June 20, 2013 to reflect new information collected from our users and through the ALEC Exposed wiki after the 2012 election. We’ve also incorporated new districting information from Open States. But we still need your help fact checking and keeping it up to date! Email us if you find any errors or gather any new information.)

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Delaware ALEC Politicians

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 Delaware 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.

Delaware Legislators with ALEC Ties

House of Representatives

• Rep. Deborah Hudson (R-12)^[1] Member
• Rep. Daniel Short (R-39), former State Chairman^[2][3]

Senate

• Sen. Patricia Blevins (D-7); currently majority leader. ^[4]
• Sen. Margaret R. Henry (D-2) ^[4], currently majority whip.

Former Representatives

• Rep. E. Bradford Bennett (D-32); Commerce, Insurance and Economic Development Task Force, Civil Justice Task Force ^[5]
• Former Rep. Joe DiPinto,^[4] former ALEC State Chair^[6] (now Director, Office of Economic Development, Wilmington^[7])
• Rep. Robert Gilligan (D-19), listed in "1999 ALEC Leaders in the States" by ALEC^[6]
• Former House Majority Leader Wayne Smith^[6] (now President and CEO of the Delaware Healthcare Association, the trade group for Delaware's hospital industry^[8])
• Former Rep. Terry R. Spence (R-New Castle County)^[6]
• Former House Majority Whip Charles Welch (R)^[6] (now Kent County Judge of the Court of Common Pleas^[9])

Former Senators

• Former Sen. Majority Leader Thurman Adams (died 2009)^[6]
• Former Sen. Steven Amick (R-10)^[6]
• Former Sen. Thomas B. Sharp (D-Pinecrest), former President Pro Tempore^[6]

References

1. ↑ American Legislative Exchange Council, Letter to Robert C. Byrd and Nancy Pelosi RE: Federal health reform efforts, June 24, 2009
2. ↑ American Legislative Exchange Council. State Chairmen. Organizational website. Accessed July 9, 2011. This page has been altered by ALEC and is no longer available. The current ALEC site lists Delaware's chairmanship as vacant.
3. ↑ American Legislative Exchange Council, – Full Name and Address, organizational task force membership directory, August 2011, obtained and released by Common Cause
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2} American Legislative Exchange Council, Sourcebook, annual organizational publication, 1995
5. ↑ ALEC Task Force Packet August 2010, Common Cause, August 2010
6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 6.5 6.6 6.7} American Legislative Exchange Council, ’99 ALEC Leaders in the States, organizational document, archived by the Wayback Machine December 8, 2000, accessed November 2012
7. ↑ Joe DiPinto, Joe DiPinto, LinkedIn.com online profile, accessed November 2012
8. ↑ Fels Institute of Government, Wayne Smith, institutional biography, accessed November 2012
9. ↑ Delaware State Courts, Court of Common Pleas Judicial Officers, state judicial site, accessed November 2012