Harold J. Brubaker is a Republican politician who served in the North Carolina General Assembly. He represented the state's seventy-eighth House district,including constituents in Randolph County,for 35 years. He resigned in 2012 with plans to become a lobbyist. At the time he was the longest-serving sitting member of the House.
Nan Grogan Orrock is an American politician serving as the Democratic State Senator in the Georgia State Senate,representing Senate District 36 in eastern Atlanta. Following the 2006 retirement of State Senator Sam Zamarripa,Orrock was a candidate for his district;in the Democratic primary held on July 18,2006 Orrock defeated Grace Davis to win a seat in the State Senate since she has no Republican opponent for the general election. She was sworn into office in 2007. She was previously a member of the Georgia House of Representatives from 1987,representing the 58th district. She was the Vice-Chair of the House Democratic Caucus and the former Majority Whip,the first woman to ever hold this role. Orrock was once a member of American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC),but has since been critical of their influence.
Renée Kosel is an American politician who served as a Republican member of the Illinois House of Representatives,from January 1997 until her resignation on January 7,2015. While in the Illinois House of Representatives,Kosel previously served as an Assistant Republican Leader. The district includes all or parts of Frankfort,Homer Glen,Homer Township,Joliet,Mokena,New Lenox,Orland Park and Tinley Park. As of October 2012,Kosel is a member of the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) previously serving as Illinois state co-chairman.
Dolores Mary Mertz was an American politician from Iowa.
Linda L. Upmeyer is an American politician who served in the Iowa House of Representatives from the 54th district from 2003 to 2021 and as the Speaker of the Iowa House of Representatives from 2016 to 2020. She was the first female Speaker in Iowa's history. She received her BSN from the University of Iowa and her MSN from Drake University. On August 19,2015,Upmeyer was elected by the members of the Iowa House of Representatives Republican majority to serve as the Speaker of the House. Upmeyer's father,Del Stromer,served as Speaker from 1981–82.
Penny Bacchiochi is an American Republican politician,who served as a state representative in Connecticut. She was first elected to the House in 2002 and was re-elected in 2004 and 2006. She unsuccessfully sought the office of Lieutenant Governor in the 2014 election.
Martha S. Klima was first elected in 1982 to represent District 9,which covered a portion of Baltimore County,Maryland,USA. She unsuccessfully ran for the State Senate in 2002. She was defeated by Jim Brochin.
Darlene J. Senger is an American politician. She was a member of the Naperville,Illinois City Council,where she served from 2002 to 2008,and was a Republican member of the Illinois House of Representatives from January 2009 to January 2015. In 2014,she unsuccessfully ran for Congress.
Brian L. Ellis is a former member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives,who represented the 11th House district in Butler County. He served as Chairman of the House Consumer Affairs Committee until 2019.
Kate Hogan is an American politician from Stow,Massachusetts. A Democrat,she is a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives representing the 3rd Middlesex district. She was first elected in 2008 and took office on January 7,2009.
Patti Anne Lodge was a Republican Idaho State Senator representing District 11 since 2012. She previously represented District 13 of the Idaho Senate from 2002 to 2012 and District 11 from 2000-2002.
Timothy W. Jones is a Republican former member of the Missouri House of Representatives,representing the 110th district,which encompasses a portion of St. Louis County. Jones served as the House Majority Leader for the 96th General Assembly and as Speaker of the House from 2012-2015. Jones is a member of the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC),serving as Missouri state leader.
Bradley H. Jones Jr. is a Republican member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives since January 1995. He has also been the minority leader of the House since 2003. Jones represents the 20th Middlesex district,which includes Lynnfield,parts of Middleton,North Reading and parts of Reading.
Wes Keller is a Republican member of the Alaska House of Representatives,representing the 14th District. He is currently serving as Co-Chair of the Health &Social Services Committee,Chair of the Administrative Regulation Review Committee,and is a member of the Community &Regional Affairs Committee,Education Committee,and the Fisheries Special Committee. He also serves on the Administration and Law Finance Subcommittees,for the 26th Legislature. Before elected to office Wes Keller was a building maintenance and construction contractor. Keller is a member of the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC),serving as Alaska state leader.
Leah Vukmir is an American politician and nurse who served as a member of the Wisconsin Senate. A Republican,she represented Wisconsin's 5th District. She previously served in the Wisconsin Assembly. Vukmir was the Republican nominee in the 2018 U.S. Senate election in Wisconsin,running unsuccessfully against incumbent Democrat Tammy Baldwin. In March 2019,Vukmir became vice president of state affairs at the National Taxpayers Union.
Pamela Diane Gorman is a conservative Republican politician. She was first elected to the Arizona House of Representatives in 2004 and most recently served as Arizona State Senator for District 6 from her election in 2006 until she vacated her seat on January 25,2010,in order to run for Congress to replace the retiring John Shadegg. While running to be the Republican nominee for U.S. Representative from Arizona's District 3,she gained national attention for a campaign ad showing her firing a Thompson submachine gun,and for her cosponsorship of Arizona's anti-illegal immigration bill. She lost to Ben Quayle,the son of former vice president,Dan Quayle.
Harriette L. Chandler is an American politician who was the 94th President of the Massachusetts Senate and the Massachusetts State Senator for the 1st Worcester district,which includes parts of the city of Worcester,where she resides,and the towns of Boylston,Holden,Princeton,and West Boylston,and parts of Clinton and Northborough. She is a Democrat who has served since January 2001. From 1995 to 2001 she was a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives. Prior to serving in the Massachusetts legislature,she was a member of the Worcester school committee from 1991 to 1994. She is the first woman from Worcester ever to be elected to the Massachusetts Senate.
Debra D. Plowman is an American politician and businesswoman from Maine. Plowman served as a Republican State Senator from Maine's 33rd District,representing western Penobscot County,including the population centers of Hampden,Dexter and Newburgh. She was first elected to the Maine State Senate in 2003 after serving from 1992 to 2000 in the Maine House of Representatives. Following the gaining of the Republican majority in the Maine State Senate in the November 2010 election,Plowman was elected Assistant Majority Leader by her colleagues. She also sought her Party's nomination for the US Senate following Olympia Snowe's retirement. She lost to Secretary of State Charlie Summers.
John Piscopo is a Republican member of the Connecticut House of Representatives and is the Senior Republican Whip,the third-highest ranking leadership position within the House Republican caucus. He represents Burlington,Harwinton,Litchfield,and Thomaston. He was first elected in 1988. Piscopo is a board member of the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC). In October 2012,he was one of nine U.S. state legislators who went on an "ALEC Academy" trip to explore the Alberta tar sands.
