Alabama Senate
Lt. Governor Steve Windom
Presiding Officer
He has served one 4 year term as Lt Gov.. He ran in the Republican Primary for Governor and did not get the nomination. He previously served in the senate for 8 years before becoming Lt. Governor.

Alabama House
No leaders retiring at this time.

Alaska Senate
No leaders retiring at this time.

Alaska House
Brian Porter
Speaker of the House
10 years

Arizona Senate
Randall Gnant
President of the Senate
8 years Senate; term limited

Chris Cummiskey
Assistant Floor Leader
4 years House, 8 years Senate; term limited and running for Secretary of State

David Petersen
Republican Whip
8 years Senate; term limited and running for State Treasurer.

Arizona House
Jim Weiers
Speaker of the House
He was first elected to the House in 1994 - served as Speaker for the past two years (2001-2002) retiring due to term limits - has served 4 consecutive terms (8 years) in the House - is currently running for the State Senate

Carolyn Allen
Majority Leader
She was first elected to the House in 1994 - served as Majority Leader for the past two years (2001-2002) retiring due to term limits - has served 4 consecutive terms (8 years) in the House - is currently running unopposed for the State Senate

Robert Blendu
Majority Whip
He served one term in the House from 1995-1996; defeated in the 1996 election; elected again in 2000 from another district - served as Majority Whip for the past year retiring from the House to run for the State Senate

Ken Cheuvront
Minority Leader
He first elected to the House in 1994 - served as Minority Leader for the past two years (2001-2002) retiring due to term limits - has served 4 consecutive terms (8 years) in the House - is currently running for the State Senate

Marion L. Pickens
Assistant Minority Leader
She served one term in the House from 1991-1992; defeated in the 1992 election; elected again in 1994 served as Assistant Minority Leader for the past two years (2001-2002) retiring due to term limits - has served 4 consecutive terms (8 years) in the House

Arkansas Senate
Mike Beebe
President Pro Tempore
Term limited
Senator from 1983 to present

John Riggs, IV
Majority Leader
Defeated in primary
Senator from 1999 to present

John Brown, III
Minority Leader
Term limited
Senator from 1995 to present

Arkansas House
Shane Broadway
Speaker of the House
Term Limited

Jim Magnus
Minority Leader
Term Limited

California Senate
Richard Polanco
Majority Leader
Served in the State Assembly 1986-1994 & Senate 1994-2002. Elected Majority Leader in 1998. Retiring due to term limits.

California Assembly
Shelley, Kevin
Majority Leader
Term Limited

Colorado Senate
Stan Matsunaka
President of the Senate
Term Limited

Ed Perlmutter
President Pro-tem of the Senate
Term Limited

Bill Thiebaut
Majority Leader
Term Limited

Marilyn Musgrave
Minority Caucus Chair
Running for Congress

Colorado House
Doug Dean
Speaker of the House
Term Limited

Dan Grossman
Minority Leader
Running for Senate

Connecticut Senate
Senator George Jepsen
12 years Senate, 6 years Majority Leader, 2 terms in the House. Total years 16years running for Lt. Governor.

Connecticut House
David B. Pudlin
House Majority Leader
He will retire at the end of this term (Jan 2003). He has served since 1988.

Ann P. Dandrow
Assistant Minority Leader
Running for the State Senate

Peter A. Nystrom
Assistant Minority Leader
Running for the State Senate

Phillip F. Prelli
Assistant Minority Leader
Retiring to become Master of the State Grange

Ronald San Angelo
Assistant Minority Leader
Retiring to run for Secretary of the State

Delaware House
No leaders retiring at this time.

Florida Senate
Senator John M. McKay - President of the Senate
Constitutional Limitation -- eight consecutive years
Served in Florida Senate 1990-2002

Senator Ginny Brown-Waite - President Pro Tempore of the Senate
Constitutional Limitation -- eight consecutive years
Served in Florida Senate 1992-2002

Senator Tom Rossin - Minority (Democratic) Leader
Constitutional Limitation -- eight consecutive years
Served in Florida Senate 1994-2002

Senator Daryl L. Jones - Minority (Democratic) Leader Pro Tempore
Constitutional Limitation -- eight consecutive years
Served in Florida Senate 1992-2002 & Florida House 1990-1992

Senator Ronald A. Silver - Dean of the Legislature
Constitutional Limitation -- eight consecutive years
Served in Florida Senate 1992-2002 & Florida House 1978-1992

Florida House
Tom Feeney
Speaker
Length of service: 4-27-96-2002
Running for other office

Jerry Louis Maygarden
Majority Leader
Length of service: 1994-2002
Term limited

Lois J. Frankel
Minority Leader
Length of service: 1994-2002
Term limited

Georgia Senate
No leaders retiring at this time.

Hawaii Senate
Jonathan Chun
Majority Leader
Lost in Primary

Hawaii House
No leaders retiring at this time.

Idaho Senate
James E. Risch
Majority Leader
4th term, also served 7 terms in the Senate from 1975-1988. He retired from the Senate to run in the primary for Lt. Governor. He won the Republican primary election, and will face a Democrat opponent in November.

John Sandy
Assistant Majority Leader
4th term. He chose not to run for re-election in his district, and was just elected as Republican State Party Chairman.

Betsy Dunklin
Assistant Minority Leader
3rd term. She chose not to run for re-election in her district.

Indiana House
John R. Gregg
Speaker of the House
He is not seeking reelection. He wants to spend more time at home with family

Mark Kruzan
Majority Floor Leader
He is running for mayor of Bloomington, Indiana

Susan Crosby
Deputy Speaker Pro Tem
She is in a new position: Deputy Executive Director of Women in Government)

Brent Steele
Minority Whip
He is not seeking reelection

Illinois House
No leaders retiring at this time.

Iowa House
Speaker Brent Siegrist
Ran for congressional seat and lost the primary. He served 18 years and was the Speaker for the past three years

Representative Russ Teig
Assistant Majority Leader
He had health issues during this past legislative session and decided to retire. He had eight years in the House.

Representative Steve Falck
Assistant Minority Leader.
He resigned and became one of the Governor's legislative liaisons.

Kansas Senate
Sandy Praeger
Vice President of the Senate
Running for Insurance Commissioner. She spent 1 term in the House and came to the Senate in 1993. This is her 3rd term.

Kansas House
Kent Glasscock
Speaker of the House
Ran for Lt. Gov and lost, 12 years

Jim Garner
Minority Leader
Running for Insurance Commissioner, 12 years

Shari Weber
Majority Leader
Lost in primary, 8 years

Kentucky Senate
Marshall Long
Minority Whip
He Served in the House 1982-98; Senate 1999-2002; Retiring at end of term.

Kentucky House
No leaders retiring at this time.

Louisiana
No election in 2002

Maine Senate
Michael H. Michaud
President Pro Tem (2002); President (2001)
22 years of legislative service (14 years House) (8 years Senate)
Term Limited

Mary Small
Senate Republican Leader
24 years of service (16 years House) (8 years Senate)
Term Limited

Maine House
Michael V. Saxl
Speaker
Term limited

William J. Schneider
Assistant Minority Leader
Was appointed as homeland security prosecutor in the U.S. Attorney's Office for Maine.

Massachusetts House
Senate President Thomas F. Birmingham
Candidate for Governor
Served in State Senate from 1999 to 2002 (President of the Senate 1996-2002).

Michigan Senate
Sen. Dan DeGrow
Senate Majority Leader
He is term limited so is not running in Nov. for re-election. He began serving in the House in Jan, 1981. He became a Senator in January of 1983. He has been the Senate majority leader since January 1999. He served as the Senate Majority Floor Leader from January 95-98.

John D. Cherry, Jr.
Minority Leader
Term Limited

Dan L. DeGrow
Majority Leader
Term Limited

Michigan House
Patricia Birkholz
Speaker Pro Tempore
Term Limited - Senate Candidate

Bruce Patterson
Majority Floor Leader
Senate Candidate

Laura Toy
Majority Caucus Chair
Senate Candidate

Jerry Vander Roest
Majority Whip
Senate Candidate

Samuel Buzz Thomas
Minority Leader
Term Limited - Senate Candidate

Doug Boving
Assistant Leader
Senate Candidate

Gilda Jacobs
Minority Floor Leader
Senate Candidate

Mike Switalski
Minority Caucus Chair
Senate Candidate

Nancy Quarles
Minority Whip
Term Limited

Minnesota Senate
Roger D. Moe
Senate Majority Leader
32 years in Senate, running for Governor

Minnesota House
Tim Pawlenty
House Majority Leader
Running for governor. He was elected to the Minnesota House in 1992 and became Majority Leader in 1999.

Mississippi
No elections in 2002

Missouri Senate
Senator Bill Kenney
Majority Floor Leader - 2001/2002
Member 1995-2002
Term Limited

Senator Betty Sims
Assistant Majority Floor Leader - 2001/2002
Member 1995-2002
Term Limited

Senator Morris Westfall
Republican Caucus Chair - 2001/2002
Member Senate 1995-2002
House 1971-1980
Term Limited

Missouri House
Speaker Jim Kreider
Member for since 1993
Term Limited

Wayne Crump
Majority Floor Leader
Member since 1983
Term Limited

Jim Foley
Assistant Majority Floor Leader
Member since 1993
Term Limited

Ted Farnen
Majority Caucus Chair
Member since 1995
Term Limited

Joan Barry
Majority Caucus Secretary
Member since 1997
Term Limited

Patrick Naeger
Assistant Minority Floor Leader
Member since 1995
Term Limited

Charlie Shields
Minority Whip
Member since 1991
Term Limited

Annie Reinhart
Minority Caucus Secretary
Member since 1997
Term Limited

Nebraska Legislature
Doug Kristensen
Speaker
Resigned June 30. He served as speaker from 1998 thru the 2002 session. He was first elected in 1988 and served as chair of Transportation committee prior to being elected speaker. He resigned to accept the chancellorship of the University of Nebraska-Kearney.

Senator George Coordsen
Chair of our Executive Board since 1996
The Executive Board serves as the Management entity for the Legislative Council They are also responsible for referencing and are involved in many of the day to day activities of the Legislature. I would consider it our second most important leadership position. Senator Coordsen decided to retire from legislative service having first been elected in 1986.

Nevada Senate
Senator Lawrence E. Jacobsen (R)
Senate President Pro Tempore
Is retiring from legislative service this year after having served 40 years in the Nevada Legislature. Senator Jacobsen's district was divided between two other senatorial districts during the reapportionment process. He would have been up for re-election this year, but the new district in which he resides doesn't hold a senatorial election until 2004. The Senator representing that district now (McGinness) remains that representative till then. Senator Jacobsen would have had to move into the new senatorial district that split his old district and run against another incumbent republican. He decided not to do so.

Nevada Assembly
Joseph E. Dini, Jr.
Our Speaker Emeritus
He is retiring from the Assembly at the end of his term this year (longest Assembly service in Nevada history). He has been in the Nevada Assembly since 1966 (18 Regular Sessions and six Special Sessions) and served as Speaker for eight terms--1977; 1987-93; 1995 (co-speaker); 1997-99 (most sessions as Speaker of the Assembly in Nevada history).

New Hampshire House
Robert Clegg
Speaker Pro Tem
Filed for the Senate.

Michael Whalley
Deputy Speaker
Resigned, moved, and will run from a new district.

Keith Herman
Asst. Dep. Speaker
Will not run again.

David Scanlan
Majority Leader
Resigned to accept position of Deputy Sec. of State.

New Jersey
No election in 2002

New Mexico Senate
No election in 2002

New Mexico House
No leaders retiring at this time.

North Carolina House
No leaders retiring at this time.

Ohio Senate
Richard H. Finan
President of the Senate
Served in the Senate from 1978 - 2002 & Served in the House from 1973 - 1978
Retiring due to term limits.

Oklahoma Senate
Billy Mickle
Majority Floor Leader

Oregon Senate
Gene Derfler
Senate President is retiring at the end of this year. He has served three 2-year terms in the House and two 4-year terms in the Senate for a total of 14 years of legislative service. He would have been term-limited if the constitutional provision had not been declared unconstitutional this last spring by the Oregon Supreme Court.

Pennsylvania Senate
No leaders retiring at this time.

Pennsylvania House
No leaders retiring at this time.

Rhode Island House
Gerald Martineau
Majority Leader
Elected Representative in 1986.
Retiring

Suzanne Henseler
Majority Whip
Elected Representative in 1992, elected majority whip in 1993.
Retiring

Mable Anderson
Speaker Pro Tempore
Elected Representative 1982
Retiring

Denise Akin
Deputy Majority Leader
Elected Representative in 1996
Retiring

Thomas Palangio
Deputy Majority Leader
Elected Representative in 1992
Retiring

Scott Rabideau
Deputy Minority Leader
Elected Representative in 1994

South Carolina Senate
No election in 2002

Tennessee Senate
Bob Rochelle
Speaker Pro Tempore,
He is retiring for personal reasons. He served in the Senate for 20 years.

Texas House
No leaders retiring at this time.

Utah Senate
No leaders retiring at this time.

Utah House
Representative Kevin Garn
Majority Leader
Resigned from the House of Representatives on June 19, 2002, to seek election to the United States House of Representatives in the First District. He was defeated in the primary election held on June 25, 2002. Representative Garn was elected to the House of Representatives in 1990.

Vermont Senate
Senator Peter Shumlim
Senate President pro tempore
Running for Lt. Governor

Lt. Governor Douglas Racine
President of the Senate
Running for Governor

Vermont House
John Labarge,
Majority leader, is not running for re-election. His stated reason was to further his private career and make some dollars to help with his children's college tuition.

Patricia Doyle
Assistant minority leader, is not running for re-election. Her stated reason was to spend more time on a business venture she is about to embark on.

Virginia Senate
No leaders retiring at this time.

Virginia House
Vance Wilkins
Speaker of the House
Resigned as Speaker

Washington Senate
No leaders retiring at this time.

Washington House
Clyde Ballard
Minority Leader
Retiring
1985 to 2002 (served as Speaker from 1995 to 1999 and as Co-Speaker from 1999 to 2002.)

Val Ogden
Speaker Pro Tempore
Retiring
State Representative from 1991 to 2002 and as Speaker Pro Tempore from 1999 to 2002.

West Virginia Senate
Education Committee Chair Lloyd G. Jackson II
Chose not to run for a fouth term because of family and business reasons. He is currently chair of the Southern Regional Education Board and is former Judiciary Committee Chair of the Senate. He served the Senate from 1987-1990 and from 1995-2002.

Wisconsin Senate
No leaders retiring at this time.

Wisconsin Assembly
No leaders retiring at this time.

Wyoming Senate
Hank Coe
President of the Senate
Retiring.
The Senate has a rule that the President may only service one term and that is also tradition in the House, although not by rule.

Wyoming House
Rick Tempest
Speaker of the House
Retiring
The Senate has a rule that the President may only service one term and that is also tradition in the House, although not by rule.