NCSL Redistricting & Elections Committee Roster

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Committee Description

The Redistricting and Elections Committee of NCSL focuses on redistricting, election law and campaign regulation. The Committee develops NCSL policy on federal initiatives related to these topics. It studies legal, technical and political issues affecting redistricting of state legislative and congressional districts, the conduct of elections and the regulation of campaign finance. The committee is the conduit for state legislative communication with the U.S. Census Bureau and the Voting Section of the U.S. Department of Justice as well as the federal Election Assistance Commission. The committee also studies demographic trends that impact state policymaking. Most recently, the Committee helped secure adequate federal funding for the Help America Vote Act (HAVA) and explored the ramifications of recent judicial action in the area of redistricting.

NCSL Redistricting & Elections Committee

Chair: Representative Richard Gallot Jr., Louisiana
Chair: Senator Jeff Wentworth, Texas
Vice Chair: Senator Sue Landske, Indiana
Vice Chair: Assemblymember John Oceguera, Nevada
Immediate Past Chair: Representative Michael Buckingham, South Dakota
Immediate Past Chair: Representative Edward C. Sandoval, New Mexico
Staff Chair: Mary M. Janicki, Connecticut
Staff Chair: Debra Levine, New York
Staff Vice Chair: Jeremiah B. Barry, Colorado
Staff Vice Chair: John D. Bjornson, North Dakota
Staff Vice Chair: Nancy Cyr, Nebraska
Immediate Past Staff Chair: James F. Booth, Mississippi

NCSL CONTACTS: Tim Storey (Denver)

Alabama
Jerry Bassett, Legislative Reference Service
Representative Arthur Payne
Robert L. McCurley, Alabama Law Institute
Representative Ken Guin
Representative Thad McClammy
Representative George Bandy
Representative Sue Schmitz
Representative Steve Hurst
Representative Jeffrey McLaughlin
Representative Mary Moore
Representative Randy Davis
Representative Patricia Todd

Alaska
Senator Gene Therriault
Representative Kurt E. Olson

Arizona
Senator Albert A. Hale
Senator Richard Miranda
Senator Thayer Verschoor

Arkansas
Representative Joan Cash
Representative Steve Harrelson
Senator Shane Broadway
Senator Steve Faris
Senator Kim Hendren

California
Assemblymember Felipe Fuentes

Colorado
Jeremiah B. Barry, Legislative Legal Services
Thomas Morris, Legislative Legal Services
Robert S Lackner, Office of Legislative Legal Services
Senator Ron D. Tupa

Connecticut
Representative Christopher L. Caruso
Representative Arthur J. O'Neill
Mary M. Janicki, Office of Legislative Research
Senator Gayle Slossberg

Delaware
Senator Nancy W. Cook
Senator F. Gary Simpson
Representative William A. Oberle Jr.
JoAnn Hedrick, House of Representatives Rm H129
Senator Patricia M. Blevins
John Matlusky, House of Representatives
Andrew DalNogare

Florida
Wayne Rubinas, Senate Committee on Ethics & Elections

Georgia
Representative Jay Roberts
Representative Bobby Franklin
Senator Mitch Seabaugh
Senator Preston W. Smith
Senator Judson H. Hill
Daniel J. O'Connor, Reapportionment Services Office

Illinois
Senator Frank C. Watson

Indiana
Senator Sue Landske
Representative Matt Pierce
Representative Phil GiaQuinta
Senator Jean Breaux
Senator Glenn Howard
Senator Connie Lawson
Senator R. Michael Young

Iowa
Representative David Jacoby
Representative Brian Quirk
Ron Parker, Senate Democratic Caucus
Eric Bakker, Office of the Senate Majority Leader
Senator Jeff Danielson

Kansas
Mary Galligan, Legislative Research Department
Representative Michael J. Peterson
Representative Mike Burgess
Representative Donald L. Dahl
Representative Harold Lane
Representative W. Jene Vickrey
Senator Tim A. Huelskamp

Kentucky
Senator Robert Stivers
Representative Ancel Smith
Jay Hartz, Office of the Senate President
Joyce Neel Crofts, Legislative Research Commission
Laura Hendrix, Legislative Research Commission
Representative Lonnie Napier
Senator Damon Thayer
Senator Julian M. Carroll
Representative Darryl T. Owens

Louisiana
Representative Richard Gallot Jr.
Glenn Koepp
Senator Robert W. Kostelka
Senator Lydia P. Jackson
Suzanne Guidry Morain

Maine
Senator Kevin L. Raye
Senator Elizabeth H. Mitchell
Representative Stanley J. Gerzofsky

Maryland
Michelle Davis, Legislative Services
Delegate Donald H. Dwyer Jr.
Delegate Tawanna P. Gaines
Delegate Kathleen M. Dumais
Senator Joan Carter Conway
Senator Andrew P. Harris
Delegate Joseph R. Bartlett
Karl S. Aro, Department of Legislative Services
Senator Roy P. Dyson

Massachusetts
Senator Edward M. Augustus Jr.

Michigan
Robin Risko, House Fiscal Agency
Representative Rebekah Warren
Representative Mark S. Meadows
Suzanne Lowe, Senate Fiscal Agency
Senator Michael Bishop
Senator Mark Schauer

Minnesota
Senator Dan Larson
Senator Lawrence J. Pogemiller
Representative Rick Hansen
Representative Erik Paulsen
Representative Gene Pelowski Jr.
Representative Anthony Sertich

Mississippi
James F. Booth, PEER Committee
Clarence (Jimbo) J. Richardson, House of Representatives
Gwennetta Tatum, House of Representatives
Representative Thomas Upton Reynolds II

Missouri
Senator Delbert L. Scott
Senator Timothy P. Green
Senator Chris Koster
Senator Charlie Shields
Julie Jinkens McNitt, House of Representatives
Senator Michael R. Gibbons
Senator Rita H. Days
Senator Maida Coleman
Representative Gayle Kingery
Speaker Rod Jetton
Representative Maria N. Chappelle-Nadal
Representative Sara Lampe

Montana
Representative Robin L. Hamilton
Representative Pat Ingraham
Senator Larry Jent
Senator Joe Balyeat
Susan Byorth Fox, Legislative Services Division
Patricia Murdo, Legislative Services Division

Nebraska
Senator Bill Avery
Senator Danielle Nantkes
Senator John E. Nelson
Cynthia G. Johnson, Legislative Research Division
Nancy Cyr, Legislative Research Division

Nevada
Assemblymember John Oceguera
Assemblymember Marcus Conklin
Assemblymember Heidi S. Gansert
Assemblymember Ellen M. Koivisto
Senator Alice Costandina Titus
Senator William J. Raggio

New Hampshire
Pam Smarling, House of Representatives
Representative Jane A. Clemons
Representative Richard B. Drisko
Representative Jim Splaine
Senator John S. Barnes Jr.
Senator Peter Hoe Burling

New Jersey
Frank J. Parisi, Office of Legislative Services
Assemblymember Joseph Cryan
Assemblymember Patrick J. Diegnan Jr.

New Mexico
Senator Dianna J. Duran
Jon Boller, Legislative Council Service
Senator Rod Adair
Representative James Roger Madalena
Representative Ernesto H. Chavez
Representative Edward C. Sandoval
Senator John T.L. Grubesic
Senator Lynda Lovejoy

New York
Debra Levine, Reapportionment Task Force
Senator John J. Flanagan Jr.
Senator Dean G. Skelos

North Carolina
R. Erika Churchill, General Assembly
Representative N. Leo Daughtry
Representative Melanie Wade Goodwin
Representative George M. Holmes
Representative Grier Martin
Representative Tim Moore
William R. Gilkeson

North Dakota
Representative Alan H. Carlson
John D. Bjornson, Legislative Council

Ohio
Senator Tom Sawyer
Lynda Jacobsen, Legislative Service Commission
Representative Kevin DeWine
Ray DiRossi, House of Representatives
Senator Robert Schuler

Oklahoma
Representative Joe Dorman
Representative Rob Johnson
Representative Shane Jett
Representative Bill Nations
Representative Susan Winchester
Representative Trebor Worthen

Oregon
Angela Wilhelms, House Majority Office Rm-H295
Representative Bill Garrard
Speaker Diane Rosenbaum
Representative Patti Smith

Pennsylvania
Representative Michael Gerber
Scott Casper, House of Representatives
Leon L. Czikowsky, House of Representatives
Stephen Dull, House of Representatives

Puerto Rico
Ana Mateu, House of Representatives

Rhode Island
Senator Michael J. McCaffrey

South Carolina
Paula G. Benson, Senate Judiciary Committee
Representative James H. Harrison
Representative John L. Scott Jr.
Michael Couick, Senate Judiciary Committee
Representative Scott F. Talley
Senator George E. Campsen III
Senator Larry A. Martin

South Dakota
Representative J.E. Jim Putnam
Senator Jason Gant
Senator Theresa B. Two Bulls
Representative Michael Buckingham

Texas
Senator Jeff Wentworth
Senator Mike Jackson
Representative Stephen J. Frost
David Hanna, Legislative Council
Representative Todd Smith
Representative Charles F. Howard
Representative Chuck Hopson
Representative Frank J. Corte Jr.
Representative Dwayne Bohac
Representative Geanie Morrison
Representative Joe Crabb

Utah
Representative Rosalind J. McGee
Senator Michael G. Waddoups
Representative Greg H. Hughes

Vermont
Representative Donna G. Sweaney
Brian Leven, Legislative Council

Virginia
Delegate S. Chris Jones
Mary Spain, Division of Legislative Services
Robert J. Austin, Division of Legislative Services
Delegate Johnny S. Joannou
Senator Thomas K. Norment Jr.
Senator R. Creigh Deeds
Senator Janet D. Howell

Washington
Roman Daniels-Brown, House Republican Caucus
Marsha Reilly, Office of Program Research

West Virginia
Delegate Harry Keith White
Speaker Richard Thompson

Wisconsin
Steve Miller, Legislative Reference Bureau
Senator Spencer G. Coggs
Senator Mark Miller

Wyoming
Representative Pete S. Illoway
Representative Marty Martin
Senator Tony Ross
Senator Bruce Burns