Getting to Know Your Elected Officials

Ballotpedia

An interactive almanac of U.S. politics. Find your district and learn exactly who represents you.

Follow The Money

The National Institute On Money in State Politics: The nation's only free, non-partisan, verifiable archive of contributions to political campaigns in all 50 states.

Open Secrets

Center for Responsive Politics: The nation's premier research group tracking money in U.S. politics and its effects on elections and public policy.

Vote Smart

Look at the past voting records and positions of U.S. politicians.

Your state and local election committees may have a deadline for signing up to run for office.

If you want to help Bernie Sanders be a successful President of the United States, he will not only need a cooperative congress, but cooperative elected officials at the state, county, and municipal levels as well.

Senators, Representatives on Summer Break

Our U.S. Senators and Congressmen are on their August break. You might see them around your district. We, the people expected change after the 2006 election, and the rumors going around are that the Democrats have rolled over and have not been effective since they have become a majority.

But, we, the people rolled over. We only gave the Democrats a simple majority, not an overriding majority. For the Democrats to be effective against the onslaught of warmongering predatory capitalists, an overriding majority is needed, a better than two-thirds majority that can override a Presidential veto or some other arcane parliamentary procedure.

So we have nothing to complain about but our own inability to elect an effective majority of legislators different from those who dominated our government for the last six years.