How to Write a Letter to an Elected Official
Posted in Politics and tagged with Encouragement, Letters, Politics, Works for Me on November 12, 2008Last week I talked about how I’m going to get more involved in politics. My first step was to write congratulatory letters to the 4 top officials that were elected from here: president, governor, senator, and representative. Several of you asked to see these letters, so here they are! I’d love it if you would join me in writing letters or emails to these men and women (or those that are represent you). In the interest of full disclosure, I didn’t vote for any of these 4 individuals. Actually, I don’t think I’ve ever voted a more losing ballot.
I addressed each letter to the office that they are currently in. The address for mailing a letter to a US senator is:
Office of Senator (Name)
United States Senate
Washington, D.C. 20510
So that’s where I sent Barack Obama’s letter. Here is what I wrote:
Click the picture to see it bigger. Sorry these are a bit blurry, but I don’t have a scanner. As you can see, I hand wrote the letter. I didn’t use their appropriate titles in the letter (though I did on the envelope) since I felt weird since none of these people have officially taken their new offices yet. If I were to do this again, I would use their titles out of respect.
I also included my last name and address, though I took the picture before I wrote them in. I wouldn’t want my mailbox would be stuffed with fan mail from you all!
The next letter I wrote was to our newly elected US senator. Her current address is:
Senator Kay Hagan
NC Senate
300 N. Salisbury St, Room 411
Raleigh, NC 27603-5925
Here’s what I wrote:
Next up was our newly elected governor, Bev Perdue. She’s North Carolina’s first female governor, but strangely, she’s my 3rd (I lived in Kansas under governors Joan Finney and Kathleen Sebelius). Anyway, this is her address:
Lt. Gov. Bev Perdue
20401 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, NC 27699-0401
I just realized I spelled her last name wrong. Whoops. Don’t do that if you decide to write her. Anyway, this is what I wrote:
Finally, I wrote a letter to my representative, Brad Miller. He’s the only candidate here that was actually reelected, so I was able to send the letter directly to his congressional office. His address was the hardest to find; I guess they think that you just need to email your representative. It took me several tries, but finally Google helped me out:
The Honorable Brad Miller
United States House of Representatives
1722 Longworth House Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20515-3313
Here’s what I wrote him:
I hope you find these letters helpful as you seek to be an encouragement for your elected officials. Feel free to use any/all of my letters you find useful. Let me know if you decide to this!
This post is a part of Works-for-Me Wednesday. For more great ideas, stop by Rocks in My Dryer.
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November 12th, 2008 at 11:00 am
That is such a great idea! And your letters were really great too! I’m sure they’ll LOVE them! :)
November 12th, 2008 at 11:10 am
That is great, Ronnica! I have written to our elected officials before and have received nice letters back.
November 12th, 2008 at 11:57 am
Ronnica–
Those are AWESOME! I LOVE that you hand wrote them. That says : Hey! I’m here. I’m a real person. I care about my country.
I want to find some time this weekend to do this. I think it’s totally worthy!
November 12th, 2008 at 2:21 pm
I’m so glad you did this! Thanks for posting these too!
November 12th, 2008 at 5:11 pm
Those were very thoughtful letters! But shouldn’t you write to Bush and bid him farewell? I’m sure he would appreciate the gesture! :)
November 12th, 2008 at 7:52 pm
What a great idea, especially handwritten. I couldn’t enlarge your pics but get the picture (pun intended!).
Thanks,
Brenda :)
November 12th, 2008 at 7:52 pm
What a great idea, especially handwritten. I couldn’t enlarge your pics but get the picture (pun intended!).
Thanks,
Brenda :)
November 12th, 2008 at 10:33 pm
What a fabulous idea! I may have to copy this… :) Though I must say, my handwriting isn’t nearly as beautiful as yours! (That’s why I *love* my computer – I can type super fast and it is always legible, unless I use, like, Dingbats for a font LOL!)
Cheers!
November 12th, 2008 at 11:35 pm
I’m impressed. I think this is a great idea…and I commend you for taking the time to do it. I’m afraid my letter to Obama might get me in trouble…guys in black suits peeking in my windows and tapping my phones and such lol
November 13th, 2008 at 7:22 am
This is so nice! I’m so glad I’ve found your blog…we’re very different, but I still find myself impressed with you on a regular basis.
November 14th, 2008 at 7:04 am
I was thinking the exact same thing as Michelle – we should thank President Bush for serving our country for the past eight years, too.
Great letters, sweets.
November 18th, 2008 at 4:19 pm
Are you left handed?
Love the letters! I will definitely be brainstorming my own version of these. :o)