Fox Valley Peace Coalition

Timing is everything. You want to register your input by the time of the vote on your issue. If there is time to reach your legislator by mail, send a letter. A personal letter (handwritten if you can) shows your legislator that you took time to write about something of genuine concern. This tends to have a greater impact than signing your name to a petition or replying to a mass email campaign.

If a vote is imminent, you need to either telephone your legislator’s office or send an email. There is a place on the websites cited below for contacting your legislator.

Be brief. State your name and address and tell your legislator that you are calling to urge a vote for/against a specific bill. Tell the name of the bill or the number (SB=Senate Bill) (HR=House of Representative bill) (Optional--You may briefly say why you want this vote). The person answering the phone will write down your comments and thank you for your call. That’s all there is to it.

Wisconsin State Legislature

IF YOU NEED HELP IN FINDING OUT WHICH DISTRICT YOU ARE IN AND WHO YOUR LEGISLATOR IS, GO TO : www.legis.state.wi.us (This has a lot of information about the State Senate & Assembly).
Click on "Who are my legislators?" and type in your zip code.

All state senators: mail to PO Box 7882. Madison 53707-7882

State assembly representatives with
names A-L send to PO Box 8952, Madison 53708-8952;
names M-Z send to PO Box 8953, Madison 53708-8953.

Wisconsin Senate

19th Senate District
Senator Mike Ellis
P.O. Box 7882
Madison, WI  53707-7882
Phone:  1-608-266-0718
Email: Sen.Ellis@legis.state.wi.us

Wisconsin State Assembly

55th District
Representative Dean Kaufert
P.O. Box 8952 
Madison, WI  53708-8952 
Phone: 1-608-266-5719
Email:  Rep.Kaufert@legis.state.wi.us

5th District
Representative Tom Nelson
P.O. Box 8953
Madison, WI  53708-8953
Phone:   (608) 266-2418 Or
(888) 534-0005  
Email:  Rep.Nelson@legis.state.wi.us

57th District
Representative Penny Bernard Schaber
P.O. Box 8953
Madison, WI  53708-8953
Phone:    (608) 266-3070  
Email:  Rep.BernardSchaber@legis.state.wi.us

U. S. Senate

www.senate.gov (great website for all kinds of information about the senate – including how to access your Senators)

Senator Russ Feingold
506 Hart Senate Office Building
Washington DC 20510 
1-(202) 224-5323
http://feingold.senate.gov/contact.html

Senator Herb Kohl
330 Hart Senate Office Building
Washington DC 20510
1-(202) 224-5653
http://kohl.senate.gov/contact.cfm

U. S. House of Representatives

www.house.gov (website for all kinds of information about the House of Rep.)

Thomas Petri, 6th District
2462 Rayburn Bldg.
Washington DC 20515
1-202-225-2476
http://petri.house.gov/

Steve Kagen, 8th District
1232 Longworth HOB
Washington, DC 20515
(202) 225-5665
Fax: (202) 225-5729
http://kagen.house.gov/

Contacts

How to Contact Your Legislators