Contact Your Elected Officials – A Guide by James Olmsted
Contact Your Elected Officials
A healthy democracy depends on voters speaking up. This guide brings together official tools, call scripts, and practical tips so you can quickly find and contact your elected officials at every level of government—federal, state, and local. Whether you’re calling about Social Security, Medicaid, climate policy, or voting rights, this page is designed to make it as easy as possible to reach the people who represent you and make your voice heard.
One-Stop Tools (All Levels of Government)
- Find all your elected officials (USA.gov) — Enter your address once and see your federal, state, and local officials with links to their websites and contact information.
- Look up all your officials by address (My Reps tool) — Get a full list of your representatives across federal, state, county, and local government in one place.
U.S. Congress (House and Senate)
- Find your U.S. Representative (House.gov) — Match your ZIP code to your congressional district and go directly to your representative’s website and contact page.
- Find your U.S. Senators (Senate.gov) — Browse all current senators and click through to their official websites and contact options.
- Find all your members of Congress by address (Congress.gov “Find Your Member”) — Enter your full address to see your House member and both senators together.
Governor and State Legislators
- Find your governor and state government offices (USA.gov) — Directory of governors, major state agencies, and state contact pages.
- Find your state legislators (state senate and house) — Use the official state legislature websites directory to get to your state’s “find your legislator” tool and email/phone contacts.
Deep-Dive Civic Tools
- Common Cause “Find Your Representatives” tool (federal, state, and local) — Nonpartisan tool that shows who represents you at every level, how to contact them, what bills they’ve introduced, which committees they serve on, and who funds their campaigns.
Fast-Action Calling Tools (With Scripts)
Sometimes the most powerful thing you can do is pick up the phone. Congressional offices track call volume on every major issue, and staffers notice when voters show up with clear, informed messages. Use these tools together with the issue guides and sample scripts on this site to make every call count:
- 5 Calls – instant call connections and scripts — Choose an issue, then use ready-made scripts to call your House, Senate, and local offices in just a few minutes.
- Find Your Member tool (phone numbers for your members of Congress) — Use this tool to look up your senators’ and representative’s contact details (DC and local offices) so you can call them directly.
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