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These pages have been updated to reflect the results of the November, 2012, elections.

Some information (such as local offices for new legislators) may not yet be available. (1/22/2013)

If you need to find out who represents you, check out one or more of these tools:

Contacting the Congress

The main page of this site contains a map and a look-up form for finding your Congressman/woman.
GovTrack.us
This useful site provides a handy interactive map which shows Congressional districts for the whole country.
US House of Representatives Find your Representative
This page has a look-up feature by zip code to identify your representative. (Zip + 4 makes the search faster)
Find Federal & State Elected Officials (American Library Association)

This page makes it easy to find contact information for Congress and the Executive Branch.
Project VoteSmart
You can find all kinds of political information here, including U.S. and state legislators by zip code, as well as information on upcoming elections in your districts.
For Texas legislators:
Who Represents Me?
The Texas Legislative Council provides this look-up by county, city zip code, address.
Texas Senators
This is the official Senate directory and includes a look-up by zip code.

Some tips when e-mailing representatives:

send individual messages; "spamming" makes a bad impression and your message may be ignored
include your home address, to be sure your representative knows you are from their state or district (this is not always apparent from your email address)
The University of North Texas Library offers this page of tips: "How to Write a Letter to Your Legislator"
The Electronic Frontier Foundation has a page of information and tips: "Contacting Congress (and Other US Policy Makers)"
and the American Library Association's PDF "Library Advocate's Handbook" includes a section on "Dealing with Legislators"

Some general information on keeping tabs on government can be found at this Citizen Journalist's Guide to Open Government.