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Participation in Government

Know Your Elected Officials

3/29/2019

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Know Your Representatives
Portfolio Project
 
For this project, you will create a portfolio of your elected officials on each level of government.
 
Portfolio Contents
 
Candidate Profiles
You must identify the following representatives (6 total):

  • County legislator - Steven Rhoads
  • State assemblyman - David McDonough 
  • State senator - John Brooks
  • U.S. Representative - Kathleen Rice
  • U.S. Senators (2) - Charles Schumer and Kristen Gilibrand
 
Create a 1-page profile for each representative that includes the following:

  1. political affiliation
  2. number of years in the position.
  3. background (personal, educational, professional)
  4. stances on 3 issues
  5. current event
 
 
This project is worth 100 points and is due on Friday, April 5. 
 
You can use the politician’s website for information.  You may need to use another search engine for your initial research. The following websites are good starting points:
 
https://ballotpedia.org/Elected_Officials_Lookup
 
http://act.commoncause.org/site/PageServer?pagename=sunlight_advocacy_list_page
 
http://openstates.org/find_your_legislator/
 
https://www.nassaucountyny.gov/504/Legislators
 
https://www.usa.gov/elected-officials
 

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