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Build Your Letter to the Editor

Short letters to the editor are best, and less likely to be edited (that’s a GOOD thing – you want to control what the letter says as much as possible). Try this tool to create your own letter.

First Step: Pick the Theme of Your Letter (click one)

The New Political Environment

The Cost of Inaction

The Public Option

The benefits of health care reform for your Congressional District (click your district below)

District # (Representative)

1 (Rush)

11 (Halvorson)

2 (Jackson)

12 (Costello)

3 (Lipinski)

13 (Biggert)

4 (Gutierrez)

14 (Foster)

5 (Quigley)

15 (Johnson)

6 (Roskam)

16 (Manzullo)

7 (Davis)

17 (Hare)

8 (Bean)

18 (Schock)

9 (Schakowsky)

19 (Shimkus)

10 (Kirk)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Contact Your Local Paper

 

Alton Telegraph

Belleville News-Democrat

Bloomington Pantagraph

Champaign News-Gazette

Charleston Times-Courier

Chicago Defender

Chicago Reader

Chicago Sun-Times

Chicago Tribune

Danville Commercial-News

Daily Herald

Kankakee Daily Journal

Daily Southtown

Decatur Herald & Review

Dekalb Daily Chronicle

Dixon Telegraph

Edwardsville Intelligencer

El Dia

Jacksonville Journal-Courier

Joliet Herald News

La Raza

La Salle News Tribune

Lincoln Courier

Macomb Journal

Madison County Suburban Journals

Mt. Vernon Register-News

Ottawa Daily Times

Peoria Journal-Star

Quincy Herald-Whig

Rochelle News-Leader

Rockford Register Star

Southern Illinoisan

St. Clair County Suburban Newspapers

State Journal-Register

Waukegan News Sun

 

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