Senator Frerichs Dist Offic-Week Three

So, I have unfortunately laxed a bit in the past two weeks and now find myself catching up on late blog posts. Sorry! Anyways, election week was busy as it ought to be. Monday Laurie and I spent the day in the office continuing our work regarding research into potential legislation. The deadline for the introduction of Senate Bills is fastly approaching; however, many shell bills are proposed prior to deadline as spot-holders so to speak for the introduction of late legislation.

Of course, last Tuesday's focus was on the primary election and the results which followed. Fortunately, Senator Frerichs is an incumbent and in most cases this is a definite advantage. Prior to the results of the primary election, Senator Frerichs was running uncontested. However, a individual running as a write-in garnered enough votes in order to serve as his competition. I have had the privileged opportunity to spend quite a bit of time with the Senator in the first few weeks. Our office is extremely busy on a daily basis and spends a significant amount of time working on constituent issues. The Senator believes in serving his constituency to the best of his ability and in fact is quite available for meetings etc. for those in his constituency. Senator Frerichs is very excited to run against his opponent in the upcoming general election and believes citizens of his constituency deserve a choice.

Wednesday I was a slave to Excel. The majority I compiled a spreadsheet of the information of all individuals who ran in the primary election (Champaign and Vermillion County) in an effort to send out letters to all. Suprisingly, the information which I was seeking was readily available on the websites of the County Clerk's. The Senator wishes to send out letters to both Democrats and Republicans (winners and losers) with regard to the primary election.

Thursday and Friday I was searching for work to do in the office as it turned quiet. I was still waiting to hear back from some individuals which I had contacted regarding potential legislation. I decided to work on the enormous stack of papers in the back which had dated back to before Christmas. The Senator has articles cut out which have pictures, stories of those in his constituency cut out and laminated and then sent out as recognition.
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I left early Friday to attend the CLP meeting