Who should we target for letters to Senators asking them to stand up for the voters by contesting the certification of the electoral college on January 6th?
There may be a better approach to coming up with a list, but here's what I did using a website called "ProgressivePunch.org" which ranks Senators based on their votes on various categories of progressive issues. I obtained their ratings on the following 4 aspects:
All Issues, Human rights and civil liberties, Voting issues/disenfranchisement, and "Making government work for everyone, not just the rich or powerful". I averaged these ratings (equal weight) and ranked the whole Senate. These are the names that came up on top. I separated groups of 10 and alphabetized so that people won't pester the best 2 or 3 with all of the phone calls.
http://www.progressivepunch.org/members.jsp?chamber=Senate&issue=R0&x=32&y=9Then I looked up their contact info at
http://www.senate.gov/general/contact_information/senators_cfm.cfm (Scroll down for contact info)Top 10Boxer, Barbara
Corzine, Jon
Durbin, Richard
Kennedy, Edward
Lautenberg, Frank
Leahy, Patrick
Mikulski, Barbara
Murray, Patty
Reed, Jack
Sarbanes, Paul
Next 10Akaka, Daniel
Cantwell, Maria
Clinton, Hillary
Dayton, Mark
Feingold, Russell
Harkin, Tom
Inouye, Daniel
Levin, Carl
Stabenow, Debbie
Wyden, Ron
Ten More (for the very energetic/hopeful activists)Kohl, Herb
Schumer, Charles
Bingaman, Jeff
Rockefeller, John
Feinstein, Dianne
Biden, Joseph
Byrd, Robert
Nelson, Bill
Dodd, Christopher
Dorgan, Byron
Top 10Boxer, Barbara, (202) 224-3553, Web Form: boxer.senate.gov/contact, 112 HART SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510
Corzine, Jon, (202) 224-4744, Web Form: corzine.senate.gov/contact.cfm, 502 HART SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510
Durbin, Richard, (202) 224-2152, Web Form: durbin.senate.gov/sitepages/contact.htm, 332 DIRKSEN SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510
Kennedy, Edward, (202) 224-4543, Web Form: kennedy.senate.gov/contact.html, 317 RUSSELL SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510
Lautenberg, Frank, (202) 224-3224, Web Form: lautenberg.senate.gov/webform.html, 324 HART SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510
Leahy, Patrick, (202) 224-4242, E-mail: senator_leahy@leahy.senate.gov, 433 RUSSELL SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510
Mikulski, Barbara, (202) 224-4654, Web Form: mikulski.senate.gov/mailform.html, 709 HART SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510
Murray, Patty, (202) 224-2621, Web Form: murray.senate.gov/email/index.cfm, 173 RUSSELL SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510
Reed, Jack, (202) 224-4642, Web Form: reed.senate.gov/form-opinion.htm, 728 HART SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510
Sarbanes, Paul, (202) 224-4524, Web Form: sarbanes.senate.gov/pages/email.html, 309 HART SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510
Next 10Akaka, Daniel, (202) 224-6361, E-mail: senator@akaka.senate.gov, 141 HART SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510
Cantwell, Maria, (202) 224-3441, Web Form: cantwell.senate.gov/contact/index.html, 717 HART SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510
Clinton, Hillary, (202) 224-4451, Web Form: clinton.senate.gov/email_form.html, 476 RUSSELL SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510
Dayton, Mark, (202) 224-3244, Web Form: dayton.senate.gov/webform.html, 346 RUSSELL SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510
Feingold, Russell, (202) 224-5323, E-mail: russell_feingold@feingold.senate.gov, 506 HART SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510
Harkin, Tom, (202) 224-3254, Web Form: harkin.senate.gov/contact/contact.cfm, 731 HART SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510
Inouye, Daniel, (202) 224-3934, Web Form: inouye.senate.gov/webform.html, 722 HART SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510
Levin, Carl, (202) 224-6221, Web Form: levin.senate.gov/contact/index.cfm, 269 RUSSELL SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510
Stabenow, Debbie, (202) 224-4822, Web Form: stabenow.senate.gov/email.htm, 702 HART SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510
Wyden, Ron, (202) 224-5244, Web Form: wyden.senate.gov/contact.html, 516 HART SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510
Ten More (for the very energetic/hopeful activists)Kohl, Herb, (202) 224-5653, Web Form: kohl.senate.gov/gen_contact.html, 330 HART SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510
Schumer, Charles, (202) 224-6542, Web Form: schumer.senate.gov/webform.html, 313 HART SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510
Bingaman, Jeff, (202) 224-5521, E-mail: senator_bingaman@bingaman.senate.gov, 703 HART SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510
Rockefeller, John, (202) 224-6472, E-mail: senator@rockefeller.senate.gov, 531 HART SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510
Feinstein, Dianne, (202) 224-3841, Web Form: feinstein.senate.gov/email.html, 331 HART SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510
Biden, Joseph, (202) 224-5042, E-mail: senator@biden.senate.gov, 201 RUSSELL SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510
Byrd, Robert, (202) 224-3954, Web Form: byrd.senate.gov/byrd_email.html, 311 HART SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510
Nelson, Bill, (202) 224-5274, Web Form: billnelson.senate.gov/contact/index.cfm#email, 716 HART SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510
Dodd, Christopher, (202) 224-2823, Web Form: dodd.senate.gov/webmail/, 448 RUSSELL SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510
Dorgan, Byron, (202) 224-2551, E-mail: senator@dorgan.senate.gov, 713 HART SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510