Comments on: Elected Officials on Twitter

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Twitted by stevesjc — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 20:25:22 +0000

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By: Alysa

Alysa — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 23:14:06 +0000

Great list thanks so much! I used it 1st thing to all listed in CA;) I didn’t see Tom Tancredo (r) CO. ttancredo… One of the good guys worked hard on illegals problem

By: Janus

Janus — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 00:36:08 +0000

I don’t post after I’ve been drinking, but sometimes I wonder what I was thinking when I do things like that. Then I remind myself that I don’t post after drinking. Then I look at what I wrote. Then I wonder how messed up I had to be to not remember posting that.

… I could just be stupid, too. That’s always a strong possibility.

I’m think I’m gonna blame it on juggling 300 names and just being human. … yeah, that sounds like a good excuse. :P

Thanks, Jen. I really do appreciate it.

By: Jen

Jen — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 17:24:40 +0000

Oh – two more:
Florida – you should remove Mel Martinez, since he resigned the Senate seat and no longer is in office.

Minnesota – first, Norm Coleman is a Republican, not a Democrat. Second, he lost his 2008 re-election to Al Franken.

By: Jen

Jen — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 17:18:25 +0000

Virginia – the two U.S. senators are Jim Webb (who does not tweet) and Mark Warner (who does, and whose count you listed correctly).

Mike Gravel is a former U.S. Senator from Alaska.

By: Janus

Janus — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 20:47:42 +0000

Oh, and if you know any of your colleagues that I’ve missed, please let me know so I can add them too. ;)

By: Janus

Janus — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 20:40:49 +0000

I have been including party officials and appointed political figures — I’ll be happy to add you Juneau.

I think the criteria I’m going to have to follow for this is going to be that the account is 1) directly related to American office holders and 2) limited to individuals or campaign offices. So committees will be out (a number of congressional committees have twitter accounts and I’m not bothering with them) and PAC leaders will be out unless they’re former officials or highly likely to run for office. I don’t really have a problem with party officials since they’re actively involved in elections and they’re political figures in their own right. I don’t really have any hard and fast rules and I’m kinda playing it by ear as far as who gets on the list and who doesn’t, but I think I’d rather be generous, get people on the list, and then allow readers to decide if a person is worth following or not.

By: Juneau Embry

Juneau Embry — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 05:53:31 +0000

Are you including County Chairs? If yes, I’m the County Chair for the Democratic Party in Gregg County, Texas. My Twitter account is http://www.Twitter.com/JuneauEmbry. Thanks for the great list.

By: Janus

Janus — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 03:01:39 +0000

Absolutely. Thanks for the comment :)

By: Aaron Pena

Aaron Pena — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 02:10:21 +0000

I like your list. Please include Tex. State Rep. Aaron Pena – http://twitter.com/aaronpena