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Yes, it's free: our complete guide lists phone and e-mail contact information for all elected officials representing Philadelphia, including U.S. Senators and Representatives, state officials, city council members and ward leaders. The Guide includes maps of all political districts and key voting dates. It's is a booklet every involved citizen should have.
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Please note the following corrections to the 2009 Citizen's Guide:
State Senator Laurence Farnese
1802 South Broad Street
Philadelphia, PA 19145
215-952-3121
Fax: 215-952-3155
U.S. Representative Jim Gerlach is a Republican not a Democrat as marked on pages 14 & 17.
The phone number for Democratic 21st Ward Leader, Louis Agre, is 215-542-7500
Previous Editions
2008 Citizen's Guide (PDF)
2007 Citizen's Guide (PDF)
2007 Citizen's Guide in Spanish (PDF)
2005 Committee of Seventy Election Calendar (PDF)
2004 Committee of Seventy Election Calendar (PDF)
2004 Committee of Seventy Election Calendar - Suburban Supplement (PDF)
2003 Committee of Seventy Election Calendar (PDF)
2003 Committee of Seventy Election Calendar - Suburban Supplement (PDF)