Insight. This is a busy election year, and across the Internet, a lot of the oxygen will be devoted to the presidential race. That’s to be expected, but we will carve out a different niche. We’ll provide you with information about state legislators, their races, and the laws that they are working to pass. We’ll also keep you updated about plans for redistricting -- highlighting the states where partisan control of the legislature will make a difference in the composition of the Congressional delegation. And we’ll do that by providing you with our own analysis as well as pointing you toward the best coverage everywhere else. We want our website to be the first place you visit on the web for information about these local races.

Voice. Each post on this blog will be written to offer some context. You’ll never see us publish a throwaway entry that consist of nothing more than a headline and a blockquote. We want to create an authentic series of voices for this organization -- with each of us offering a unique perspective on the work we do and the political situations we encounter. We will sign each of our posts, and we’ll all be available for feedback. We want to have a conversation, so we will read all of your comments and reply to them. We will also link to other blogs and work to build up a dialogue that extends beyond the walls of our site.

Content. Even if things get busy, we will always continue update this blog regularly. While we’ll still send emails, hold events, and organize conference calls, this blog will be the chief outlet for communicating with all of our constituents. News happens in our world every day, and this is where we will respond to it.