You will be writing a 600-700 word political biography of your state representative (Make sure you choose your state rep and not your state senator or your Congress person.). If you are not from Connecticut, you can choose to write about the person who represents West Haven/ UNH or the person from your home state district.

This is a mini research paper on your state representative which means you should have 2-3 sources and a works cited page. Your paper must include citations either due to paraphrasing or directly quoting information about your rep. Please avoid using long quotes. You should not simply be copying and pasting information.

Your political biography will include the following:

1. An introduction of your state representative. Who is this person? What is their party affiliation? How long has he/she been in office? What town(s)/ city(ies) does he/she represent (include the district number).

2. A brief discussion of your representative's upbringing: where born, marriage, family, education, events growing up that may have influenced his/ her decision to enter politics (This should be no more than one paragraph).

3. A description of the district that he/ she represents. How many people are in the district? What are the biggest issues facing this particular district?

4. What is your representative's political affiliation? What does his/her political ideology seem to be (strong conservative, moderate conservative, strong liberal, moderate liberal, libertarian, etc.).

What issues does your representative support or oppose? Are there any specific issues that he/she has been particularly outspoken about? Cite any bills your representative has introduced or gotten passed related to some of the bigger political issues facing state governments today.