Man, I'm glad I don't still have to wait at least two months for comments on the last thing I wrote.

Thanks for the Christmas prezzie, Cory.

It's true that, generally, legislators are only interested in hearing from their constituents. However, if they sit on committees (or are caucus leaders or Speaker of the House), they can't avoid the attention and usually have some way for out-of-state people to contact them. They usually only reply to their own constituents, however.

That's why the phone is the best way to reach them - you can usually get an immediate answer from their staff about your questions. They don't even ask where you're calling from, I've found, so they don't know whether you're a constituent or not unless you tell them.