As 2011 draws to an end, we start election season. Iowa's Republican Caucuses, on January 3, 2012, kick off a string of primaries and caucuses across the nation. At the top of the ballot is the Presidential race, but for many, the races that matter are for seats in Congress or the state Legislature.

It's often been said that Members of Congress and state legislators want two things. To be elected, and then re-elected. Did you know Capwiz can help you track and influence candidates and elections?

We know that not all of our clients can participate in elections the same way. Capwiz provides the flexibility everyone needs to meet their needs and responsibilities.

The Elections section of your Legislative Action Center allows your advocates to:

• Look up who's running in their congressional and state races.
• Take action by writing candidates for office in their district.
• Report back when your issues are mentioned in a local campaign.
• Learn about your organization's stance on the candidates and issues.
• Register to vote.

For help taking advantage of these tips, click here to email {CA_AM}, your dedicated Account Manager.

For those clients who want to go a step further, Illumen is available to help you build a custom elections site. For more information email your sales representative, (sales rep name that is link to email.)

A New Knowlegis in 2012

We are happy to announce that we are near completion of our redesign of Knowlegis and are on track to launch the new Knowlegis early next year.

We've worked hard to put all the tools you need at your fingertips. From looking up legislators and staff, to setting up events on Capitol Hill, to saving notes about meetings – the homepage is your jumping off point.

We've scheduled two live events in our offices at 77 K Street NE on Tuesday, January 17, to preview the coming changes. Please click here to register. Seats are limited and will fill quickly. To help accommodate everyone we're also hosting a series of webinars. View the webinar schedule and register by clicking here.

CQ StateTrack

Are you getting the most out of your advocacy tools? The upcoming congressional recess is a great time to identify services that will best fit your needs for the upcoming year. With this in mind, if you are not a current user of StateTrack, our state legislative and regulatory tracking tool, you should consider adding it to your services. Many Capwiz customers use StateTrack to identify and track specific bills and regulations important to them. StateTrack also delivers:

• Custom email alerts
• Full text of bills from all 50 states
• Full text of regulations from all 50 states
• Custom reports on bills and regulations nationwide

Try StateTrack today or call 202 650 6599 or click here to email {sales_rep}, your dedicated Sales Representative for more information.

CQ Roll Call will be closed on Monday, December 26, and Monday, January 2, in recognition of the holidays. We hope you and yours have a wonderful holiday season.