November 29, 2007

Politician keeps his word, for 15th straight year

OK, this isn't really front page news, but we found it interesting nonetheless.

On Saturday, Sen. Russ Feingold, D-WI, will hold this year's final listening session (as meetings with constituents are called these days) in La Crosse. Where's the news, you ask?

Well, in 1992, when he first ran for the Senate, Feingold promised that, if elected, he would visit each of Wisconsin's 72 counties every year. And he did just that during his first year in the Senate, in 1993, and in 1994, and 1995 ... and every year since for 15 years.

Feingold's staff says the La Crosse session will be his 1,080th since 1993.

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