Instead of viewing the various aspects of his job as distinct, Kevin Lundberg of Colorado's 15th Senate District looks for ways to combine them. For example, he uses service requests as inspiration for policy proposals: “Any time I work on an individual issue with a constituent I am looking for ways to put this experience into policy that can benefit the entire state.” One notable example occurred when Sen. Lundberg first ran for office in 1998. A new road proposed by the state adversely affected home values for several constituents who lived in the area near Berthoud, Colorado. Ultimately, he was not able to help those particular residents. However, when Sen. Lundberg got into office, he sponsored a bill to make eminent domain procedures more fair. Since then, he has defended private property rights very carefully because of that experience.

North Carolina state senator Bill Cook had a similar experience when he was in the state's House of Representatives. A constituent listed his wife as his state pension beneficiary, but she passed away before him. Years later, the constituent remarried and tried to list his new spouse as his beneficiary, but the state denied his request. After a prolonged struggle, he went to Cook for help. Cook worked hard to make sure that the problem was resolved not just in that instance, but through the law. In addition to helping that constituent, he also passed legislation designed to make the process more straightforward for all North Carolinians.

In both cases, these legislators coordinated multiple dimensions of representation to help their constituents. While the job of a legislator has many diverse elements, these examples show that they are all connected as means of “acting in the interest of the represented” (Pitkin, 1967, 209).