By Mark Wolf

Strolling the aisles at the Legislative Summit exhibit hall is the very definition of inclusive. There are doctors, dentists, lawyers, accountants, activists of every stripe, a little beer, a motorcycle, candy, a firetruck, a stagecoach, the circus and Bigfoot.

The more than 200 exhibitors come to NCSL to meet and talk with legislators about issues that affect them. And to hand out free stuff.

The realistic-looking plastic bugs at the Terminex booth are a perennial collectible and Rob Willis, regional technical specialist, also gets a chance to talk about bed bug legislation, pollinators and a number of public health issues.

The American Institute of CPAs is giving away 1,200 pink piggy banks to promote their advocacy of financial literacy programs.

At the Seattle host committee booth, Bigfoot, left, warmed himself over a flame that was as real as, well, Bigfoot himself.

The Harley Davidson motorcycle in front of the American Motorcyclist Association is a traffic-stopper that lets Nicholas Harris chat with legislators about distracted driving, E15 fuel, lane splitting and a number of other state and federal issues.

You've probably heard that the American Association for Nude Recreation has a booth in the Exhibit Hall during the Legislative Summit. Fret not, everything is wrapped up at their booth, including the giveaway candy.

OpenPrimaries wants to replace traditional partisan primary elections with "Top Two Nonpartisan Primaries" in which all candidates for an office compete in a nonpartisan primary and the top two finishers move on to the general election.

Vermont Representative Christopher Pearson is working the National Popular Vote booth and advocating reform of the Electoral College by electing the president according to who receives the most popular votes in all 50 states.

You can count on the Census Bureau, which staffed a booth where they answered questions about the Census from lawmakers. "It was nice to be able to give them information to understand their district better," said James Whitehorne, assistant chief of the Census Redistricting Data Office.

Fewer than 38 percent of high schools have full time trainers, the folks from the National Athletic Trainers' Association, told passersby. And the staffers at RAI, the parent company of R.J. Reynolds noted that 46 states have prohibitions against young people being able to buy electronic cigarettes and that they support laws preventing minors from even possessing them.

Adam Burris said the three most important words in politics are "Raise the Money," which happens to be the name of the online processing company that helps political candidates, as well as non-profits and other organizations, to raise money. "We're the engine behind their 'donate' button," said Burris, vice-president and co-founder of Raise the Money, whose clients range from Justices of the Peace to presidential candidates (Mike Huckabee).

With all the candy being given away on the floor, it's probably fortunate that dentists occupied a trio of booths.

"We want every child to have a dental home by age 1," said John Gibbons, a pediatric dentist in suburban Seattle at the American Academy of Pediatric Dentists' booth. "We can prevent decay and disease by education parents about what to do and what not to do with their children's dental health."