Get committee committee id candidates — fec_get_committee_committee_id

This endpoint is useful for finding detailed information about a particular candidate. Use the candidate_id to find the most recent information about that candidate.

Usage

fec_get_committee_committee_id_candidates(
  office,
  candidate_status,
  cycle,
  sort_nulls_last,
  state,
  district,
  year,
  name,
  sort_hide_null,
  federal_funds_flag,
  per_page,
  page,
  sort,
  has_raised_funds,
  election_year,
  sort_null_only,
  incumbent_challenge,
  party,
  committee_id,
  api_key = Sys.getenv("FEC_API_KEY", unset = "DEMO_KEY")
)

Arguments

office: Federal office candidate runs for: H, S or P
candidate_status: One-letter code explaining if the candidate is: - C present candidate - F future candidate - N not yet a candidate - P prior candidate
cycle: Two-year election cycle in which a candidate runs for office. Calculated from Form 2. The cycle begins with an odd year and is named for its ending, even year. This cycle follows the traditional house election cycle and subdivides the presidential and Senate elections into comparable two-year blocks. To retrieve data for the entire four years of a presidential term or six years of a senatorial term, you will need the election_full flag.
sort_nulls_last: Toggle that sorts null values last
state: US state or territory where a candidate runs for office
district: Two-digit US House distirict of the office the candidate is running for. Presidential, Senate and House at-large candidates will have District 00.
year: Retrieve records pertaining to a particular election year. The list of election years is based on a candidate filing a statement of candidacy (F2) for that year.
name: Name (candidate or committee) to search for. Alias for 'q'.
sort_hide_null: Hide null values on sorted column(s).
federal_funds_flag: A boolean the describes if a presidential candidate has accepted federal funds. The flag will be false for House and Senate candidates.
per_page: The number of results returned per page. Defaults to 20.
page: For paginating through results, starting at page 1
sort: Provide a field to sort by. Use - for descending order.
has_raised_funds: A boolean that describes if a candidate's committee has ever received any receipts for their campaign for this particular office. (Candidates have separate candidate IDs for each office.)
election_year: Year of election
sort_null_only: Toggle that filters out all rows having sort column that is non-null
incumbent_challenge: One-letter code ('I', 'C', 'O') explaining if the candidate is an incumbent, a challenger, or if the seat is open.
party: Three-letter code for the party affiliated with a candidate or committee. For example, DEM for Democratic Party and REP for Republican Party.
committee_id: A unique identifier assigned to each committee or filer registered with the FEC. In general committee id's begin with the letter C which is followed by eight digits.
api_key: An API key provided by the API provider. This key is not clearly documented in the API description. Check the API documentation for details.

Value

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