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Total electioneering communications spent on candidates by cycle or candidate election year

Usage

fec_get_electioneering_totals_by_candidate(
  candidate_id,
  sort_nulls_last,
  page,
  cycle,
  sort_hide_null,
  election_full,
  sort_null_only,
  per_page,
  sort,
  api_key = Sys.getenv("FEC_API_KEY", unset = "DEMO_KEY")
)

Arguments

candidate_id

A unique identifier assigned to each candidate registered with the FEC. If a person runs for several offices, that person will have separate candidate IDs for each office.

sort_nulls_last

Toggle that sorts null values last

page

For paginating through results, starting at page 1

cycle

Filter records to only those that were applicable to a given two-year period.The cycle begins with an odd year and is named for its ending, even year.

sort_hide_null

Hide null values on sorted column(s).

election_full

True indicates that full election period of a candidate. False indicates that two year election cycle.

sort_null_only

Toggle that filters out all rows having sort column that is non-null

per_page

The number of results returned per page. Defaults to 20.

sort

Provide a field to sort by. Use - for descending order.

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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