Get elections summary — fec_get_elections

List elections by cycle, office, state, and district.

Usage

fec_get_elections_summary(
  office,
  cycle,
  district,
  state,
  election_full,
  api_key = Sys.getenv("FEC_API_KEY", unset = "DEMO_KEY")
)

office: Federal office candidate runs for: H, S or P
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.
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.
state: US state or territory where a candidate runs for office
election_full: True indicates that full election period of a candidate. False indicates that two year election cycle.
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.

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