GET /v1/candidate/{candidate_id}/committees/
This endpoint is useful for finding detailed information about a particular committee or filer. Use the committee_id to find the most recent information about the committee.
Request
- Base URLhttps://api.open.fec.gov (the document declares no server; this is the origin it was published from)
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- TypeScriptA function with typed inputs. Its response is checked against the schema.
Path parameters
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. First character indicates office - [P]residential, [H]ouse, [S]enate]. Second character is the last digit of the two-year period the ID was created. Third and fourth is the candidate state. Presidential IDs don't have state. Fifth and sixth is the district when the candidate first ran. This does not change if the candidate/member's district changes during re-districting. Presidential IDs don't have districts. The rest is sequence.
Query parameters
For paginating through results, starting at page 1
The number of results returned per page. Defaults to 20.
A year that the committee was active— (after original registration date or filing but before expiration date)
A two year election cycle that the committee was active- (after original registration date but before expiration date in Form 1s) The cycle begins with an odd year and is named for its ending, even year.
The one-letter code of the filing frequency: - A Administratively terminated - D Debt - M Monthly filer - Q Quarterly filer - T Terminated - W Waived
The one-letter designation code of the organization: - A authorized by a candidate - J joint fundraising committee - P principal campaign committee of a candidate - U unauthorized - B lobbyist/registrant PAC - D leadership PAC
The one-letter code for the kind for organization: - C corporation - L labor organization - M membership organization - T trade association - V cooperative - W corporation without capital stock - H host committee - I inaugural committee
The one-letter type code of the organization: - C communication cost - D delegate - E electioneering communication - H house - I independent expenditure filer (not a committee) - N PAC - nonqualified - O independent expenditure-only (super PACs) - P presidential - Q PAC - qualified - S senate - U single candidate independent expenditure - V PAC with non-contribution account, nonqualified - W PAC with non-contribution account, qualified - X party, nonqualified - Y party, qualified - Z national party non-federal account
Provide a field to sort by. Use - for descending order.
Hide null values on sorted column(s).
Toggle that filters out all rows having sort column that is non-null
Toggle that sorts null values last
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Response
Default response
Changes
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