---
title: "GET /v1/elections/summary/"
method: GET
path: "/v1/elections/summary/"
tags: ["financial"]
---

# GET /v1/elections/summary/

`GET /v1/elections/summary/`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://api.open.fec.gov` (the document declares no server; this is the origin it was published from)
- URL: `https://api.open.fec.gov/v1/elections/summary/`
- Auth: API key in header `X-Api-Key` and API key in query parameter `api_key` and API key in query parameter `api_key`
- TypeScript: <https://skmtc.dev/fec/apis/openfec/docs/v1/elections/summary/get.ts> (a function with typed inputs; its response is checked against the schema)

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

## Query parameters

- `state` string
- `district` string
- `cycle` integer, required
- `office` 'house' | 'senate' | 'president', required
- `election_full` boolean
- `api_key` string

## Response `default`

Default response

- ElectionSummary
  - `count` integer
  - `disbursements` number
  - `independent_expenditures` number
  - `receipts` number

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