New statements of candidacy file description
The new statements of candidacy file lists all individuals who have filed a Statement of Candidacy (Form 2) with the federal election for:
U.S. House of Representatives
U.S. Senate
U.S. President
Data is available for one future election cycle, the current cycle and election cycles back to 2008. Special elections for House and Senate are also included.
Individuals may explore the feasibility of becoming a candidate. Once an individual begins to campaign or decides to become a candidate, funds that were raised or spent to test the waters apply to the $5,000 threshold for qualifying as a candidate. Once that threshold is exceeded, the individual must register and begin filing reports.
New statements of candidacy file format
| Column name | Field name | Position | Null | Data type | Description | Example data |
| CANDIDATE_ID | Candidate identification | 1 | N | VARCHAR2(2) |
A 9-character alpha-numeric code assigned to a candidate by the Federal Election Commission. The candidate ID for a specific candidate remains the same across election cycles as long as the candidate is running for the same office. | H8VA01233 |
| CANDIDATE_NAME |
Candidate name | 2 | Y | VARCHAR2(90) |
Martha Washington | |
| PARTY |
Party name | 3 | Y | VARCHAR2(50) |
Political party description | None |
| PARTY_CODE |
Party code |
4 | Y | VARCHAR2(3) | Three characther political party affiliation code reported by the candidate. | NON |
| CANDIDATE_OFFICE |
Candidate office | 5 | Y | VARCHAR2(9) |
House | |
| CANDIDATE_OFFICE_CODE |
Candidate office code |
6 | Y | VARCHAR2(1) | H = House P = President S = Senate |
H |
| CANDIDATE_OFFICE_STATE |
Candidate office state |
7 | Y | VARCHAR2(40) | House = state of race President= US Senate = state of race |
Virginia |
| CANDIDATE_OFFICE_STATE_CODE |
Candidate office state abbreviation |
8 | Y | VARCHAR2(2) | VA | |
| CANDIDATE_OFFICE_DISTRICT |
Candidate office district |
12 | Y | VARCHAR2(2) |
Congressional district number Congressional at large 00 Senate 00 Presidential 00 |
01 |
| CITY |
Mailing address - city |
9 | Y | VARCHAR2(30) | Mailing address - city | Alexandria |
| STATE |
Mailing address - state |
10 | Y | VARCHAR2(2) |
Mailing address -state | VA |
| ZIP | Mailing address - ZIP code | 11 | Y | VARCHAR2(9) | Mailing address - ZIP code | 22201 |
| ELECTION_YEAR |
Election cycle Y=year |
13 | Y | VARCHAR2(4) |
Candidate's election year from a Statement of Candidacy | 2018 |
| RECEIPT_DATE |
Receipt date |
13 | Y | Date |
Receipt date | 01/01/2018 |
| REPORT_YEAR |
Report year |
14 | Y | VARCHAR2(4) |
2018 | |
| BEGIN_IMAGE_NUM |
Beginning image number |
15 | Y | VARCHAR2(11) or VARCHAR2(18) |
11-digit image number format YYOORRRFFFF YY - scanning year OO - office (01 - House, 02 - Senate, 03 - FEC Paper, 90-99 - FEC Electronic) RRR - reel number FFFF- frame number 18-digit Image Number Format (June 29, 2015) YYYYMMDDSSPPPPPPPP YYYY - scanning year MM - scanning month DD - scanning day SS - source (02 - Senate, 03 - FEC Paper, 90-99 - FEC Electronic) PPPPPPPP - page (reset to zero every year on January 1) |
201801019012345678 |