campaigns: House/Senate Current Campaigns

In fec16: Data Package for the 2016 United States Federal Elections

House/Senate Current Campaigns

Description

Summary financial information for each campaign.

Usage

campaigns

Format

A data frame with 1898 rows and 25 columns, providing financial information for each House/Senate campaign:

cand_id

A code assigned to a candidate by the FEC

cand_name

Candidate name

cand_ici

Incumbent challenger status with designation: C = Challenger, I = Incumbent, O = Open Seat

pty_cd

Party code

cand_pty_affiliation

The political party affiliation reported by the candidate

ttl_receipts

Total receipts

trans_from_auth

Transfers from authorized committees

ttl_disb

Total disbursements

trans_to_auth

Transfers to authorized committees

coh_bop

Beginning cash

coh_cop

Ending cash

cand_contrib

Contributions from candidate

cand_loans

Loans from candidate

other_loans

Other loans

cand_loan_repay

Candidate loan repayments

other_loan_repay

Other loan repayments

debts_owed_by

Debts owed by

ttl_indiv_contrib

Total individual contribution

cand_office_st

Candidate's state

cand_office_district

Candidate's district

other_pol_cmte_contrib

Contributions from other political committees

pol_pty_contrib

Contributions from party committees

cvg_end_dt

Coverage end date (YYYY-MM-DD)

indiv_refunds

Refunds to individuals

cmte_refunds

Refunds to committees

Source

https://transition.fec.gov/general/FederalElections2016.shtml, updated 2020-03-02

fec16 documentation built on Aug. 9, 2023, 5:08 p.m.