Description: 

This dataset contains candidate and committee registrations for the last 10 years.

For candidates, the number of years is determined by the year of the election, not necessarily the year the report was filed. For political committees, the number of years is determined by the calendar year of the reporting period.

This dataset is a best-effort by the PDC to provide a complete set of records as described herewith and may contain incomplete or incorrect information. The PDC provides access to the original reports for the purpose of record verification.

Descriptions attached to this dataset do not constitute legal definitions; please consult RCW 42.17A and WAC Title 390 for legal definitions and additional information regarding political finance disclosure requirements.

CONDITION OF RELEASE: This publication and or referenced documents constitutes a list of individuals prepared by the Washington State Public Disclosure Commission and may not be used for commercial purposes. This list is provided on the condition and with the understanding that the persons receiving it agree to this statutorily imposed limitation on its use. See RCW 42.56.070(9) and AGO 1975 No. 15.

Dataset last updated: 
11/16/2018 - 12:02pm
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The following table lists all the fields of this dataset, the field type and a brief description.

Name Type Description
id text PDC internal identifier that corresponds to a registration record.
report_number text PDC identifier used for tracking the individual form C1 and C1pc. The report number is unique to the report it represents. When a report is amended, a new report number is assigned that supersedes the original version of the amended report and the original report records are not included in this dataset.
origin text The form, schedule or section where the record was reported. Please see https://www.pdc.wa.gov/learn/forms for a list of forms and instructions. C1 is the Candidate Registration form; C1PC is the Political Committee Registration form.
filer_id text The unique id assigned to a candidate or political committee. The filer id is consistent across election years with the exception that an individual running for a second office in the same election year will receive a second filer id. There is no correlation between the two. For a candidate and single-election-year committee such as a ballot committee, the combination of filer_id and election_year uniquely identifies a campaign.
filer_type text Indicates if this record is for a candidate or a political committee. In the case of a political committee, it may be either a continuing political committee, party committee or single election year committee.
receipt_date calendar_date The postmark date of the C1 or C1pc.
election_year number The election year in the case of candidates and single election committees. The reporting year in the case of continuing political committees.
candidate_committee_status text The status of a campaign at a point in time: Candidate declared – indicates that a candidate formally declared their candidacy during declaration week in May. Candidate withdrew – indicates that a candidate formally declared and then formally withdrew their declaration in May. Candidate discontinued campaign – indicates that the candidate registered their campaign, may or may not have raised money, did not formally withdraw, and stopped campaigning. Candidate deceased – indicates that the candidate died after registration.
filer_name text The candidate or committee name as reported on the form C1 candidate or C1PC political committee registration form. The name will be consistent across all records for the same filer id and election year but may differ across years due to candidates or committees changing their name.
first_name text This field represents the first name, as reported by the filer. This field may appear blank if the name is not reported or if a filing entity has a single name, such as a PAC or other political committee. Note that this data appears as represented by the filer and may not be consistent from one reporting period to another.
middle_initial text This field represents the middle initial, as reported by the filer. The field may appear blank if the filer has not filed with a middle initial, or in cases where the filing entity has only one name, such as a PAC or other political committee. Note that this data appears as represented by the filer and may not be consistent from one reporting period to another.
last_name text This field represents the last name, as reported by the filer. The field may also contain the full name of a filing entity that is registered under one name, such as a PAC or other filing committee. Note that this data appears as represented by the filer and may not be consistent from one reporting period to another.
committee_acronym text This field represents the acronym used by the political committee. The field may be blank if the committee has not filed with an acronym.
committee_address text The street address of the committee. For candidates, this is the address provided for the candidate committee, not necessarily the address of the candidate.
committee_city text The city of the committee. For candidates, this is the address provided for the candidate committee, not necessarily the address of the candidate.
committee_county text The county of the committee. For candidates, this is the address provided for the candidate committee, not necessarily the address of the candidate.
committee_state text The state of the committee. For candidates, this is the address provided for the candidate committee, not necessarily the address of the candidate.
committee_zip text The zip code of the committee. For candidates, this is the address provided for the candidate committee, not necessarily the address of the candidate.
committee_email text The email address of the committee. For candidates, this is the email address provided for the candidate committee, not necessarily the email address of the candidate.
candidate_email text The candidate’s personal e-mail. This email may be the same as the candidate’s committee email.
candidate_committee_phone text The committee phone number. In the case of a candidate, this is the phone number of the candidate, not the candidate's committee.
committee_fax text The committee fax number.
office text The office sought by the candidate. Does not apply to political committees.
office_code text The numeric code that defines the office. The office code defines the office such as Mayor. Combined with the jurisdiction_code it defines a particular office such as Mayor of Olympia.
jurisdiction text The political jurisdiction associated with the office of a candidate or ballot issue committee.
jurisdiction_code text This is a unique code representing a jurisdiction with a reporting requirement.
jurisdiction_county text The county associated with the jurisdiction of a candidate or local ballot proposition. Multi-county jurisdictions are reported as the primary county. This field will be empty for political committees and when a candidate jurisdiction is statewide.
jurisdiction_type text The type of jurisdiction this office is: Statewide, Local, Judicial, etc.
position text The position associated with an office. This field typically applies to jurisdictions that have multiple positions or seats. This field does not apply to political committees.
party_code text Unique code that represents a candidates party. i.e. R represents Republican.
party text The political party as declared by the candidate on their C1 registration form. Contains only parties recognized by Washington State law.
election_date calendar_date This is the calendar month/day/year of the election where a candidate is elected to office or a ballot initiative is passed. Continuing political committees do not have an election date.
reporting_option text This field represents the level of reporting required by the filer. The FULL reporting option requires all contribution and expenditure reports. The MINI reporting option does not require any reports after the C1/C1PC report is filed. Please consult the PDC web site for more information regarding reporting options.
primary_election_status text The most recent status for a candidate in the primary election. Upon registration, this field is empty. After the primary election, the status of the campaign is assigned as Lost in primary; Judge certified before primary; Not in primary; Won in primary; Unopposed in primary.
general_election_status text For candidates, this field represents the status at a point in time. The field starts out as empty; after the general election, the status of the campaign is assigned as Lost in general; Judge certified before general; Won in general; Unopposed in general.
election_status text This field represent the status of a candidate jurisdiction relationship. The candidate could be an Incumbent running again for the same office. The candidate could be a challenger running against an incumbent. Or, the seat that is up for election could be an open seat meaning that there is no incumbent running for that seat.
political_committee_type text This field represents the category associated with a political committee. This data is an effort by PDC staff to categorize the committee for internal use. This information is not provided by the committee. The possible types are ISSUE, LOCAL ISSUE, SINGLE ELECTION, DEMOCRATIC BONA FIDE, REPUBLICAN BONA FIDE, INITIATIVE, MINOR PARTY, BUSINESS, DEMOCRATIC CAUCUS, OTHER, UNION, REPUBLICAN OTHER, REPUBLICAN CAUCUS, DEMOCRATIC OTHER, EDUCATION
party_committee text This field represents if a committee is a Political Party Committee. It is empty for any non-party committees.
bonafide_type text If the committee is a Political Party Committee, then this field represents type of party committee: State Party, County Party, Legislative District Party.
party_account_type text Political Party Committees can file for two types of accounts: Exempt account or Non-Exempt account. These accounts have different rules for raising and spending money. This field is empty for non-party PACs.
initiative_type text An initiative committee can be either a “Local Ballot Initiative” committee or a “Statewide Ballot Initiative” committee. This field is empty for non-initiative PACs.
ballot_number text If the committee is a Statewide Ballot Initiative Committee a ballot number will appear once a ballot number is assigned by the Secretary of State. Local Ballot Initiatives will not have a ballot number. This field will contain a number only if the Secretary of State issues a number.
for_or_against text Ballot initiative committees are formed to either support or oppose an initiative. This field represents whether a committee supports (for) or opposes (against) a ballot initiative.
PAC_type text This field represents whether a political committee is a “Continuing Political Committee.” This field is either empty or represents the committee as continuing. Continuing political committees are organized for more than one election season such as business or labor committees and on-going PACs.
treasurer_first_name text This field represents the first name of the treasurer of record for the committee.
treasurer_last_name text This field represents the last name of the treasurer of record for the committee.
treasurer_address text The street address of the treasurer.
treasurer_city text The city where the treasurer resides.
treasurer_county text The county where the treasurer resides.
treasurer_state text The state where the treasurer resides.
treasurer_zip text The zip code where the treasurer resides.
treasurer_phone text The treasurer’s phone number.
url url A link to a PDF version of the original report as it was filed to the PDC.
cand_comm_location location The geographic coordinates of the candidate or committee address as provided. The accuracy of the coordinates is determined by the quality of the address provided and in some cases may be loosely based on the zip code alone. In cases where the address can not be converted to coordinates, this field will be empty.