Description: 

This dataset contains a list of all candidate and committee registrations since 2016.

Dataset last updated: 
11/14/2020 - 3:08pm
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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 This is the unique identifier that represents this registration.
committee_id number This is the unique identifier assigned to the committee.
candidate_id number This is a unique identifier assigned to the candidate.
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 This column designates if this is a candidate committee (CA) or a political committee (CO).
receipt_date text The postmark date of the relevant registration.
election_year text The year of the election for a candidate or single-year committee participating in a particular election. The calendar year for a continuing political committee.
filer_name text The candidate name as reported on the form C1 candidate registration or the political committee name as reported on the C1pc registration at the time they submitted the registration.
committee_acronym text This field value of the most recent registration for the committee. If a political committee is known by an abbreviation it is placed in this column. This acronym is optional. An example would be the WA Education Association, whose acronym is WEA.
committee_address text This field value of the most recent registration for the committee. 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 This field value of the most recent registration for the committee. 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 This field value of the most recent registration for the committee. 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 This field value of the most recent registration for the committee. 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 This field value of the most recent registration for the committee. 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 This field value of the most recent registration for the committee. 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.
office text The office sought by the candidate.
office_code text The numeric code that defines the office. For example the office code 31 defines the office of 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.
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. Multi-county jurisdictions are reported as the primary county. This field will be empty when a candidate jurisdiction is statewide.
jurisdiction_type text The type of jurisdiction this office represents: Statewide, Local, Judicial, etc.
committee_category text This column contains a category for a political committee (PAC) for example: Continuing Political Committee, Party Committee, committees Affiliated with a party, Single election year committee, School levy committee, Local ballot initiative, Caucus political committee, Statewide Initiative committee.
political_committee_type text This column designates the persuasion of the PAC; for example, Business, union, PAC, etc.
bonafide_committee text An X in this column means this is a bona fide party committee
bonafide_type text The type of bonafide party committee, for example State Party, County Party, Leg Dist Party, party Associated committee.
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 the date of the election for a ballot initiative committee.
exempt_nonexempt text This column designate whether a party committee is exempt from contribution limits or is non-exempt which means it is subject to limits when giving contributions.
ballot_committee text An X in this column designates the committee as a ballot committee.
ballot_number text The ballot number assigned to a Statewide ballot Initiative. Local ballot initiative will probably not have a ballot number because each county labels their initiatives starting at 1. So it is potentially possible for there to be 39 proposition 1's.
for_or_against text Designates whether the committee supports or opposes the initiative.
other_pac text An X in this column designates the committee as a Continuing Political Committee.
treasurer_name text Treasurer Name
treasurer_address text The address of the treasurer as reported on the C1pc registration.
treasurer_city text The city of the treasurer as reported on the C1pc registration.
treasurer_state text The state of the treasurer as reported on the C1pc registration.
treasurer_zip text The zip code of the treasurer as reported on the C1pc registration.
treasurer_phone text The phone number of the treasurer as reported on the C1pc registration.
url url A link to a registration version of the registration report as it was filed to the PDC.