id |
text |
PDC internal identifier that corresponds to a single expenditure record. When combined with the origin value, this number uniquely identifies a single row. |
report_number |
text |
PDC identifier used for tracking the individual form C4 . Multiple expenditures will have the same report number when they were reported to the PDC at the same time. 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 and the original report records are not included in this dataset. |
origin |
text |
This field shows from which filed report-type the data originates. A/LE50 refers to non-itemized expenditures of $50 and less per expenditure. A/GT50 refers to itemized expenditures greater than $50 per expenditure. A/LE50 and A/GT50 are both reported on schedule A of form C4
To view the different report types and forms browse to: https://www.pdc.wa.gov/learn/forms |
committee_id |
text |
The unique identifier of a committee. For a continuing committee, this id will be the same for all the years that the committee is registered. Single year committees and candidate committees will have a unique id for each year even though the candidate or committee organization might be the same across years. Surplus accounts will have a single committee id across all years. |
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 filer ids. 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. |
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. |
filer_name |
text |
The candidate or committee name as reported on the form C1 candidate or 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. |
office |
text |
The office sought by the candidate. Does not apply to political committees. |
legislative_district |
text |
The Washington State legislative district. This field only applies to candidates where the office is "state senator" or "state representative." |
position |
text |
The position associated with an office. This field typically applies to judicial and local office that have multiple positions or seats. This field does not apply to political committees. |
party |
text |
The political party as declared by the candidate or committee on their form C1 registration. Contains only "Major parties" as recognized by Washington State law. |
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” or “Opposes” a ballot initiative. |
jurisdiction |
text |
The political jurisdiction associated with the office of a candidate. |
jurisdiction_county |
text |
The county associated with the jurisdiction of a candidate. Multi-county jurisdictions as 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, etc. |
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. |
amount |
number |
The amount of the expenditure or in-kind contribution. In-kind contributions are both a contribution and an expenditure and represented in both the contributions and expenditures data. |
itemized_or_non_itemized |
text |
A record for an itemized expenditure represents a single expenditure. A record for a non-itemized expenditure represents one or more expenditures where the individual expenditures are less than the limit for itemized reporting. In this case the record is the aggregate total for the reporting period. |
expenditure_date |
calendar_date |
The date that the expenditure was made or the in-kind contribution was received. See the metadata for the origin and amount field regarding in-kind contributions. |
description |
text |
The reported description of the transaction. Non-itemized expenditures will not contain a description. |
code |
text |
The type of expenditure. The values displayed are human readable equivalents of the type codes reported on the form C4 schedule A. Please refer to the form for a listing of all codes. Itemized expenditures are generally required to have either a code or a description but may be required to have both. Non-itemized expenditures do not have a description. |
recipient_name |
text |
The name of the individual or vendor paid as reported. The names appearing here have not been normalized and the same entity may be represented by different names in the dataset. Non-itemized expenditures of $50 or less will have a recepient_name of EXPENSES OF $50 OR LESS and origin of A/LE50, and all address fields will be empty. |
recipient_address |
text |
The street address of the individual or vendor paid as reported. Please refer to the recipient_name field for more information regarding address fields. |
recipient_city |
text |
The city of the individual or vendor paid as reported. Please refer to the recipient_name field for more information regarding address fields. |
recipient_state |
text |
The state of the individual or vendor paid as reported. Please refer to the recipient_name field for more information regarding address fields. |
recipient_zip |
text |
The zip code of the individual or vendor paid as reported. Please refer to the recipient_name field for more information regarding address fields. |
url |
url |
A link to a PDF version of the original report as it was filed to the PDC. |
recipient_location |
point |
The geocoded location of the individual or vendor paid as reported. The quality of the geocoded location is dependent on how many of the address fields are available and is calculated using a third-party service. The PDC has not verified the results of the geocoding. Please refer to the recipient_name field for more information regarding address fields. |