# FEC candidate lookup by name

**Use case:** 

Search official FEC candidate records by name and export candidate IDs, party, office, state, election cycles, and source data.

## Input

```json
{
  "recordType": "candidate",
  "query": "Bernie Sanders",
  "candidateIds": [],
  "committeeIds": [],
  "maxItems": 5
}
```

## Output

```json
{
  "recordType": {
    "label": "Type",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "sourceId": {
    "label": "Source ID",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "name": {
    "label": "Name",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "candidateId": {
    "label": "Candidate ID",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "committeeId": {
    "label": "Committee ID",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "cycle": {
    "label": "Cycle",
    "format": "integer"
  },
  "filingType": {
    "label": "Filing type",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "transactionDate": {
    "label": "Date",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "amount": {
    "label": "Amount",
    "format": "number"
  },
  "totalReceipts": {
    "label": "Receipts",
    "format": "number"
  },
  "sourceUrl": {
    "label": "FEC source",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "retrievedAt": {
    "label": "Retrieved",
    "format": "string"
  }
}
```

## About this Actor

This example demonstrates how to use [FEC Campaign Finance Scraper](https://apify.com/automation-lab/fec-candidates-campaign-finance.md) with a specific input configuration. Visit the [Actor detail page](https://apify.com/automation-lab/fec-candidates-campaign-finance.md) to learn more, explore other use cases, and run it yourself.


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