FEC Campaign Finance Export
Pricing
$10.00 / 1,000 record scrapeds
Export campaign contributions and disbursements from the public FEC API by candidate, committee, employer, contributor, recipient, and date range.
You can access the FEC Campaign Finance Export programmatically from your own applications by using the Apify API. You can also choose the language preference from below. To use the Apify API, you’ll need an Apify account and your API token, found in Integrations settings in Apify Console.
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