# FEC Campaign Finance (Candidates, PACs, Contributions) (`pushbuild/fec-campaign-finance`) Actor

US federal campaign finance from official FEC bulk data: candidate receipts, spending, cash on hand and debts; PAC, super PAC and party committee totals; PAC and party contributions and independent expenditures for or against candidates. Any cycle since 1980.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/pushbuild/fec-campaign-finance.md
- **Developed by:** [Pushbuild Data](https://apify.com/pushbuild) (community)
- **Categories:** News, Business
- **Security:** Limited permissions
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
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## Pricing

$0.30 / 1,000 rows

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

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In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours,
and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store.
In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server.

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For examples already wired to this Actor's own input schema, see the [API](#api) section below.

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# README

## FEC Campaign Finance

US federal campaign finance from the Federal Election Commission's official bulk data, in clean JSON. Any cycle since 1980; refreshed daily by the FEC.

### What you get

- **Candidates:** every House, Senate and presidential candidate with party, state, district, incumbent/challenger/open-seat status, principal campaign committee, total receipts and disbursements, cash on hand, debts, and the split between individual, PAC, party and self-funding, plus loans.
- **Committees:** every PAC, super PAC, party and candidate committee with type, designation (leadership PAC, lobbyist PAC, joint fundraiser), connected organization, treasurer, receipts, spending, contributions to other committees and independent expenditures.
- **Contributions:** PAC and party contributions to candidates, and independent expenditures supporting or opposing them, with date, amount, report type and a link to the filing image.

### Use cases

- Race dashboards: who is out-raising whom, cash on hand by seat.
- Track which corporate PACs fund which members of Congress.
- Super PAC spending for and against candidates.

### Input examples

```json
{"dataset": "candidates", "offices": ["S"], "cycle": 2026, "maxItems": 50}
```

```json
{"dataset": "committees", "committeeTypes": ["O"], "minReceipts": 1000000}
```

```json
{"dataset": "contributions", "candidateIds": ["S8GA00180"], "minAmount": 5000}
```

### Notes

- Source: FEC bulk data (public US government data). Amounts in USD as reported.
- Individual donor itemizations are not included.
- Pricing: per row returned.

# Actor input Schema

## `dataset` (type: `string`):

What to return.

## `cycle` (type: `integer`):

Even year, e.g. 2026, 2024, 2020. Defaults to the current cycle.

## `query` (type: `string`):

All words must appear in the candidate, committee or connected-organization name.

## `offices` (type: `array`):

H (House), S (Senate), P (President).

## `states` (type: `array`):

Two-letter codes (candidate office state, or committee address state).

## `district` (type: `string`):

e.g. 07 (candidates only).

## `parties` (type: `array`):

e.g. DEM, REP, LIB, GRE, IND.

## `candidateIds` (type: `array`):

e.g. S8GA00180.

## `committeeIds` (type: `array`):

e.g. C00484642.

## `committeeTypes` (type: `array`):

Committees only: O (super PAC), Q/N (PAC), X/Y (party), H/S/P (candidate), V/W (hybrid PAC).

## `minReceipts` (type: `integer`):

Candidates and committees.

## `minAmount` (type: `integer`):

Contributions only.

## `dateFrom` (type: `string`):

Contributions only, YYYY-MM-DD.

## `dateTo` (type: `string`):

Contributions only, YYYY-MM-DD.

## `transactionTypes` (type: `array`):

Contributions only: 24K (direct contribution), 24E/24A (independent expenditure for/against), 24C (party coordinated), 24Z (in-kind).

## `maxItems` (type: `integer`):

Totals sorted by receipts; contributions newest first.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "dataset": "candidates",
  "cycle": 2026,
  "maxItems": 100
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `results` (type: `string`):

No description

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "cycle": 2026
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("pushbuild/fec-campaign-finance").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = { "cycle": 2026 }

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("pushbuild/fec-campaign-finance").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "cycle": 2026
}' |
apify call pushbuild/fec-campaign-finance --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,pushbuild/fec-campaign-finance"
        }
    }
}
```

The hosted server signs you in with OAuth on first connect, so no API token belongs in this config. Clients without OAuth support can send an `Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_API_TOKEN>` header instead, using a token from API & Integrations in Apify Console (https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations).

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/LD1gEdpbh4bohj87l/builds/NsKggulmDainbFZsv/openapi.json