FEC Campaign Finance Pro (Donors, Committees, Money)
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FEC Campaign Finance Pro (Donors, Committees, Money)
Candidate search, committee search, itemized individual contributions (Schedule A) and independent expenditures (Schedule E) from the FEC official OpenFEC API, as flat rows. Hard result caps, zero-result hint rows, own-API-key support. $0.005/run + $2.00 per 1,000 rows.
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FEC Campaign Finance Pro
Campaign money from the FEC's own OpenFEC API, in clean rows: candidate search, committee search, itemized individual contributions (Schedule A) and independent expenditures (Schedule E).
Pricing: $0.005 per run + $2.00 per 1,000 result rows. No proxies, no scrapers: every row comes from the FEC's official JSON API, so the rows are exactly what the FEC published.
Comparison
| fec-campaign-finance-pro (this actor) | ryanclinton/fec-campaign-finance (category leader) | |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.005/run + $2.00 per 1,000 rows | $0.002 per record + $0.00005/GB start |
| Search types | 4 in one actor: candidates, committees, contributions (Schedule A), expenditures (Schedule E) | contributions focus |
| API key | Your own free FEC key supported; shared DEMO_KEY fallback | fixed |
| Result cap | Hard maxItems cap, run stops at the cap | config-dependent |
| Rows | Flattened, typed rows with links to the FEC record and filing PDF | nested/mixed |
The leader sits at 3 active users in the last 30 days with no public reviews; this actor ships the same per-row price with all four FEC search surfaces in one call.
Input
| Field | Type | Default | What it does |
|---|---|---|---|
searchType | select | candidates | candidates, committees, contributions, expenditures |
query | string | empty | Name to search: candidate/committee name (q), contributor name (Schedule A), payee name (Schedule E) |
committeeId | string | empty | FEC committee ID, e.g. C00401224. Use it for money queries to stay fast |
candidateId | string | empty | FEC candidate ID for expenditure pulls, e.g. H6TX34072 |
office | select | any | H House, S Senate, P President (candidate search) |
state | string | empty | Two-letter state, e.g. TX |
party | string | empty | DEM, REP, ... |
twoYearPeriod | number | 2026 | FEC two-year transaction period for money queries |
dateFrom / dateTo | string | empty | Date window YYYY-MM-DD for contributions/expenditures |
minAmount | number | 0 | Minimum contribution amount |
maxItems | number | 10 | Hard cap on rows; the run stops at the cap so you never pay for rows you didn't ask for |
apiKey | string | empty | OpenFEC API key. Empty uses the shared DEMO_KEY, which is rate limited |
Output
Each dataset item is one flat row with a searchType marker.
- candidates:
candidateId,name,party,office,state,district,lastCycle,hasRaisedFunds,incumbentStatus,firstFiled,lastFiled,committeeIds,fecLink - committees:
committeeId,name,designation,type,state,party,treasurer,lastCycle,firstFiled,linkedCandidates,fecLink - contributions:
contributor,employer,occupation,city,state,amount,receiptDate,aggregateYtd,committeeId,committeeName,candidateName,pdfUrl - expenditures:
payee,amount,expenditureDate,description,committeeId,committeeName,candidateName,candidateId,supportOrOppose,filingNumber,pdfUrl
A run that matches nothing pushes a single ZERO_RESULTS hint row (the only billed item) so you can see why.
Use cases
- Journalists and researchers tracking who funds which campaigns this cycle
- Compliance and PAC teams screening donors before outreach
- Opposition research: full contribution trails by committee, employer or window
- Ad intelligence: who is spending money on independent expenditures for or against a candidate
FAQ
Do I need an API key? No. Empty uses the FEC's shared DEMO_KEY, which is heavily rate limited. For reliable volume get a free key in one minute at api.data.gov/signup and paste it into apiKey.
Why do money queries need a filter? Unfiltered Schedule A pulls span millions of rows and time out on the FEC's side. Give it a committeeId, a contributor query, or a candidateId (and ideally a date window).
Which cycle do I get? Money queries default to twoYearPeriod: 2026. Set 2024, 2022, ... for historical cycles.
Can I pull more than 10 rows? Yes: raise maxItems (cap 5,000 per run). The run stops exactly at the cap.
Is the data official? Yes, every field comes from the FEC's public OpenFEC API (api.open.fec.gov). Rows link back to fec.gov records and filing PDFs.
Pair it with
Congress Stock Trades Pro covers the trading side of the same money: House member PTR filings parsed into rows with amount midpoints and links to the source PDF, $0.005 per run + $1.50 per 1,000 rows.
