PARTY DETAILED FILE ATTRIBUTE DESCRIPTION LOCATION 1) Candidate ID # assigned by the Commission. The 1-9 first character indicates the Federal office sought (Presidency, Senate, or House). 2) Candidate This item gives the name of the candi- 10-47 date, as reported on the Statement of Candidacy (FEC Form 2). See note above. 3) Cmte Type Number 1 equals party. 48 4) Cmte Pty Party with which the reporting committee is affiliated 49 Code 1 = Democratic 2 = Republican 3 = Other 5) Contrib This figure represents the total 50-59 amount of the committee's contribu- tions to the candidate during 1995-96. Contributions are donations of monies or in-kind contributions of services, goods, or properties. This value is taken from the schedules that support Line 21. 6) Independent expenditures for the candidate 60-69 These are unlimited expenditures by party committees expressly advocating the election of candidates. They must be made independently - i.e. with no coordination between the party and the campaign. Funds used for these expenditures must be federally allowable contributions. THESE ARE NOT COORDINATED EXPENDITURES THAT ACTIVITY IS NOW INCLUDED IN VARIABLE # 19 WHICH IS NEW IN THE 1996 FILE 7) Independent Expenditures against a candidate 70-79 These are unlimited expenditures by party committees expressly advocating the defeat of a clearly identified federal candidate. Funds used for these expenditures must be federally allowable contributions 8) Filler 80-89 9) Filler 90-99 10) Cmte ID This field contains the 9 character ID 100-108 # assigned by the Commission to the committee. The first character is the letter "C" followed by eight numeric characters. 11) Filler 109 12) Cmte Receipts This item includes all incoming funds 110-119 reported by the committee on Line 6c. 13) Cmte Disbursements This item includes all outgoing funds 120-129 reported by the committee on line 7. 14) Cmte State This field contains the two-letter 130-131 alphabetic abbreviation of the state in which the committee maintains its headquarters. 15) Candidate This column contains the office 132 Office sought by the candidate. 0 = Presi- dent, 1 = House, 2 = Senate. 16) Incumbent/ This column contains the status of 133 the candidate. I = Incumbent. Incum- bents are candidates who have held of- fice during 1995-96. C = Challen- ger/Other. This category includes not only challengers, but also all candidates who are not classfied as either an incumbent, a challenger, or an open seat candidate. (E.g., those who participated in an open seat con- test in a previous election cycle who are repaying debts for that campaign but did not run in 1995-96. O = Open Seat. Open seat candidates are those candidates who seek an office which is not currently being sought by an incumbent. Contributions to candi- dates participating in special elec- tions to fill vacant seats are coded to the open-seat category. However, post-election contributions to the winner of the special election are coded as contributions to an incum- bent. 17) Candidate Party of candidate. 1 = 134 Democratic, Party 2 = Republican, 3 = Other. 18) Spec. Elec. Blank = regular election candidate 135 Cand. S = special election candidate. Special election candidates who ran again in the regular 1996 election are coded S for transactions made up to 20 days after the special election (i.e., the ending date for the post- special election report) and blank for transactions made after that date. 19) Coordinated Expend For This value represents 136-145 the total amount of coordinated expenditures made by the committee on behalf of the candidate. These expenditures are made during the gene- ral election only by the party commit- tees in coordination with the cam- paigns. The limit for House races in 1996 was $30,910 or $61,820 in states with only one congressional district. Limits for Senate races are based on the size of the state. The figure is taken from the schedules that support Line 23. NOTE: IN EARLIER CYCLES, THE INFORMATION CONTAINED IN VARIABLE #19 WAS LOCATED IN VARIABLE #6. THE ABILITY OF PARTY COMMITTEES TO MAKE INDEPENDENT EXPENDITURES FOR AND AGAINST CANDIDATES NECESSITATED THE ADDITION OF ANOTHER VARIABLE AT THE END OF THE RECORD.