B. File Specifications and Data Format The Candidate Master information has been stored in the following manner: Standard Labels ODD Parity EBCDIC LRECL = 165 9 Track BLKSIZE = 3960 1600 BPI REC/BLK = 24 Total Records: 3375 The variables have been formatted in the following ways: Mnemonics Currently Used by the Field Commission Variable Columns Desc CANIDN Candidate Identification 1-9 X(9) CANNAM Candidate Name 10-47 X(38) CANPART1 Party Designation No. 1 48-50 X(3) CANPART2 Party Designation No. 2 51-53 X(3) CANPART3 Party Designation No. 3 54-56 X(3) CANICI Incumb./Challeng./Open-seat 57 X Filler 58 X CANST Candidate Status 59 X CONADST1 Street One 60-93 X(34) CONADST2 Street Two 94-127 X(34) CANCY City or Town 128-145 X(18) CANST State 146-147 XX CANZIP Zip Code 148-152 X(5) CANPCC Principal Campaign Comm. I.D.153-161 X(9) CANYEAR Year of Election 162-163 9(2) DIST Current District 164-165 9(2) PARTY DESIGNATION NO. 1 PARTY COUNT 41 AIP 2 AMP 6 CIT 2 COM 1 CRV 14 CST 3 DEM 1667 DFL 23 IND 132 LAB 2 LBL 1 LBU 2 LIB 65 NNE 1 PAF 17 PFD 1 REP 1311 RTL 11 SOC 1 SWP 11 UNK 61 CANDIDATE STATUS STATUS COUNT C 1143 F 84 N 970 P 1178 INCUMBENT/CHALLENGER/OPEN-SEAT ICI COUNT 1964 C 471 I 542 O 398 STATE VALUES DESIG. STATE COUNT 3 AK 27 AL 53 AR 21 AS 2 AZ 44 CA 374 CO 57 CT 50 DC 114 DE 11 FL 81 GA 69 GU 2 HI 19 IA 50 ID 20 IL 161 IN 96 KS 39 KY 41 LA 55 MA 92 MD 109 ME 19 MI 124 MN 52 MO 73 MS 28 MT 10 NC 91 ND 10 NE 21 NH 31 NJ 117 NM 20 NV 29 NY 216 OH 126 OK 41 OR 45 PA 149 PR 3 RI 15 SC 49 SD 14 TN 49 TX 171 UT 27 VA 65 VI 2 VT 17 WA 65 WI 66 WV 28 WY 10 ZZ 2