CANSUM 2004 The file contains information on the campaigns of all individuals who have registered under the Federal Election Campaign Act as 2003 or 2004 candidates for the U.S. Senate or House of Representatives. As such, the file includes a number of individuals who may not be statutory candidates under the 1979 Amendments to the FECA, e.g., someone seeking nomination to federal office who has not received contributions or made expenditures aggregating in excess of $5,000. Also included are some individuals who have been certified by the appropriate state authorities as official Senate or House candidates in a 2003 or 2004 primary, runoff, or general election but who have not registered as candidates under the FECA. A campaign includes the candidate, the principal campaign committee as designated by the candidate, and any committees authorized by the candidate to accept contributions or make expenditures for the campaign. This definition of a campaign does not include 1) any office account committee associated with a member of Congress, or 2) any joint fundraising committee authorized by the candidate in conjunction with other candidates or committees. N.B. The file for 2003-04 does include committees authorized by 2003 or 2004 candidates which exist solely for the purpose of repaying debts from previous elections. Candidates may choose to authorize a separate committee for this purpose, or they may use one committee for both current and past activity. As the latter alternative has become more common, fewer so called "debt" committees have existed, and two candidates undertaking exactly the same activity (i.e., debt retirement) would be treated differently if debt committees were excluded. The file contains one record for each campaign. The records are arranged alphabetically by state abbreviation, and within state by office sought (Senate, then House) and by Congressional District. It is important that the limitations of the information on this tape be understood. It represents 2003-04 data which had been entered into the Commission's computer system as of the day before the date of this file. While it is intended to give a complete picture of the financial activity of these campaigns during the two-year election cycle, it is possible that amendments to reports will have been filed after the generation of these files. Available at the Commission for inspection are microfilmed copies of the original reports which show information as reported by the filers. The microfilmed public record is the official record of the Federal Election Commission. This data file is one of several tools which have been developed to summarize the vast quantity of data available on the microfilmed public record. SPECIFICATIONS HOUSE/SENATE SPREAD FILE ATTRIBUTE DESCRIPTION LOCATION 1) Candidate ID ID number assigned by the Commis- 1-9 sion. The first letter indicates the federal office sought (S for Senate, H for House). The third and fourth char- acters indicate the state in which the candidate has run. 2) Candidate 10-47 Name 3) Incumbent/Challenger/ Open-Seat 48 I=Incumbent. Incumbent campaigns are those of candidates who have held a Congressional office at any time dur- ing the 103rd Congress. With respect to the special elections held in 2003 and 2004for vacant Congressional seats, post-election receipts and disburse- ments reported by the winners are included in their incumbent-campaign record. Earlier monies reported by these campaigns are found in their special election record, coded as open-seat. C=Challenger. This in- cludes all campaigns in which the candidate ran in a district which contained an incumbent who sought reelection. In cases in which the incumbent was defeated in the pri- mary, the general election was consi- dered to be between two challengers. O=Open Seat. Open-Seat campaigns are those of candidates seeking elec- tions in 2003 or 2004to seats in which an incumbent was not seeking re- election. This category includes all special election records, al- though monies of special election candidates who ran again in the regular 2004 election process appear in other records for these candidates, coded as I for the special election winner and as a C for losers who ran again in the regular election. 4) Party 1=Democratic, 2=Republican, 3=Other 49 Party. This information is defined for incumbents by the caucus in which they participate, for others, it is taken from candidates' declarations on their Statement of Candidacy or from state ballot listings. 5) Party Desig Three-character code for party. 50-52 AIP=American Independent Party AMP=American Party CIT=Citizens Party COM=Communist Party CRV=Conservative Party CST=Constitutional Party DEM=Democratic Party DFL=Democratic Farm Labor Party IND=Independent LBL=Liberal Party LBU=Liberty Union Party LIB=Libertarian Party NAP=Prohibition Party NLP=Natural Law Party PAF=Peace and Freedom Party REF=Reform Party RTL=Right to Life SLP=Socialist Labor Party SUS=Socialist Party U.S.A. SWP=Socialist Workers Party UNK=Unknown 6) Total Receipts This column includes all incoming 53-62 funds reported on Line 16 by the candidates and all committees he or she has authorized for a 2003 or 2004campaign. It does not include the receipts of office-account com- mittees, or receipts by joint fund- raising committees authorized by the candidate in conjunction with other candidates or committees. 7) Authorized Transfers From This column includes the movement 63-72 of monies, goods, or property between the authorized committees of a single campaign. Note that "transfers" do not include the transfers of funds between the authorized committee and office-account committees, or joint fundraising committees. 8) Total Disbursements This column 73-82 includes all outgoing funds reported by all authorized committees on line 22. It does not include disbursements by office- account committees, or joint fund- raising committees. 9) Transfers to Authorized 83-92 See Authorized Transfers From above. 10) Beginning Cash 1/1/95 93-102 The "cash-on-hand" of a campaign on (or its initial 2003 "cash on hand if it registered after 1/1/95) is reported here. The information is taken from Line 23. 11) Ending Cash The "cash-on-hand" of a campaign on 103-112 the campaign's latest report in 2004 is reported here. 12) Contrib from Candidate 113-122 The total amount of contributions by the candidate to his or her own campaign appears in this column. The source is line 11d. 13) Loans from Candidate 123-132 This column contains the total amounts of loans made by or guaranteed by the candidate to his or own campaign. The source is line 13b. 14) Other Loans 133-142 This column contains the total amounts of loans that were not made by or guaranteed by the candidate. The source is line 13b. 15) Candidate Loan Repayments 143-152 This figure represents the total repayments made by the campaign of loans made by or guaranteed by the candidate. Note that a common pat- tern for losing candidates is to forgive loans to their campaigns. This amount then appears as a can- didate loan, a candidate loan repay- ment, and a candidate contribution. The information comes from Line 19a. 16) Other Loan Repayments 153-162 This amount represents the total repayments made by the campaign of loans made by and guaranteed by someone other than the candidate. The source is Line 19b. 17) Debts Owed By This column contains the total debts 163-172 owed by the committee at the time of the filing of their last report re- ceived for the 2003-96 election cycle. The source is Line 10. 18) #$200-$499 Contrib This figure represents the total 173-182 number of contributions received by the campaign from individuals in an amount between $200 and $499. 19) Total $200-$499 This amount represents the sum of all 183-192 individual contributions received by the campaign in amounts between $200 and $499. 20) #$500-$749 This figure represents the total 193-202 Contrib number of contributions received by the campaign from individuals in an amount between $500 and $749. 21) Total $500-$749 This amount represents the sum of all 203-212 individual contributions received by the campaign in amounts between $500 and $749. 22) #$750+ Contrib This column contains the number of 213-222 individual contributions in amounts of at least $750 received by the campaign. 23) Total $750+ Contrib The total dollar value of individual 223-232 contributions of at least $750. 24) Total Indiv. Contrib This amount represents the sum of all 233-242 individual contributions in any amount received by the campaign. The source of the information is Line 11a. 25) Major Pty Contrib Taken from the reports of Democratic 243-252 and Republican party political com- mittees, this figure represents con- tributions of monies or in-kind con- tributions of services, goods, or property to the campaign. The source is Line 21 of Schedule B of FEC Form 3X, filed by the party committee. 26) Party Indep Expend For This column contains the total amount 253-262 of independent expen- ditures made by Democratic or Repub- lican party committees in support of the candidate. This was permitted for the first time in 2004, as a result of the Supreme Court ruling in FEC v. Colorado Republican Party. NOTE: THIS IS A NEW FIELD FOR 2004. PREVIOUSLY PARTY COMMITTEES COULD NOT MAKE INDEPENDENT EXPENDITURES. PARTY COORDINATED EXPENDITURES WHICH WERE FOUND AT THIS LOCATION IN EARLIER YEARS ARE NOW FOUND AT COL'S 399-408. 27) Corp. Contributions This amount represents the total 263-272 amount of contributions to the cam- paign reported by non-party committees which have identified themselves as being connected with a corporate entity. The source is Line 21 of Schedule B of FEC Form 3X, filed by the committee. (A non-party com- mittee is any committee that has not been authorized by any candidate and is not part of the official party structure at the national, state, or local level, and which has registered as a political committee under the Federal Election Campaign Act, as amended.) 28) Labor Contributions This figure represents the total 273-282 amount of contributions to the cam- paign reported by non-party commit- tees which have identified themselves as being connected with a labor entity. The source is Line 21 of Schedule B of FEC Form 3X, filed by the non-party committee. 29) Non-Connected Cont This figure represents the total 283-292 amount of contributions to the cam- paign reported by non-party com- mittees which have not reported a connected organization. The source is Line 21 of Schedule B of FEC Form 3X, filed by the non-party committee. 30) T/M/H Contrib This column contains the total 293-302 amount of contributions to the cam- paign reported by non-party commit- tees which have reported a connection with a trade association, a member- ship organization, or an organization in the health field. The source is Line 21 of Schedule B of FEC Form 3X, filed by the non-party committee. 31) Cooperative Contrib This column contains the total 303-312 amount of contributions to the campaign reported by non-party committees which have reported a connection with a cooperative. The source is Line 21 of Schedule B of FEC Form 3X, filed by the non-party committee. 32) Corp W/O Stock Cont This column contains the total amount 313-322 of contributions to the campaign re- ported by non-party committees which have reported a connection with a corporation without capital stock. The source is Line 21 of Schedule B of FEC Form 3X, filed by the non- party committee. 33) Non-Party Exp. This figure represents the total 323-332 For amount of independent expenditures made by non-party committees to advocate the election of the candi- date. Independent expenditures are not made with the cooperation of, or in consultation with, the candidate or his or her agents or authorizing committees. The source is Schedule E supporting Line 22. 34) Non-Party Exp. Agn This figure represents the total 333-342 amount of independent expenditures made by non-party committees to advocate the defeat of the candidate. Independent expenditures are not made with the cooperation of, or in consultation with, the candidate or his or her agents or authorizing com- mittees. 35) Indep. Exp For This figure represents the total 343-352 amount of independent expenditures made by filers other than political committees to advocate the election of the candidate. Independent ex- penditures are not made with the cooperation of, or in consultation with, the candidate or his or her agents or authorizing committees. The source is FEC Form 5 filed by the person making the expenditure. 36) Indep Exp Agn This figure represents the total 353-362 amount of independent expenditures made by filers other than political committees to advocate the defeat of the candidate. Independent ex- penditures are not made with the cooperation of, or in consultation with, the candidate or his or her agents or authorizing committee. 37) Comm Cost For This column shows the total amount 363-372 of treasury funds reported by cor- porations, labor unions, and other membership organizations to make internal communications which advo- cate the election of the candidate. These communications may be made only to certain categories of individuals (stockholders and executives and administrative personnel of the cor- porations, members of the unions and membership organizations.) The organ- ization is not required to report these expenditures to the Commission on FEC Form 7 until they exceed $2000 per election for all candidates. Thereafter, all additional communica- tion costs must be reported. 38) Comm Cost Agn This column shows the total amount 373-382 of treasury funds reported by cor- porations, labor unions, and other membership organizations to make internal communications which advo- cate the defeat of the candidate. These communications may be made only to certain categories of indivi- duals (stockholders and executives and administrative personnel of the corporations, members of the unions and memberships organizations.) The organization is not required to re- port these expenditures to the Com- mission on FEC Form 7 until they exceed $2000 per election for all candidates. Thereafter, all addi- tional communication costs must be reported. 39) State Code 383-384 40) District The Congressional district within 385-386 which the candidate ran in 2003 or 2004. Contains 00 for Senate candi- dates. 41) Spec Elec Status Blank=not involved in a special 387 election in 2003 or 2004. W=won special election. L=Lost. R= Runoff was held following a 2003 or 2004 special election. 42) Primary Elec Status Blank=not involved in a primary 388 election in 2004. W=won primary election. L=Lost. R=Runoff was held following a 2004 primary. 43) Runoff Elec Status Blank=not involved in runoff elec- 389 tion. W=won runoff. L=Lost. 44) General Elec Status Blank=not involved in November, 390 2004 general election or Louisiana multi-party primary. W=Won general election. L=Lost. 45) General Elec Pct Percentage of November, 2004 general 391-397 election vote received by the candi- date. 46) Spec. Elec. Cand. Blank=regular election campaign. S= 398 Special election campaign. Special election candidates who ran again in the regular 2004 election will have one record coded S and a second record coded blank. 47) Party Coordinated Expenditures 399-408 These expenditures are permitted in 2 U.S.C. Section 441a(d), and are reported on Line 23 of Schedule F of FEC Form 3X, filed by the party committee. Limits on these expendi- tures are based on voting age popula- tion of the state for Senate candidates, and were fixed at $30,910 for House cam- paigns in 2004. 48) Party Independent Expenditures Against 409-418 These are independent expenditures made by party committees advocating the defeat of this candidate. They were permitted in 2004 for the first time as a result of the Supreme Court ruling in FEC v. Colorado Republican Party.