Campaign Expenditures in the United States, 1993-1994: Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) Data (ICPSR 6658)

Version Date: Jan 18, 2006

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Principal Investigator(s):
Federal Election Commission

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https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR06658.v1

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Summary

These data, comprising four separate files, are made available by the Federal Election Commission (FEC) through the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) and are taken directly from campaign finance reports filed by candidates, political committees, and others required to file under the federal election laws for the 1993-1994 election cycle. Part 1, Candidate Master Data, contains a record for every registered candidate for federal office. Each of these records includes the candidate's name, identification number, address, party affiliation, incumbent/challenger status, and the identification number of the candidate's principal campaign committee. Part 2, Committee Master Data, includes a record for every registered political committee, unauthorized delegate filer, independent expenditure filer, and communication cost filer. Included in this file is the identification number, name, address, treasurer's name, party affiliation, report filing frequency, and special interest group category of each of these entities. Part 3, Itemized Record of Contributions to/Disbursements on Behalf of Candidates, comprises records of reported contributions to candidates and disbursements on behalf of candidates by political committees, unauthorized delegate filers, independent expenditure filers, and communication cost filers. Information in this file includes the identification number of the contributing/disbursing entity, type of report, and the date, type, and amount of each transaction. Part 4, Itemized Record of Individual/Candidate Contributions, furnishes records of receipts of contributions from individuals, from candidates to their own campaigns, and disbursements to refund contributions to individuals, as reported by candidates and their committees, other political committees, and persons making independent expenditures. Part 4 also covers the tracking of contributions that individuals earmarked for a specific candidate as they proceeded through intermediaries registered with the FEC. Information in this file includes the identification number of the filer, report type, transaction type, date and amount of the transaction, and the name, address, and occupation of the contributor.

Citation

Federal Election Commission. Campaign Expenditures in the United States, 1993-1994:  Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) Data. [distributor], 2006-01-18. https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR06658.v1

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Time Period(s)

1993 -- 1994

Date of Collection

1993 -- 1994

Data Collection Notes

  1. The codebook is provided as a Portable Document Format (PDF) file. The PDF file format was developed by Adobe Systems Incorporated and can be accessed using PDF reader software, such as the Adobe Acrobat Reader. Information on how to obtain a copy of the Acrobat Reader is provided through the ICPSR Website on the Internet.

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Part 1, Candidate Master Data: All candidates for federal office registered under the Federal Election Campaign Act (information generally taken from FEC Form 2). Part 2, Committee Master File: All registered political committees, unauthorized delegate filers, independent expenditure filers, and communication cost filers (information generally taken from FEC Form 1). Part 3, Itemized Record of Contributions to/Disbursements on Behalf of Candidates: All contributions to candidates and disbursements supporting or opposing candidates reported by political committees (information taken from FEC Forms 3, 3X, or 3P, Schedule A, B, E, F, A-P, B-P, C-P, D-P, or G-P), persons making independent expenditures (information from FEC Form 5), and communication cost filers (information from FEC Form 7). Part 4, Itemized Record of Individual/Candidate Contributions: All receipts of contributions from individuals or from candidates to their campaigns, disbursements to refund contributions to individuals, and the tracking of contributions that individuals earmarked for a specific candidate as they proceeded through intermediaries registered with the FEC. The transactions in Part 4 were reported by candidates and their committees (FEC Form 3 or 3P, Schedule A, B, A-P, or B-P), other political committees (FEC Form 3 or 3X, Schedule A or B), and persons making independent expenditures (FEC Form 5).

Data Source

Federal Election Commission forms filled out by filers

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Original Release Date

1997-11-13

Version History

2018-02-15 The citation of this study may have changed due to the new version control system that has been implemented. The previous citation was:
  • Federal Election Commission. CAMPAIGN EXPENDITURES IN THE UNITED STATES, 1993-1994: FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA) DATA. ICPSR version. Washington, DC: Federal Election Commission [producer], 1995. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 1997. http://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR06658.v1

2006-01-18 File CB6658.ALL.PDF was removed from any previous datasets and flagged as a study-level file, so that it will accompany all downloads.

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