Campaign Expenditures in the United States, 1993-1994: Reports on Financial Activity (RFA) Data (ICPSR 6946)

Version Date: Jan 18, 2006

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Principal Investigator(s):
Federal Election Commission

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https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR06946.v1

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Summary

These data offer information on the campaigns of all individuals who registered under the Federal Election Campaign Act as candidates in the 1993 or 1994 elections for the United States Senate or House of Representatives. Also included are some individuals who were certified by the appropriate state authorities as official Senate or House candidates in a 1993 or 1994 primary, runoff, or general election but who had not registered with the Federal Election Commission. Information is provided on the filer's gross receipts, disbursements, debts, and cash on hand. Information on particular party and nonparty committee support of candidates is included as well. The congressional campaign data contain variables on candidate's name, incumbency status, party affiliation, receipts, disbursements, contributions from the candidate, loans, debts, aggregate contributions by amount and source, and independent expenditures for and against the candidate. The party and nonparty political committee data contain summary information for committees including the committee name, special interest group classification, receipts, cash and in-kind contributions, and total expenditures for or against House and Senate candidates.

Citation

Federal Election Commission. Campaign Expenditures in the United States, 1993-1994:  Reports on Financial Activity (RFA) Data. [distributor], 2006-01-18. https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR06946.v1

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Subject Terms

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Time Period(s)

1993 -- 1994

Date of Collection

1994

Data Collection Notes

  1. (1) The last two variables in Part 4, Nonparty Committee Spread Data -- Non-Federal Transfers (457-466) and Non-Federal Expenditures (467-476) -- are missing. The logical record length of the file is 456, not 476 as stated in the codebook. The file will be replaced when the Federal Election Commission fixes the file. (2) The House and Senate Crosstabs Data file, provided in previous years, is not part of this collection. (3) The codebooks are provided as Portable Document Format (PDF) files. 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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Universe

All campaigns and political party committees associated with United States congressional elections in 1993-1994.

Data Source

official candidate and political party committee financial reports filed with the Federal Election Commission

Data Type(s)

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Original Release Date

1998-10-05

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: REPORTS ON FINANCIAL ACTIVITY (RFA) DATA. ICPSR version. Washington, DC: Federal Election Commission [producer], 1996. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 1998. http://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR06946.v1

2006-01-18 File CB6946.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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