DOI: 10.3886/icpsr06658.v1
title: Campaign Expenditures in the United States, 1993-1994: Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) Data
title: Version 1

description: 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.
description: Datasets: 
DS0: Study-Level Files
DS1: Candidate Master Data
DS2: Committee Master Data
DS3: Itemized Record of Contributions to/Disbursements on Behalf of Candidates
DS4: Itemized Record of Individual/Candidate Contributions
description: 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).
description: 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.