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get_candidates_in_race

Get Candidates in Race

Get Candidates in Race

get_candidates_in_race(
  state,
  chamber,
  district,
  cycle = 2018,
  return_value = c("results", "query"),
  page = 1,
  myAPI_Key
)

`state`	State abbreviation
`chamber`	house or senate
`district`	house district
`cycle`	The election cycle in question, e.g. 2018
`return_value`	should results be retrieved, or query string returned.
`page`	Results come in batches of 20. The page parameter specifies which one to retrieve.
`myAPI_Key`	API key from Propublica To use the congress API, you must sign up for an API key.

The result of the API call (list), unless return_value=query (mostly for debugging), in which case the query string is returned.

get_candidates_in_race('MI', 'house', 11)

Access Functions for ProPublica's APIs

v1.1.1

GPL-3 | file LICENSE

Authors

Aleksander Dietrichson [aut, cre], Joselina Davit [aut]

Initial release