The following table lists the enumerations for the type of committee in the
CommitteeClassification
entity:
| Value | Description |
|---|---|
candidate |
Candidates for federal or state office |
party |
Federal party committees; state party committees and state level legislative caucus committees |
independent-spender |
All federal type independent spenders; and any state committees identified as independent spenders in states that data is provided and collected |
pacs |
All federal PACs; State level PAC data is not collected by OS, unless the PAC is an independent spender. In that case the PAC would be coded as "Independent Spender" |
ballot-measure-committee |
State level only. These are committees specifically raising and spending money for statewide ballot measures |