Get Existing Elected Officials

[Peter Rausch]

Hey Civic API team,

I was wondering if there was any interest in creating an API to provide an address and have their current elected officials return? I know the API has election data, but if there was a way to save results and then show their current officials that would solve a problem I have. If you have another way to get this data, that would be awesome.  The information we have access to now is so amazing, I think this is my only missing piece.

Thanks for your time!

Peter

[Google Civic Information API]

Hi Peter,

Unfortunately, we turned down the Representatives API in April 2025. You can learn more about the turndown in this thread.

Thank you for your kind words and continued interest in the Civic Info API.

Best

The Civic Info API Team

[Jim Cupples]

Hi Peter,

I have worked in the space with data collection for elected representatives and their corresponding political boundary maps in GIS formed (which can be used to allow results returned by address).

Getting elected officeholder information varies on difficulty depending upon the state. Some states have everything readily available, and others you have to contact the county clerks (or similarly titled election administrator) for officeholders and election results.

It's all very doable and it depends upon the scale of the project on whether you can/should do it solo, or recruit others to help.

I work for my state's Dept of Agriculture now, but I'd be happy to jump on a call with you. If you know how to scrape results from websites and organize the data (or have a colleague that does) you'll be in a great space for those states that are more difficult.

Best,

Jim

PS - Why a non-profit or similar entity hasn't organized to do this work is beyond me. You all pretty much want the same data and if you worked together, it would be very achievable.

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