Regarding Local ELected Official Data

[Nency Vaghamshi]

Hello All , 

Does anyone know the FREE alternative of /representative api for Local elected officials data ?
For State and National level data I found Best FREE alternative https://docs.openstates.org/api-v3/

[Virginia Dooley]

Hi Nency,


Here are some civic tech resources you might find helpful: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1CfHIOweo1S2y4qKvH9gnXVIaKNv_wTQWFfkCtnf9DP4/edit?gid=400798931#gid=400798931


A few folks met on this thread and decided to collaborate on building the pipeline of local data that you’re after. If you want to learn more about the projects or meet some of the people working on this and other civic data initiativies, you are most welcome to join our working group. It's a great group.

Here is the link to join:


https://unified.me/organization/27721/posts?invite=civicdata

Virginia

[Mackenzie Kushner]

Hi Virginia,

I'm new to this to this feed (and the tech/API space entirely). I am hoping to build a state level dashboard where individuals can search their address and see all of their state and local level officials from state rep to school board member. After doing a little bit of research, I came across the Google Civic API, but it seems it may not be helpful at this point. I came across this conversation and was wondering if you think joining this group may be helpful. I also requested access to the google sheet.

Thanks,

Mackenzie