The NY Times campaign Finance API

[didier deshommes]

Hi,
I just learned that the NY Times has released campaign finance data
(http://developer.nytimes.com/docs/campaign_finance_api?authChecked=1).
From the page:
"""
With the Campaign Finance API, you can retrieve contribution and
expenditure data based on United States Federal Election Commission
filings. Campaign finance data is public and is therefore available
from a variety of sources, but the developers of the Times API have
distilled the data into aggregates that answer most campaign finance
questions. Instead of poring over monthly filings or searching a
disclosure database, you can use the Times Campaign Finance API to
quickly retrieve totals for a particular candidate, see aggregates by
ZIP code or state, or get details on a particular donor.

The Campaign Finance API is currently limited to presidential campaign
data. Future versions will include house and senate campaign data.
"""

I don't think watchdog has this data yet, so this might be useful.

didier

[Aaron Swartz]

Thanks. We're actually working on importing this data now.