Campaign finance summary numbers for non-withdrawn candidates in General Assembly elections set for November 2019 that filed reports with the State Board of Elections for the October 15, 2019 deadline.
Fields are as follows:
- committee_name - Name of the committee as it appears on vpap.org
- district - district that the candidate is running in (HD/SD indicates House of Delegates or State Senate)
- party - party of the candidate
- is_incumbent - is the candidate an incumbent
- is_report_available - does the candidate have an Oct. 15 report. Note: other fields will be zero (0) is this is No
- amount_raised_filing_period - total amount raised for this reporting period (9/1/19 - 9/30/19)
- amount_spent_filing_period - total amount spent for this reporting period (9/1/19 - 9/30/19)
- cash_on_hand - ending cash balance for this reporting period (period end - 9/30/19)
- cycle_beginning_balance - starting cash balance for this reporting period (period start - 9/1/19)
- total_raised_election_cycle - total amount raised for the candidate's election cycle. House has 2-year cycles and Senate has 4-year cycles; however, cycle dates are adjusted by VPAP in the event that there is a special election
- total_spent_election_cycle - total amount spent for the candidate's election cycle. House has 2-year cycles and Senate has 4-year cycles; however, cycle dates are adjusted by VPAP in the event that there is a special election
- report_as_of_date - ending date for the current reporting period