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01All entitiesCandidates, committees, contributors, organizations, vendors, and treasurers→02Political partiesParty directories with relationship provenance→03Compliance reviewAuditable FEC source-eligibility screening flags→04CandidatesFederal candidates and campaign totals→05CommitteesCandidate, party, and other political committees→06PACsPACs, Super PACs, and hybrid PACs→07Individual contributorsReported contributor identities→08OrganizationsReported organization contributors→09VendorsReported payees and payments from political committees→10TreasurersCommittee officer overlap→11IndustriesClassified employer sectors→12EmployersNormalized reported employers→13OccupationsReported contributor occupations→14StatesContributions by contributor state→15CitiesContributions by city and state→16ZIP codesFive-digit geographic totals→
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