Washington State Candidate and Committee Debts Reported Over 10 Years

Debts, obligations, and orders placed by Washington State candidates and political committees for the last 10 years, as reported to the Public Disclosure Commission (PDC). The data is sourced from Schedule B of the C4 Summary Report and excludes loans and entities filing under 'mini reporting'. The PDC provides this as a best-effort record set and advises consulting original reports for verification.

Use Cases

• Track campaign expenditure obligations over time based on reported debts and orders.
• Analyze financial patterns of political committees based on calendar year reporting periods.
• Compare candidate election-year debt reporting against committee annual reporting cycles.
• Identify non-loan financial liabilities in state-level political campaigns.

Strengths

• Covers a 10-year time range for temporal trend analysis.
• Explicitly distinguishes this debt data from loan records, which are in a separate dataset.
• Provides access to multiple file formats (CSV, JSON, RDF, XML) for flexibility.

Limitations

• Row count and column-level documentation are unknown, limiting suitability assessment.
• The PDC notes the data may contain incomplete or incorrect information and is a best-effort compilation.
• Excludes candidates and committees filing under 'mini reporting', which may limit coverage.

Provenance

Source

Washington State Public Disclosure Commission (PDC)

Collection Method

Reported by candidates and political committees on Schedule B to the C4 Summary Report.

Time Range

Last 10 years (coverage determined by election year for candidates, calendar year for committees).

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-22 03:10:15.165947; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Washington State, USA