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 1 | political-id-match
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 4 | ID matches between political organization currently consisting of [Project Vote Smart](http://votesmart.org), [OpenSecrets.org(CRP)](http://www.opensecrets.org), [FollowTheMoney.org(NIMSP)](http://www.followthemoney.org), and the [Federal Election Commission](http://www.fec.gov/).
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 6 | Columns
 7 | ==================
 8 | **votesmart_candidate_id**
 9 | : The `candidate_id` for Project Vote Smart
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11 | **crp_id**
12 | : The `cid` for OpenSecrets.org
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14 | **fec_id**
15 | : The ID given to the candidate by the Federal Election Commission
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17 | **nimsp_candidate_id**
18 | : The `imsp_candidate_id` for FollowTheMoney.org
19 | 
20 | **nimsp_entity_id**
21 | : The entity ID for the new verision of the FollowTheMoney.org API.
22 | 
23 | **firstname**
24 | : The candidate/official's first given name.
25 | 
26 | **nickname**
27 | : The candidate/official's first name that the usually go by. (e.g. Richart **'Dick'** Cheney)
28 | 
29 | **middlename**
30 | : The candidate/official's middle name
31 | 
32 | **lastname**
33 | : The candidate/official's family name
34 | 
35 | **suffix**
36 | : The candidate/official's suffix, if they have one.  (e.g. Barack Hussein Obama **II**)
37 | 
38 | **office_state_id**
39 | : Two digit code representing the state the official last held office that is on record at Vote Smart.
40 | 
41 | **election_state_id**
42 | : Two digit code representing the last state the candidate ran in an election that is on record at Vote Smart.
43 | 
44 | Questions/Additions/Corrections
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46 | 
47 | For additions or corrections, feel free to make a pull request here or send a patch to the following E-mail address.
48 | 
49 | For any questions or patches, E-mail webmaster@votesmart.org.
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