# List campaign committees

Campaign committees of Chicago aldermanic candidates (Illinois State Board of Elections). Every ISBE committee linked to a candidate for alderperson in Chicago (members, challengers, and 2027 candidates), newest first. ids are ISBE committee ids.

`GET https://www.chicagopolitics.org/api/v1/campaign-committees`

## Authorizations

| Header | Value |
| --- | --- |
| `Authorization` | `Bearer <key>`. [Get a key](https://www.chicagopolitics.org/account); see [authentication](https://www.chicagopolitics.org/developers/authentication). |

## Query parameters

| Name | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `ward` | integer |  |  |
| `member` | integer |  | Member id. |
| `status` | string |  | One of: `active`, `final`. |
| `q` | string |  | Part of the committee name. |
| `limit` | integer |  | Default `50`. |
| `cursor` | string |  | From meta.nextCursor of the previous page. |

## Response

200 Committees: a list in `data`, with `meta` and `links` (see [pagination](https://www.chicagopolitics.org/developers/requests)).

| Field | Type | Description |
| --- | --- | --- |
| `id` | string | ISBE committee id |
| `name` | string |  |
| `type` | string \| null |  |
| `status` | string \| null |  |
| `statusDate` | string \| null (date) |  |
| `created` | string \| null (date) |  |
| `purpose` | string \| null |  |
| `party` | string \| null |  |
| `city` | string \| null |  |
| `state` | string \| null |  |
| `ward` | integer \| null |  |
| `member` | object \| null |  |
| `links` | object |  |

## Example request

```bash
curl "https://www.chicagopolitics.org/api/v1/campaign-committees" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $CHICAGO_POLITICS_KEY"
```

Errors: `400`, `401`, `404`, `429` (see [errors](https://www.chicagopolitics.org/developers/errors)).

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Source: https://www.chicagopolitics.org/developers/api/list-campaign-committees · Chicago Politics, an independent tracker of the Chicago City Council. Guide for agents: https://www.chicagopolitics.org/llms.txt