Race Type ID Updates

For every race in the Elections response, the Elections API returns a race type and race type ID (raceType and raceTypeID in JSON; Type and TypeID in XML).

  • The race type ID character limit has been expanded from one letter to up to three letters.

  1.  The following one-letter race type IDs remain unchanged:

 

Race Type ID

Party Code

Race Type

G

 

General

D

Dem

Primary

E

Dem

Caucus

R

GOP

Primary

S

GOP

Caucus
  • The following race type IDs are no longer used:

 

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Race Type ID

Description

Race Type ID

Party Code

Race Type

X

Open Primary or special use cases

APP

 

All-Party Primary

SAP

 

All-Party Special Primary

C

Conservative Primary

CON

Con

Primary

F

Working Families Primary

WF

WF

Primary

 

  Important

 

The Race Type ID of "C" is now used for "Other Primary" instead.

 

 

 

  • The race type value of "Ballot Issue" (raceType in JSON; Type in XML) has been replaced with the race type value matching the returned race type ID (raceTypeID in JSON; TypeID in XML). Since the returned race type ID for ballot measures is typically "G" or "W", the matching race type of "General" or "Special General" respectively is now returned instead of "Ballot Issue". For more information, see Ballot Measure Updates.

  • For a full list of Race Type ID values, see Race Type IDs.