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MCP Openfec

psalzman/mcp-openfec

A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that provides access to Federal Election Commission (FEC) campaign finance data through the OpenFEC API.

Install

Client configuration

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "openfec": {
      "command": "node",
      "args": [
        "/absolute/path/to/mcp-openfec/build/server.js"
      ],
      "env": {
        "OPENFEC_API_KEY": "<OPENFEC_API_KEY>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Environment variables

OPENFEC_API_KEY
GitHub stars
1
Author
@psalzman
Category
Research & Data, Legal & Compliance
License
BSD-3-Clause
Updated
Oct 6, 2026

Features

  • Search for candidates by name, state, or office

  • Get detailed candidate information and financial data

  • Access committee information

  • View individual contributions

  • Track independent expenditures

  • Access FEC filings and audit cases

  • Download bulk data

Tools (12)

  • get_candidate

    Get detailed information about a candidate

  • get_candidate_financials

    Get financial data for a candidate

  • search_candidates

    Search for candidates by name or other criteria

  • get_committee

    Get detailed information about a committee

  • get_candidate_contributions

    Get individual contributions for a candidate

  • get_filings

    Retrieve official FEC filings

  • get_independent_expenditures

    Get independent expenditures

  • get_electioneering

    Get electioneering communications

  • get_party_coordinated_expenditures

    Get party coordinated expenditures

  • get_communication_costs

    Get corporate/union communication costs

  • get_audit_cases

    Get FEC audit cases and findings

  • get_bulk_downloads

    Get links to bulk data downloads

Details on this page are taken from the project's README. Open README

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