# Democracy Works Candidates API

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/democracy-works/democracy-works-candidates-api/  
**Provider:** Democracy Works — https://apis.io/providers/democracy-works/  
**Base URL:** https://api.democracy.works/v2  
**Documentation:** https://developers.democracy.works/api/v2

Democracy Works Candidates API is one of 9 APIs that [Democracy Works](https://apis.io/providers/democracy-works/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification. Tagged areas include Candidates. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, and an API reference.

The Candidates API from Democracy Works — 1 operation retrieving a single candidate by id, with party affiliation, incumbency, write-in status, running mate, ranked-choice round and Ballotpedia link.

## Operations (1)

| Method | Path | Summary |
|---|---|---|
| GET | `/candidates` | Candidate |

## Machine-readable artifacts (4)

- **OpenAPI** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/democracy-works/refs/heads/main/openapi/democracy-works-candidates-api-openapi.yml
- **Overlay** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/democracy-works/refs/heads/main/overlays/democracy-works-candidates-api-overlay.yaml
- **Documentation** — https://developers.democracy.works/api/v2
- **APIReference** — https://developers.democracy.works/api/v2

## Other Democracy Works APIs (8)

- [Democracy Works Authorities API](https://apis.io/apis/democracy-works/democracy-works-authorities-api/)
- [Democracy Works Elections API](https://apis.io/apis/democracy-works/democracy-works-elections-api/)
- [Democracy Works Exports API](https://apis.io/apis/democracy-works/democracy-works-exports-api/)
- [Democracy Works Ballot Measures API](https://apis.io/apis/democracy-works/democracy-works-ballot-measures-api/)
- [Democracy Works Contests API](https://apis.io/apis/democracy-works/democracy-works-contests-api/)
- [Democracy Works Endorsements API](https://apis.io/apis/democracy-works/democracy-works-endorsements-api/)
- [Democracy Works Voting Locations API](https://apis.io/apis/democracy-works/democracy-works-voting-locations-api/)
- [Democracy Works Elections API v1 (legacy)](https://apis.io/apis/democracy-works/democracy-works-elections-v1-api/)

## Tags

Candidates

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