Data Sources
Where our data comes from
Votr aggregates data from official government sources and validated third-party providers. We do not create or editorialize political data — we reflect the public record.
Federal Election Commission (FEC)
Candidate filings, campaign finance data, and election results for federal offices.
https://www.fec.govCongress.gov
Bill text, voting records, committee assignments, and legislative activity for the U.S. Congress.
https://www.congress.govLegiScan
State-level legislative data including bill tracking, voting records, and session information. Texas House and Senate roll calls (88th–89th Legislatures) feed the scores of candidates who served there; each such score says so.
https://legiscan.comLegistar (Granicus)
Municipal and county-level legislative data including council votes and ordinances.
https://www.granicus.com/solution/govmeetings/legistar/Texas Secretary of State
The certified candidate list for Texas federal races — who is actually on the ballot, the office as filed, and the occupation as filed. Where the state has certified a race, this list replaces the federal campaign register as the ballot feed.
https://goelect.txelections.civixapps.com/ivis-cbp-ui/candidate-informationWikimedia Commons
Portraits for candidates who have no official congress.gov photo. Each is matched to the person’s Wikidata item on identity facts alone (never on a description), served only under a Public Domain, CC0, CC BY or CC BY-SA licence, and credited on the profile with the photographer, the licence and the file page.
https://commons.wikimedia.orgWe target a 99.99% data accuracy SLO. If you spot an error, please report it so we can investigate.