GET

Position Instance

VIP Specification: CandidateContest

list: Return all positions for upcoming elections.

retrieve: Return a position proposal for an upcoming election.

GET /api/positions/65272/?format=api
HTTP 200 OK
Allow: GET
Content-Type: application/json
Vary: Accept

{
    "url": "http://michiganelections.io/api/positions/65272/?format=api",
    "id": 65272,
    "name": "Charter Commissioner",
    "description": "",
    "description_edit_url": "https://github.com/citizenlabsgr/elections-api/edit/main/content/positions/Charter%20Commissioner.md",
    "reference_url": null,
    "section": "Nonpartisan",
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    "term": "",
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            "url": "http://michiganelections.io/api/candidates/113530/?format=api",
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            "name": "Ben Dowd",
            "description": "",
            "reference_url": "https://cfrsearch.nictusa.com/committees/97054",
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                "url": "http://michiganelections.io/api/parties/5/?format=api",
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                "name": "Nonpartisan",
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            }
        },
        {
            "url": "http://michiganelections.io/api/candidates/113536/?format=api",
            "id": 113536,
            "name": "Brian C. Jeffries",
            "description": "",
            "reference_url": "https://cfrsearch.nictusa.com/committees/97067",
            "party": {
                "url": "http://michiganelections.io/api/parties/5/?format=api",
                "id": 5,
                "name": "Nonpartisan",
                "color": "#999"
            }
        },
        {
            "url": "http://michiganelections.io/api/candidates/113533/?format=api",
            "id": 113533,
            "name": "Britt Houze",
            "description": "",
            "reference_url": "https://cfrsearch.nictusa.com/committees/97066",
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                "url": "http://michiganelections.io/api/parties/5/?format=api",
                "id": 5,
                "name": "Nonpartisan",
                "color": "#999"
            }
        },
        {
            "url": "http://michiganelections.io/api/candidates/113553/?format=api",
            "id": 113553,
            "name": "Corwin Smidt",
            "description": "",
            "reference_url": "https://cfrsearch.nictusa.com/committees/97055",
            "party": {
                "url": "http://michiganelections.io/api/parties/5/?format=api",
                "id": 5,
                "name": "Nonpartisan",
                "color": "#999"
            }
        },
        {
            "url": "http://michiganelections.io/api/candidates/113534/?format=api",
            "id": 113534,
            "name": "Dedria Humphries Barker",
            "description": "",
            "reference_url": "https://cfrsearch.nictusa.com/committees/97068",
            "party": {
                "url": "http://michiganelections.io/api/parties/5/?format=api",
                "id": 5,
                "name": "Nonpartisan",
                "color": "#999"
            }
        },
        {
            "url": "http://michiganelections.io/api/candidates/113543/?format=api",
            "id": 113543,
            "name": "Derek Melot",
            "description": "",
            "reference_url": "https://cfrsearch.nictusa.com/committees/97065",
            "party": {
                "url": "http://michiganelections.io/api/parties/5/?format=api",
                "id": 5,
                "name": "Nonpartisan",
                "color": "#999"
            }
        },
        {
            "url": "http://michiganelections.io/api/candidates/113544/?format=api",
            "id": 113544,
            "name": "Douglas VanBuren Mulkey",
            "description": "",
            "reference_url": "https://cfrsearch.nictusa.com/committees/97075",
            "party": {
                "url": "http://michiganelections.io/api/parties/5/?format=api",
                "id": 5,
                "name": "Nonpartisan",
                "color": "#999"
            }
        },
        {
            "url": "http://michiganelections.io/api/candidates/113529/?format=api",
            "id": 113529,
            "name": "Elizabeth Driscoll Boyd",
            "description": "",
            "reference_url": "https://cfrsearch.nictusa.com/committees/97058",
            "party": {
                "url": "http://michiganelections.io/api/parties/5/?format=api",
                "id": 5,
                "name": "Nonpartisan",
                "color": "#999"
            }
        },
        {
            "url": "http://michiganelections.io/api/candidates/113542/?format=api",
            "id": 113542,
            "name": "Erica Lynn",
            "description": "",
            "reference_url": "https://cfrsearch.nictusa.com/committees/97072",
            "party": {
                "url": "http://michiganelections.io/api/parties/5/?format=api",
                "id": 5,
                "name": "Nonpartisan",
                "color": "#999"
            }
        },
        {
            "url": "http://michiganelections.io/api/candidates/113540/?format=api",
            "id": 113540,
            "name": "Guillermo Z. Lopez",
            "description": "",
            "reference_url": "https://cfrsearch.nictusa.com/committees/97076",
            "party": {
                "url": "http://michiganelections.io/api/parties/5/?format=api",
                "id": 5,
                "name": "Nonpartisan",
                "color": "#999"
            }
        },
        {
            "url": "http://michiganelections.io/api/candidates/113541/?format=api",
            "id": 113541,
            "name": "Heath B. Lowry",
            "description": "",
            "reference_url": "https://cfrsearch.nictusa.com/committees/97047",
            "party": {
                "url": "http://michiganelections.io/api/parties/5/?format=api",
                "id": 5,
                "name": "Nonpartisan",
                "color": "#999"
            }
        },
        {
            "url": "http://michiganelections.io/api/candidates/113558/?format=api",
            "id": 113558,
            "name": "Jason Wilkes",
            "description": "",
            "reference_url": "https://cfrsearch.nictusa.com/committees/97078",
            "party": {
                "url": "http://michiganelections.io/api/parties/5/?format=api",
                "id": 5,
                "name": "Nonpartisan",
                "color": "#999"
            }
        },
        {
            "url": "http://michiganelections.io/api/candidates/113526/?format=api",
            "id": 113526,
            "name": "Jazmin Anderson",
            "description": "",
            "reference_url": "https://cfrsearch.nictusa.com/committees/97057",
            "party": {
                "url": "http://michiganelections.io/api/parties/5/?format=api",
                "id": 5,
                "name": "Nonpartisan",
                "color": "#999"
            }
        },
        {
            "url": "http://michiganelections.io/api/candidates/113545/?format=api",
            "id": 113545,
            "name": "Jerry Norris",
            "description": "",
            "reference_url": "https://cfrsearch.nictusa.com/committees/97073",
            "party": {
                "url": "http://michiganelections.io/api/parties/5/?format=api",
                "id": 5,
                "name": "Nonpartisan",
                "color": "#999"
            }
        },
        {
            "url": "http://michiganelections.io/api/candidates/113539/?format=api",
            "id": 113539,
            "name": "Jesse Lasorda",
            "description": "",
            "reference_url": "https://cfrsearch.nictusa.com/committees/97060",
            "party": {
                "url": "http://michiganelections.io/api/parties/5/?format=api",
                "id": 5,
                "name": "Nonpartisan",
                "color": "#999"
            }
        },
        {
            "url": "http://michiganelections.io/api/candidates/113528/?format=api",
            "id": 113528,
            "name": "Joan Bauer",
            "description": "",
            "reference_url": "https://cfrsearch.nictusa.com/committees/97053",
            "party": {
                "url": "http://michiganelections.io/api/parties/5/?format=api",
                "id": 5,
                "name": "Nonpartisan",
                "color": "#999"
            }
        },
        {
            "url": "http://michiganelections.io/api/candidates/113557/?format=api",
            "id": 113557,
            "name": "Jody Washington",
            "description": "",
            "reference_url": "https://cfrsearch.nictusa.com/committees/97044",
            "party": {
                "url": "http://michiganelections.io/api/parties/5/?format=api",
                "id": 5,
                "name": "Nonpartisan",
                "color": "#999"
            }
        },
        {
            "url": "http://michiganelections.io/api/candidates/113556/?format=api",
            "id": 113556,
            "name": "Julie Vandenboom",
            "description": "",
            "reference_url": "https://cfrsearch.nictusa.com/committees/97045",
            "party": {
                "url": "http://michiganelections.io/api/parties/5/?format=api",
                "id": 5,
                "name": "Nonpartisan",
                "color": "#999"
            }
        },
        {
            "url": "http://michiganelections.io/api/candidates/113550/?format=api",
            "id": 113550,
            "name": "Justin M. Sheehan",
            "description": "",
            "reference_url": "https://cfrsearch.nictusa.com/committees/97071",
            "party": {
                "url": "http://michiganelections.io/api/parties/5/?format=api",
                "id": 5,
                "name": "Nonpartisan",
                "color": "#999"
            }
        },
        {
            "url": "http://michiganelections.io/api/candidates/113559/?format=api",
            "id": 113559,
            "name": "Keith A. Williams",
            "description": "",
            "reference_url": "https://cfrsearch.nictusa.com/committees/97077",
            "party": {
                "url": "http://michiganelections.io/api/parties/5/?format=api",
                "id": 5,
                "name": "Nonpartisan",
                "color": "#999"
            }
        },
        {
            "url": "http://michiganelections.io/api/candidates/113527/?format=api",
            "id": 113527,
            "name": "Layna Anderson",
            "description": "",
            "reference_url": "https://cfrsearch.nictusa.com/committees/97070",
            "party": {
                "url": "http://michiganelections.io/api/parties/5/?format=api",
                "id": 5,
                "name": "Nonpartisan",
                "color": "#999"
            }
        },
        {
            "url": "http://michiganelections.io/api/candidates/113552/?format=api",
            "id": 113552,
            "name": "Lori Adams Simon",
            "description": "",
            "reference_url": "https://cfrsearch.nictusa.com/committees/97052",
            "party": {
                "url": "http://michiganelections.io/api/parties/5/?format=api",
                "id": 5,
                "name": "Nonpartisan",
                "color": "#999"
            }
        },
        {
            "url": "http://michiganelections.io/api/candidates/113532/?format=api",
            "id": 113532,
            "name": "Michéle K. Fickes",
            "description": "",
            "reference_url": "https://cfrsearch.nictusa.com/committees/97048",
            "party": {
                "url": "http://michiganelections.io/api/parties/5/?format=api",
                "id": 5,
                "name": "Nonpartisan",
                "color": "#999"
            }
        },
        {
            "url": "http://michiganelections.io/api/candidates/113554/?format=api",
            "id": 113554,
            "name": "Miranda Swartz",
            "description": "",
            "reference_url": "https://cfrsearch.nictusa.com/committees/97069",
            "party": {
                "url": "http://michiganelections.io/api/parties/5/?format=api",
                "id": 5,
                "name": "Nonpartisan",
                "color": "#999"
            }
        },
        {
            "url": "http://michiganelections.io/api/candidates/113549/?format=api",
            "id": 113549,
            "name": "Mitch Rice",
            "description": "",
            "reference_url": "https://cfrsearch.nictusa.com/committees/97051",
            "party": {
                "url": "http://michiganelections.io/api/parties/5/?format=api",
                "id": 5,
                "name": "Nonpartisan",
                "color": "#999"
            }
        },
        {
            "url": "http://michiganelections.io/api/candidates/113535/?format=api",
            "id": 113535,
            "name": "Monte D. Jackson II",
            "description": "",
            "reference_url": "https://cfrsearch.nictusa.com/committees/97059",
            "party": {
                "url": "http://michiganelections.io/api/parties/5/?format=api",
                "id": 5,
                "name": "Nonpartisan",
                "color": "#999"
            }
        },
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            "url": "http://michiganelections.io/api/candidates/113548/?format=api",
            "id": 113548,
            "name": "Muhammad A. Qawwee II",
            "description": "",
            "reference_url": "https://cfrsearch.nictusa.com/committees/97056",
            "party": {
                "url": "http://michiganelections.io/api/parties/5/?format=api",
                "id": 5,
                "name": "Nonpartisan",
                "color": "#999"
            }
        },
        {
            "url": "http://michiganelections.io/api/candidates/113561/?format=api",
            "id": 113561,
            "name": "Nicklas W. Zande",
            "description": "",
            "reference_url": "https://cfrsearch.nictusa.com/committees/97043",
            "party": {
                "url": "http://michiganelections.io/api/parties/5/?format=api",
                "id": 5,
                "name": "Nonpartisan",
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            }
        },
        {
            "url": "http://michiganelections.io/api/candidates/113531/?format=api",
            "id": 113531,
            "name": "Randy Dykhuis",
            "description": "",
            "reference_url": "https://cfrsearch.nictusa.com/committees/97046",
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                "url": "http://michiganelections.io/api/parties/5/?format=api",
                "id": 5,
                "name": "Nonpartisan",
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        {
            "url": "http://michiganelections.io/api/candidates/113560/?format=api",
            "id": 113560,
            "name": "Ross Yednock",
            "description": "",
            "reference_url": "https://cfrsearch.nictusa.com/committees/97063",
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                "url": "http://michiganelections.io/api/parties/5/?format=api",
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        },
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            "url": "http://michiganelections.io/api/candidates/113537/?format=api",
            "id": 113537,
            "name": "Samuel Klahn",
            "description": "",
            "reference_url": "https://cfrsearch.nictusa.com/committees/97064",
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                "url": "http://michiganelections.io/api/parties/5/?format=api",
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            "url": "http://michiganelections.io/api/candidates/113555/?format=api",
            "id": 113555,
            "name": "Simon Terhaar",
            "description": "",
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                "url": "http://michiganelections.io/api/parties/5/?format=api",
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            "url": "http://michiganelections.io/api/candidates/113551/?format=api",
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            "url": "http://michiganelections.io/api/candidates/113547/?format=api",
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            "name": "Stephen Purchase",
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                "url": "http://michiganelections.io/api/parties/5/?format=api",
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            "url": "http://michiganelections.io/api/candidates/113546/?format=api",
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            "name": "Ted O'Dell",
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                "url": "http://michiganelections.io/api/parties/5/?format=api",
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            "url": "http://michiganelections.io/api/candidates/113538/?format=api",
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            "name": "Tim Knowlton",
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                "url": "http://michiganelections.io/api/parties/5/?format=api",
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        "url": "http://michiganelections.io/api/elections/56/?format=api",
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        "date": "2024-05-07",
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        "url": "http://michiganelections.io/api/districts/112/?format=api",
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