Target database: US Senate

Summary

The US Senate is one of the two chambers of Congress, responsible for making federal laws, confirming presidential appointments, and ratifying treaties. It consists of 100 senators, two from each state, who serve six-year terms. You can target Senators in a variety of ways using tools in Engaging Networks.

Name	USA / English : Congress - Senate
Major update schedule	Post election, after Senators have taken office and then as needed
Records	100
Region	United States
Single or multi target?	Returns two targets per Zip Code
Can be used for Tweet-to-Target pages?	Yes
Can be used for Click-to-Call pages?	Yes
Can be used for Political Broadcasts?	Yes
Can be used for Data Mapping?	Yes
Allows for target setting filtering?	Yes

Required fields for targeting

The tagged fields above must be used. You cannot substitute different tagged fields or untagged fields.

Tagged Field	Definition
Email address	Email address is the primary key and required on all Engaging Networks pages
Title	Supporters title. Supported values are: Mr. \| Mrs. \| Miss \| Ms. \| Dr.
First Name	Supporter’s First Name
Last Name	Supporter’s Last Name
Address 1	Valid street address
City	Supporter’s City
Region	Supporter's State
Postcode	Valid 5 digit Zip Code
Phone Number	10 digit phone number

Using the supporter's Address 1, City, State and 5 digit Zip Code, Engaging Networks will append +4 to the supporter’s Zip Code to make it a full 9 digit Zip Code. That 9 digit Zip Code is what is used to return the appropriate Senators.

Related databases

In addition there is an USA / English : Congress - House database of 435 Congress members and the President can also be targeted.

Structure

Column name

What it holds

Salutation

The complete salutation of the target, e.g. “Dear Senator Smith,”

Organization

The constituency the target represents, e.g. “Virginia”.

Position held

If appropriate, the position held by the Senator, e.g. “US Senator, Class I”

Title

The target’s title, e.g. “Sen.”

First name

The target’s first name

Last name

The target’s last name

Suffix

The target’s suffix, e.g. “Jr.”

Fax number

Not used

Various address fields

The address fields of the target if available

Party image

URL of their party’s image, used for Twitter actions

Democrat	Republican

Biography 1

Not used

Biography 2

Not used

X Handle (Biography 3)

The X handle of the target if available, e.g. "@MarkWarner"

Biography 4

Committee role, e.g. “Select: Intelligence - Vice Chairman” (can be blank)

Biography 5

Committee/s membership, e.g. “Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs; Finance; Rules and Administration; Budget; Select: Intelligence”

Biography 6

Subcommittee/s, e.g. “Digital Assets; Financial Institutions and Consumer Protection; Securities”

Biography 7

The region, e.g. “Virginia”

Party (Biography 8)

As Bio5 – the target’s political party, e.g. “Democrat”

Search Id (for political database mapping)

A unique ID for the constituency, e.g. “VAS01, OHS01, NJS01”