Target database: US State Senate

Summary

The US State Senate database includes one representatives from the upper chamber of state legislatives. The size, term lengths, and powers of state senates vary by state. You can target State Senators in a variety of ways using tools in Engaging Networks.

Name	USA / English : State Legislature Senate
Major update schedule	Post election, after State Senators have taken office and then as needed
Records	1,986
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
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

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 : State Legislature House database of 5,413 State house members.

Structure

Column name

What it holds

Salutation

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

Organization

The constituency the target represents, e.g. “Virginia State Senate District 10”.

Position held

Not used

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

Target’s fax number, can be blank

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. “@janetimkenoh”

Biography 4

Not used

Biography 5

Representative region, e.g. “VA”.

Biography 6

Not used

Biography 7

Not used

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. “GAS033, OHS029, MNS060”