# Companies with political activity

`GET` `https://api.unusualwhales.com/api/politics/fec/companies`

Every public company with tracked political activity: confirmed corporate PAC count, PAC-tier
contribution totals, employee-tier estimates (estimated contributions by self-reported employees, kept separate from PAC numbers), party split, and lobbying spend for the cycle.
Sorted by PAC total.


## Authentication

```
Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY
```

## Query Parameters

| Name | Type | Required | Description |
|------|------|----------|-------------|
| `cycle` | integer | No | Two-year election cycle, e.g. 2026. Defaults to the current cycle. |
| `min_total` | integer | No | Minimum combined total. |
| `page` | integer | No | Page number (default 1). |
| `limit` | integer | No | Rows per page (default 50, max 200). |



## Example

### curl

```bash
curl -X GET "https://api.unusualwhales.com/api/politics/fec/companies" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" \
  -H "Accept: application/json"
```

### Python

```python
import http.client

conn = http.client.HTTPSConnection("api.unusualwhales.com")
headers = {"Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_API_KEY", "Accept": "application/json"}
conn.request("GET", "/api/politics/fec/companies", headers=headers)
response = conn.getresponse()
print(response.read().decode("utf-8"))
```

## Response Example

```json
{
  "cycle": 2026,
  "data": [
    {
      "company_name": "HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC",
      "cycle": 2026,
      "employee_contribution_count": 12,
      "employee_dem_total": "3280.00",
      "employee_rep_total": "0.00",
      "employee_total_estimated": "3280.00",
      "lobbying_total": "5230000.00",
      "other_total": "7000.00",
      "pac_contribution_count": 915,
      "pac_count": 1,
      "pac_dem_total": "821220.00",
      "pac_rep_total": "953280.00",
      "pac_total": "1781500.00",
      "ticker": "HON"
    }
  ],
  "limit": 50,
  "page": 1
}
```