# CommitteeType

> [!NOTE]
> **Note:** This enumeration isn't used with officeholder, pre-election, and election results feed types.

The following table lists the enumerations for the type of committee in the
[`CommitteeClassification`](https://developers.google.com/civics-data/reference/committee-classification)
entity:

| Value | Description |
|---|---|
| `candidate` | Candidates for federal or state office |
| `party` | Federal party committees; state party committees and state level legislative caucus committees |
| `independent-spender` | All federal type independent spenders; and any state committees identified as independent spenders in states that data is provided and collected |
| `pacs` | All federal PACs; State level PAC data is not collected by OS, unless the PAC is an independent spender. In that case the PAC would be coded as "Independent Spender" |
| `ballot-measure-committee` | State level only. These are committees specifically raising and spending money for statewide ballot measures |