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Governor': 'ltgov', 'Attorney General': 'ag', 'Secretary of State': 'sos', 'Treasurer': 'treasurer', 'Auditor': 'auditor', 'Controller': 'controller', 'Agriculture Commissioner': 'ag-commissioner', 'Insurance Commissioner': 'insurance-commissioner', 'Labor Commissioner': 'labor-commissioner', 'Superintendent of Public Instruction': 'superintendent', }; if (officeType in statewideOffices || chamber === 'Statewide') { if (officeType === 'Governor') return `governor.html?st=${state}`; const key = s

No candidate found with ID ${candidateId}. Back to Home `; return; } const c = candidateData; const st = stateFileData.state; const stateName = STATE_NAMES[st] || st; document.title = `${c.full_name} — ${stateName} | MultiState Elections`; setCanonical(`candidate.html?id=${candidateId}`); var _gd = document.getElementById('gen-date') || document.getElementById('gen-date-footer'); if (_gd) _gd.textContent = formatDate(stateFileData.generated_at.split('T')[0]); // Helper functions function partyColorStyle(p) { if (p === 'D') return 'color:var(--ms-dem-blue)'; if (p === 'R') return 'color:var(--ms-rep-red)'; if (p === 'G') return 'color:#2e8b57'; if (p === 'NP') return 'color:var(--ms-gold)'; if (!p) return 'color:var(--ms-other)'; return 'color:var(--ms-purple)'; } function districtUrl(state, chamber, district, officeType) { // Statewide offices route to governor.html or statewide.html const statewideOffices = { 'Governor': null, 'Lt. Governor': 'ltgov', 'Attorney General': 'ag', 'Secretary of State': 'sos', 'Treasurer': 'treasurer', 'Auditor': 'auditor', 'Controller': 'controller', 'Agriculture Commissioner': 'ag-commissioner', 'Insurance Commissioner': 'insurance-commissioner', 'Labor Commissioner': 'labor-commissioner', 'Superintendent of Public Instruction': 'superintendent', }; if (officeType in statewideOffices || chamber === 'Statewide') { if (officeType === 'Governor') return `governor.html?st=${state}`; const key = statewideOffices[officeType] || 'ag'; return `statewid

A shard that loads is authoritative // for its state; the legacy whole-state file is only tried when the shard // fetch itself fails (partially-updated deployment).

No candidate ID specified. Browse candidates from a state page . `; return; } // We need to find which state file contains this candidate. // Strategy: check URL hint param ?st=XX first, then scan all states. const stateHint = (params.get('st') || '').toUpperCase(); let candidateData = null; let stateFileData = null; // Candidate files are sharded by id ({ST}_{id % 16}.json — NUM_SHARDS in // scripts/export_candidate_data.py). A shard that loads is authoritative // for its state; the legacy whole-state file is only tried when the shard // fetch itself fails (partially-updated deployment). async function findInState(st) { let data = null; try { data = await loadJSON(`data/candidates/${st}_${candidateId % 16}.json`); } catch(eShard) { try { data = await loadJSON(`data/candidates/${st}.json`); } catch(eLegacy) { return false; } } const cand = data.candidates.find(c => c.id === candidateId); if (cand) { candidateData = cand; stateFileData = data; return true; } return false; } // Try hint state first if (stateHint && STATE_NAMES[stateHint]) { await findInState(stateHint); } // If not found, scan all states if (!candidateData) { const states = Object.keys(STATE_NAMES); // Try in batches to avoid too many simultaneous requests for (let i = 0; i s !== stateHint); const results = await Promise.all(batch.map(s => findInState(s))); if (results.some(r => r)) break; } } if (!candidateData) { content.innerHTML = `