DC Elections Tracker

Background

Who is running in local DC elections, and how is each race evolving (candidates, campaign finance, and shifting momentum) in something close to real time?

This tracker keeps every DC race — candidates, campaign finance, and week-to-week momentum — in one readable place, refreshed nightly. Local races have outsized effects on federal policy, urban planning, and infrastructure, but the volume of candidates and finance filings makes them hard for voters and journalists to follow without digging through government spreadsheets. The early data already hints that fundraising momentum tracks closely with ballot-access success.

How It Works

I vibe-coded this: I described the pipeline to an AI agent, let it scaffold the scrapers and the build, then iterated until the numbers checked out. The whole thing is serverless and about as boring as infrastructure gets, which is the point:

• Data sources: the DC Board of Elections API and public campaign-finance portals, reshaped into trend lines that track fundraising momentum and candidate status over time.
• Backend: nightly GitHub Actions workflows refresh the data and rebuild the site. No server to babysit, and it's hosted free on GitHub Pages.
• UX: a static, fast, mobile-friendly dashboard that loads instantly on any device.

[View the Live Dashboard] | [View the Code]