United States Congress Data Dictionary of Legislative Documents

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Element Name:	candidate
Description:	The name of the candidate for an election (i.e., the Speaker election). Used only in the totals-by-candidate container.
DTD Content Model:	(#PCDATA)
Attributes:	Name: unaccented-name Description: A name of an individual repesented so that the accented characters are replaced with their unaccented counterparts (e.g., a-acute (á) is represented as the letter a). The purpose of this attribute is to be compatible with search engines and legacy systems. Value(s): CDATA Default Value: #IMPLIED
Parent Elements:	totals-by-candidate