QuarexData — 8 States Live + Federal Coverage

Hi everyone,

Four days ago I launched QuarexData with one state covered (California). Today there are eight. Here's what's now live and what's coming.

State Ballot Measures — 8 States Live

Every measure voters are deciding (or could be deciding) across these states — structured uniformly, sourced directly from each state's Secretary of State or Attorney General, free to browse:

Arizona 11 citizen initiatives · 11 recall petitions (including Governor Hobbs and Senator Kelly) · 1 referendum

California 3 qualified for the November 2026 ballot · 46 in the pipeline with LAO fiscal analysis

Colorado 272 initiatives tracked through the Title Board pipeline (qualification window runs through summer)

Florida 2 qualified constitutional amendments · 19 citizen initiatives in circulation

Maine 3 tracked initiatives (school sports, cannabis, single-payer health care) · all targeting 2027+

Massachusetts 39 initiative petitions (37 certified by AG) · 5 constitutional amendments targeting 2028

Oregon 50 petitions across 4 cycles (2026, 2028, 2030, 2032) · 1 closed Kotek recall

Washington 62 measures across 6 cycles (47 active in 2025, mostly parental rights and tax issues)

Each state's page lets you filter by status, search by sponsor or topic, and download the underlying JSON. Some highlights worth a click: Arizona's three high-profile recall efforts against statewide officials, Massachusetts' voter ID and primary reform fights, and Colorado's massive pipeline of citizen initiatives still working through the Title Board.

Federal Candidate Races — 2026

The other half of QuarexData is federal candidate coverage. Every U.S. House, Senate, and Governor candidate on the 2026 ballot, refreshed weekly. This is the same dataset that powers Quarex's election research.

56 U.S. House districts

33 U.S. Senate races

39 Governor races

House coverage includes all 50 states plus DC, Puerto Rico, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and American Samoa. Senate covers every Class II race plus any 2026 specials. Governor covers every state with a 2026 gubernatorial race plus territories.

Weekly Refresh, Every Monday

All state ballot measure data and federal candidate data is re-scraped every Monday morning. Petition status changes constantly — measures get certified, withdrawn, declined, or qualify for the ballot. Sponsors file new petitions. Candidates file or drop out. Weekly cadence keeps the data fresh.

The Business Model (Reminder)

Free to browse, paid to download.

Free tier: Anyone visits any state page and reads every measure in detail. Forever. No paywall, no signup required. Same goes for federal candidates once that viewer launches.
Paid tier (coming soon): Bulk JSON downloads and API access for journalists, campaigns, PACs, civic tech firms, and academic researchers. Ballotpedia charges $1,000-$56,000/year for similar data. We'll charge a fraction.

Every dollar QuarexData earns funds the broader Quarex ecosystem — AI APIs, hosting, broadcast infrastructure, the free national QuarexRadio feed, the free QuarexNews local pages. Quarex stays free because QuarexData earns.

Browse the new state pages:

All 8 states, free to explore

View QuarexData →

What's Next

More states — the major citizen-initiative states (CA, FL, CO, AZ, MA, ME, OR, WA) are now live. Next: Alaska, Michigan, Missouri, Nevada, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Dakota. Then legislative referrals from all 50 states.
Federal candidate viewer — a public web view of the House/Senate/Governor data, similar to the state measure pages.
Bulk download & API tier — once enough data is live to justify the launch.
Outreach to potential customers — newsrooms, campaigns, advocacy groups, civic tech, academic researchers.

If you know anyone in journalism, political research, or civic tech who might find this useful, please share quarexdata.org. The more eyeballs on the free side, the more potential paying customers on the paid side, the more sustainable Quarex becomes.

Thanks for being part of this.

— Peter