Reading Room Document

Definition of "Candidate" Under 18 U.S.C. § 207(j)(7)

For purposes of the "on behalf of a candidate" exemption contained in section 207(j)(7) of title 18, a successful candidate should be viewed as seeking office until the candidate assumes the office to which he or she has been elected. The OLC does not provide release dates for its opinions, so the release date listed is the date on which the opinion was authored. The original opinion is available at www.justice.gov/file/19331/download.

November 6, 2000