Merge pull request #200 from openstates/bill-import-sponsor-name-strip

Bill import sponsor name strip

Author: jessemortenson

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## 6.25.3 - Jul 16, 2026
+* Fixes a resolve_person matching bug when scraper forgets to strip whitespace from person name
+
 ## 6.25.2 - Jun 3, 2026
 * Adds an --ignore-role-warnings flag to people lint CLI to reduce verbosity
 

openstates/importers/base.py

@@ -587,6 +587,7 @@ def resolve_person(
             # if we're just resolving on name, include other names and family name
             name = spec["name"]
             name = re.sub(r"\s+", " ", name)
+            name = name.strip()
             spec = (
                 Q(name__iexact=name)
                 | Q(other_names__name__iexact=name)

pyproject.toml

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [tool.poetry]
 name = "openstates"
-version = "6.25.2"
+version = "6.25.3"
 description = "core infrastructure for the openstates project"
 authors = ["James Turk <dev@jamesturk.net>"]
 license = "MIT"