Iter 1 - Task 1: Fix Legacy Code

[wuizard3]

Story 1.1: Investigate the civic_api_to_representative_paramsmethod to understand the current implementation.

Points: 1

Story 1.2: To verify the functionality, write a characterization test for the civic_api_to_representative_paramsmethod.

Points: 1

Story 1.3: Modify the code to ensure it can handle representatives already present in the database without errors.

Points: 1

Story 1.4: Run the test to ensure the fix works correctly.

Points: 1

Story 1.5: Reinitialize the database locally (drop, create, migrate, seed) after changes.

Points: 1

Story 1.6: Reinitialize the database on Heroku (destroy and recreate the PostgreSQL database, run migrations).

Points: 1

[trishashish]

Updated to https://github.com/cs169/fa24-chips-10.5-22/issues/2