Opposition & Defensive Research
We develop meticulously researched but straightforward summaries and reports, categorized and chronological to ensure each client maximizes the material. Each
research report includes an attack or defense strategy detailing how best to use the information to gain an advantage over the opponent.
Our summaries are fully attributed and are tailored for easy and immediate use in campaign literature,
earned and paid media. Research categories include:
Personal/Professional Records
Personal Background Check Summaries, including: education verification, real estate records, legal history, and law firm/lobbying activities,
bar complaints, discrimination or employment disputes, conflicts of interest, FEC contributions, corporate filings, for-profit and not-for-profit
registered agent filings.
Campaign Finance
- Contribution and Expenditure Reports, Ethics Complaints, and Personal Financial Statements Summaries and Analyses.
- Analysis of Contributions by Industry with Ties to Bad Actors (e.g. PAC contributions, Enron, vouchers, oil, tobacco, alcohol, gambling, contributors, doing
business with the state).
Legal Records
- Public Records Summaries, including: civil and criminal court records (multiple jurisdictions), corporate/business filings, district residency, tax payment
records, property appraisal records, military records, bankruptcies.
- Personal Voting History.
Office Holder Voting Record
- Legislative (state and local) Voting Record (where available), including analysis, flip-flops, broken promises.
- Positions on Major Issues Overview including key commission votes. Interim Reports and Reports Overseen (where applicable).
- Other Governmental, Quasi-Governmental and Local Office Voting Records (where applicable).
News Search
- Lexis-Nexis Newspaper and Professional Journal Searches and Summaries. Local/ "BMarket"
- Paper Search and Summary.
- Public statements, testimony, letters to the editor.
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