Research & Communications Services

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Opposition & Defensive Research

We develop meticulously researched but straightforward summaries and reports, categorized and chronological to ensure report includes and attack or defence strategy...

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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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Strategic Communications

with years of experience working with national, state and local media, S&W Capitol Advisors can seamlessly integrate our research into an aggressive earned media stradegy, Whether it is pro-active long-term planning or rapid response, we can help you be heard above the news clutter....

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Strategic Communications

S&W Capitol Advisors has experience working with national television reporter, large national and metro daily newspapers, weekly magazines, and radio.S&W Capitol Advisors can provide your campaign with high quality issue research, issue papers, talking points, tailored press releases and other resourcesto improve your message and campaign activities.

S&W Capitol Advisors will provide issue briefs, shell press releases, talking points, and other press resources. All issue briefs and press materials willprovide sharp contrasts between your agenda and your opponent's. Specifically, we can assist you by:

  • Providing targeted releases, issue briefs and talking points.
  • Providing rapid responses to events and opponent releases.