The research department of a campaign is critical to the success of the candidate. It's critical to perform opposition research as well as research things that your opponents might use against your campaign. The research department touches every campaign team from debate prep to communications.

Tony Carrk is a campaign research rockstar after leading the teams for Barack Obama and Hilary Clinton. He gives us a behind the scenes look at what it takes to put together a research summary on a candidate, how research effects other departments, and he shares a few stories from real campaigns.