Tracy Sefl is an American political consultant for the Democratic National Committee

Democratic National Committee

The Democratic National Committee is the principal organization governing the United States Democratic Party on a day to day basis. While it is responsible for overseeing the process of writing a platform every four years, the DNC's central focus is on campaign and political activity in support...

. She is Vice-President in the Public Affairs division of the Glover Park Group, specializing in opposition research

Opposition research

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. She holds an M.A. and a Ph.D. in sociology from the University of Illinois at Chicago. During the 2004 presidential campaign, she advised DNC chairman Terry McAuliffe

Terry McAuliffe

Terence Richard "Terry" McAuliffe is a longtime leader and political advisor for the United States Democratic Party. He served as chairman of the Democratic National Committee from 2001 to 2005. He served as Co-Chairman of President William Jefferson Clinton's 1996 re-election campaign and also...

 and conducted rapid-response operations in the John Kerry

John Kerry

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-John Edwards

John Edwards

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 war room. Sefl has also served as communications director for the advocacy group Wal-Mart Watch

Wal-Mart Watch

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, focusing international media attention on Wal-Mart

Wal-Mart

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wage and policy issues and contraception sales policies. She lives in Washington, D.C. with her husband, Darius Tandon.