page_title: Robby Mook
section_title: Terry McAuliffe campaign
hierarchical_section_title: Robby Mook / Career / Terry McAuliffe campaign
caption_attribution_description: English: en:Robby Mook during the campaign for the en:Maryland gubernatorial election, 2006
context_page_description: Robert E. Mook is an American former political strategist. He was the campaign manager for Hillary Clinton's 2016 presidential campaign.
  Mook worked on state campaigns and on Howard Dean's 2004 presidential campaign. He then joined the Democratic National Committee and worked for Hillary Clinton's 2008 presidential campaign as a state director in three states.
  Mook managed Senator Jeanne Shaheen's campaign as she ran in New Hampshire for election to the United States Senate in fall 2008, served as the executive director of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee in 2012, and was the campaign manager for Terry McAuliffe's successful 2013 gubernatorial campaign.
  In the wake of the 2016 presidential election, Mook drew criticism for his campaign strategy, specifically his reliance on data analytics.
context_section_description: In 2013, Mook left the DCCC and was named the campaign manager of Terry McAuliffe's gubernatorial campaign. That year, Politico named Mook one of their "50 Politicos to Watch." Mook led McAuliffe's campaign to victory. He worked for McAuliffe's political action committee as well as the Virginia Progress PAC, helping in the reelection campaign of Senator Mark Warner in 2014.
caption: Mook during the campaign for the 2006 Maryland gubernatorial election
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