Clients
When you’ve been in the business as long as Ross Bates and Thomas Mills, you gain a great deal of experience working in a variety of campaigns and causes. When you work with Bates & Mills Consulting, you get the advantage of all that experience, plus a willingness to apply what we’ve learned to new circumstances and campaign dynamics.
Following are just some of the clients for whom Bates and Mills have worked in the last twenty years:
National
Barack Obama for President (IE)
John Kerry for President (IE)
Howard Dean for President (IE)
Bill Bradley for President
Federal
Congressman Brad Miller (NC)
Congressman Larry Kissell (NC)
Congressman Russ Carnahan (MO)
Congresswoman Nita Lowey (NY)
Congresswoman Nydia Velasquez (NY)
Congressman Don Johnson (GA)
Congressman Buddy Darden (GA)
Congressman Martin Sabo (MN)
Congressman Jim Jontz (IN)
Congressman Sidney Yates (IL)
Congressman Steve Kagen (WI)
Congresswoman Eva Clayton (NC)
Congressman Glenn Nye (VA) (IE)
Congressman Gerry Connolly (VA) (IE)
Congresswoman Suzanne Kosmas (FL) (IE)
Elaine Marshall for U.S. Senate (NC)
Jim Neal for U. S. Senate (NC)
Ellen Simon for Congress (AZ)
Jon Williams for Congress (NC)
Matt Flynn for Congress (WI)
Robin Britt for Congress (NC)
Brent Weaver for Congress (SC)
State Campaigns
Governor Bev Perdue (NC)(IE)
Secretary of State Elaine Marshall (NC)
Lt. Governor Walter Dalton (NC)
Mary Fant Donnan for Labor Commissioner (NC)
Barbara Blackmon for Lieutenant Governor (MS)
G.K. Butterfield for NC Supreme Court
Bob Hunter for NC Supreme Court
State Treasurer Richard Moore (NC)
Court of Appeals Judge Jim Wynn (NC)
J. B. Buxton for Superintendent of Public Instruction (NC)
Comptroller General Jim Lander (SC)
State Legislative Campaigns
Connecticut Senate Caucus
North Carolina Senate Caucus
Missouri House Caucus
North Carolina House Caucus
Pennsylvania House Caucus
State Senator David Adelman (GA)
State Senator Doug Stoner (GA)
State Senator Walter Dalton (NC)
State Senator Ellie Kinnaird (NC)
State Senator Connie Williams (PA)
State Senator Gerald Malloy (SC)
State Senator Janet Howell (VA)
State Representative Alisha Thomas-Morgan (GA)
State Representative David Wilkerson (GA)
State Representative Alice Peisch (MA)
State Representative Lorene Coates (NC)
State Representative Alice Underhill (NC)
State Delegate Katherine Waddell (VA)
Andy Parker for Delegate (VA)
Local/Municipal
Mayor Anthony Foxx (Charlotte, NC)
Mayor Terry Bellamy (Asheville, NC)
Mayor Mark Kleinschmidt, (Chapel Hill, NC)
Mayor Kevin Foy (Chapel Hill, NC)
Mayor Mark Chilton (Carrboro, NC)
Mayor Tony Chavonne (Fayetteville, NC)
County Commissioner Barry Jacobs (Orange County, NC)
County Commissioner Mike Nelson (Orange County, NC)
Superior Court Judge Mary Ann Tally (NC)
Superior Court Judge Alan Thornburg (NC)
Superior Court Judge Allen Baddour (NC)
Superior Court Judge Ed Wilson (NC)
Adam Stein for Superior Court Judge (NC)
District Court Judge Charles Gaylor (NC)
District Attorney Reece Saunders (NC)
Councilman Rodger Koopman (Raleigh, NC)
Alderman Dan Coleman(Carrboro, NC)
School Board Member Beth Burn (Lexington/Richland, SC)
Babylon (NY) Town Democrats
Organizations
Blue America PAC
Missouri Association of Trial Attorneys
National Education Association
National Environmental Trust
New Hampshire Democratic Party
North Carolina Association of Educators
North Carolina Conservation Network
North Carolina Democratic Party
Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers Association
Service Employees International Union
State Employees Association of North Carolina
The Nature Conservancy
Washington Education Association
Check out brief case studies here.