Thomas Bates

Thomas Bates

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Thomas Bates is the Executive Director and a co-Founder of Democrats Work. He has been active in a number of political organizations and campaigns, beginning in 1992 when he volunteered after high school basketball practice at the Clinton-Gore National Campaign Headquarters in Arkansas. While at Duke University, he volunteered on David Price's successful 1996 congressional campaign and then served on his staff in both Washington, D.C. and North Carolina from 1997 to 2001, including as his Communications Director and Deputy Campaign Manager. Thomas was president of the NYU Law School Democrats where he implemented the first Democrats Work projects in partnership with the College Democrats and Young Democrats. During the 2004 election, he helped organize the voter-protection legal network in North Carolina. Until recently, he practiced law at Cooley Godward in San Francisco. He lives and works in Seattle.

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A Home for Edwards Supporters

Posted February 6, 2008 | 09:35 PM (EST)

It didn't take long for the speculation to begin about where supporters of John Edwards will end up on Super Tuesday and beyond: with Hillary Clinton or Barack Obama. Based on where Edwards began and ended his bid for the presidency -- the Ninth Ward of New Orleans - and...

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