Paul Bates doesn’t know what he’s doing on ‘Dan for Mayor’
This isn’t the first time Paul Bates has played the role of campaign manager.
On the new CTV series, “Dan for Mayor,” a bartender named Dan (Fred Ewanuick) decides to run for public office to win back his old girlfriend. And like any proper mayoral candidate, he’s got a campaign manager — in this case, his best friend Jeff (Bates).
Jeff doesn’t necessarily have any political savvy of his own, but does possess one valuable asset: He’s the manager of a photo copy store and knows the difference between a pamphlet and a flier (He even manages to churn out a t-shirt or two, albeit with the worst slogans imaginable).
But before taking on the role as Jeff on “Dan for Mayor,” Bates tells CTV.ca that he was first the campaign manager for his friend (and “22 Minutes” writer) Albert Howell, who launched a bid to become the mayor of Toronto in 2003.
He lost.
As for the similarities between the failed campaign he led in 2003 and his on-screen operation?
“Only the feeling of not knowing what I was doing,” says Bates.
“We didn’t do a heck of a lot.”
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