Mark Mellman
Political strategist
Mark Mellman is one of the nation’s leading public opinion researchers and communication strategists. He is President of the American Association of Political Consultants and CEO of The Mellman Group, a polling and consulting firm whose clients include leading political figures, Fortune 500 companies, and some of the nation’s most important public interest groups. Mellman, who counts among his clients Senate Democratic Leader Harry Reid and House Whip Steny Hoyer, has helped guide the campaigns of twenty-nine U.S. Senators, ten Governors, over two dozen Members of Congress, and numerous state and local officials.
Internationally, Mellman was chief strategist and pollster for Yair Lapid’s stunning rise from zero seats in the Israeli parliament to the country’s second largest party in just one year. Earlier he helped Cesar Gavira become President of Colombia and Luli Basha defeat the international Mayor of the Year in Albania. He has been honored twice for running the Best Campaign outside the U.S. The New York Times’ Nate Silver cited The Mellman Group as the most accurate campaign pollster in the country. As a consultant to the Democratic Leadership, Mellman plays a central role in developing strategies on a variety of issues.
He served as a consultant to CBS News and as a presidential debate analyst for PBS and The Wall Street Journal. Mellman’s op-eds have appeared in The New York Times, Washington Post, The Los Angeles Times and The Wall Street Journal among others, and he writes an influential weekly column for The Hill.
The Common Good hosted Mr. Mellman in October of 2015: “The Campaign 2016: What the Numbers Reveal”.
Twitter: @MarkMellman
