Rob Muelrath is the founder and principal of Northern California based Muelrath Public Affairs. Through his consulting agency, Muelrath has connections and ties to dozens of elected officials and corporate clients through Sonoma, Napa, and Marin counties. His clientele spans multiple city and county levels, having managed the campaigns of over a dozen elected officials through Sonoma, Napa and Marin, as well as the city level, with candidates in Santa Rosa, Healdsburg, Petaluma, and more.

Altogether, Muelrath’s connections pose a troubling pattern of interconnected corporate and political influence. Allegedly, Muelrath’s strategy includes offering to run candidates campaigns cheaply, often billing them just a couple of hundred dollars for printing and supplies– in turn, once they are elected, he is able to lean on his political clients to support the business deals from his corporate clients, a remarkable alignment of governmental power with business interests wielded by just one man.