He is the owner in St. Martin Parish of Mills Cashway Pharmacy in Parks and the president and chief executive officer of Farmers-Merchants Bank and Trust Co. of Breaux Bridge.
[3] In the nonpartisan blanket primary held on October 20, 2007, the incumbent Democratic representative, Sydnie Mae Maraist Durand, did not seek reelection.
[5] Mills guided to passage in 2010 legislation to permit pharmacists to administer medication therapy management services to patients in Louisiana.
Champagne of Jeanerette, another recent Republican convert and a state representative from Iberia Parish, who received 4,040 votes (19 percent).
[9] Two Republicans ran in an April 2, 2011, special election to fill the nine months remaining in Mills' House term.
Jonathan W. Perry of Kaplan won a special election in District 26 on February 19, 2011 and became the newest state senator at that point.
In 2018, Legislative Auditor Daryl Purpera said that the potential exists for fraud involving hundreds of millions of dollars in Medicaid funds.
In a press release, Senator Kennedy said that the public will "happily pay for your doctor if you are too poor to be sick.
"[13] Mills was the deciding vote in block a bill by Representative Gabe Firment from making it to the Senate floor that would have banned minors from receiving gender-affirming care.