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Encyclopedia > Harry Mitchell
Harry Mitchell
Harry Mitchell

Incumbent
Assumed office 
January 4, 2007
Preceded by J.D. Hayworth
Succeeded by Incumbent

Born July 18, 1940
Phoenix, Arizona
Political party Democratic
Spouse Marianne Mitchell
Religion Roman Catholic

Harry Mitchell is the current Congressman from Arizona's 5th Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives. Mitchell is a retired teacher, former Mayor and Councilman of Tempe, Arizona, former member of the Arizona State Senate, and former chairman of the Arizona Democratic Party. Image File history File links Harrymitchell. ... Seal of the House of Representatives The United States House of Representatives (or simply the House) is the lower of the two chambers of the United States Congress, the other being the Senate. ... It has been suggested that Arizona Governors Mansion be merged into this article or section. ... Arizonas 5th congressional district contains the northeastern suburbs of Phoenix, including the cites of Scottsdale and Tempe. ... // In politics The incumbent, in politics, is the current holder of a political office. ... January 4 is the 4th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 2007 (MMVII) is a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ... John D. J.D. Hayworth Jr. ... // In politics The incumbent, in politics, is the current holder of a political office. ... July 18 is the 199th day (200th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 166 days remaining. ... Year 1940 (MCMXL) was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1940 calendar). ... Nickname: Valley of the Sun Location in Maricopa County and the state of Arizona Coordinates: Country United States State Arizona Counties Maricopa Incorporated February 25, 1881 Mayor Phil Gordon (D) Area    - City 1,230. ... The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States; the other being the Republican Party. ... The Roman Catholic Church, most often spoken of simply as the Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with over one billion members. ... The House of Representatives is the larger of two houses that make up the U.S. Congress, the other being the United States Senate. ... Downtown Tempe and Arizona State University Tempe (pronounced ) is a city in Maricopa County, Arizona, USA, with a population of 161,143 according to 2005 Census Bureau estimates. ... The debating chamber of the Arizona Senate The Arizona Senate is the upper house for the Arizona Legislature, the state legislature of the U.S. state of Arizona. ...

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Life and career

Born and raised in Tempe, Mitchell earned a bachelor's degree in political science from Arizona State University in 1962. He later earned a master's degree in public administration from ASU in 1980. In 1964, he began teaching American Government and Free Enterprise at Tempe High School, which he had attended and graduated from not long before. The part-time nature of Tempe's City Council allowed Mitchell to continue teaching, and he did so for twenty-eight years, retiring in 1992. Political science is the field of the social sciences concerning the theory and practice of politics and the description and analysis of political systems and political behavior. ... Arizona State University (ASU) is a public institution of higher education and research with several campuses located in the Phoenix Metropolitan Area. ... Public administration can be broadly described as the study and implementation of policy. ...


Mitchell and his wife, Marianne, have been married for over forty years. They have two children, one of whom, Mark Mitchell, currently serves as Vice Mayor of Tempe. Other politically-active members of the his family have included Harry Mitchell's brother, Robert Mitchell, who served as mayor and council member of Casa Grande, Arizona, and his grandfather W.W. Mitchell, who served as a state legislator. Casa Grande is a city located in Pinal County, Arizona. ...


Elected official

In 1970, Harry Mitchell sought and won a seat on the elected-at-large Tempe City Council. Re-elected in 1974, Mitchell then sought the office of Mayor of Tempe in 1980, gaining a majority of votes cast in the primary and avoiding a runoff. He went on to win every subsequent election for Mayor in landslides until his retirement in 1994. A large statue of Mitchell stands just off Mill Avenue, next to City Hall and the other buildings comprising the Harry E. Mitchell Municipal Complex.


Mitchell's work as Mayor is often credited with revitalizing downtown Tempe, and building partnerships between small businesses, communities, corporations, investors, and Arizona State University to manage sustainable economic development and urban growth.


After retiring in 1994, Mitchell sought the Arizona Democratic Party's nomination for Arizona Superintendent of Public Instruction, a constitutionally-mandated statewide-elected official charged with the management of Arizona's public schools. Mitchell narrowly lost in the primary--he attributes his only election loss to his inexperience in partisan races--and his opponent went on to lose the general election.


Four years later, however, Mitchell sought and won a seat in the Arizona Senate, representing Tempe and parts of southern Scottsdale. Even though his district was considered a "swing" district, Mitchell has managed to win with clear majorities in every election since. He has run under Arizona's Clean Elections law each legislative race which provides public financing to state-wide and legislative candidates as long as the candidates abide to certain restrictions and qualifications. The debating chamber of the Arizona Senate The Arizona Senate is the upper house for the Arizona Legislature, the state legislature of the U.S. state of Arizona. ... Scottsdale is a satellite city of Phoenix in Maricopa County, Arizona, USA. Named by the New York Times as The Beverly Hills of the Desert,[2] Scottsdale has become internationally recognized as a premiere and posh tourist destination, while maintaining its own identity and culture as The Wests Most... Clean Elections (also called Clean Money or Voter-Owned Elections) is a system of government financing of political campaigns (a form of campaign finance reform). ...


Facing term limits, Mitchell ran his last campaign for Arizona Senate in 2004. One year later, with the 2006 midterm elections approaching, Mitchell ran unopposed for chair of the Arizona Democratic Party after chairman Jim Pederson stepped down to run for the United States Senate. He was elected on August 20, 2005. The United States midterm elections of 2006 will be held on Tuesday, November 7, 2006. ... Jim Pederson is a businessman, co-founder of the commercial development firm The Pederson Group, and was the Chairman of the Arizona Democratic Party from 2001 to 2005. ...


Mitchell oversaw much of the early ground work as the Arizona Democratic Party prepares for state-wide elections on November 7, 2006. He was instrumental in recapturing the Tucson city council from years of Republican control on February 1, 2006. Nickname: The Old Pueblo Location in Pima County and the state of Arizona Coordinates: Country United States State Arizona Counties Pima Mayor Bob Walkup (R) Area    - City 505. ...


2006 campaign for the U.S. House of Representatives

Mitchell was head of the Arizona Democratic Party when a poll, sponsored by the Arizona Democratic Party and the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, was leaked; the poll showed Republican J. D. Hayworth would be in a tight race against any of a handful of Democratic opponents; the district was rated "Toss-Up" by the Cook Political Report. Mitchell was pressured by several Arizona politicians and Representative Rahm Emmanuel, who is also the head of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, to enter the race against Hayworth. Categories: Politics stubs ... John David J.D. Hayworth Jr. ... Rahm Emanuel Rahm I. Emanuel (born November 29, 1959), an American politician, has been a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives since 2003, representing the 5th Congressional District of Illinois, which covers the northside of Chicago and parts of Cook County. ... Categories: Politics stubs ...


Mitchell stepped down as the chair of the Arizona Democratic Party on April 7, 2006. He entered the race on April 10, 2006. He raised a total of $213,209 for his campaign in less than two weeks.


By of the end of June 2006, Mitchell had nearly $700,000 on hand. An October 16 SurveyUSA poll showed Hayworth leading Mitchell by only 48% to 45%. On October 27, 2006, the Arizona Republic departed from its tradition of endorsing Hayworth, and instead, endorsed Mitchell. The polls demonstrated a slow, but deliberate, growth in the strength of Mitchell's popularity over the next few weeks. October 16 is the 289th day of the year (290th in leap years). ... SurveyUSA is a major polling firm in the United States. ... The Arizona Republic is a newspaper published in Phoenix, Arizona. ...


On the evening of November 7th, election day, most major news media declared Mitchell the winner of the Congressional race, as the state poll numbers demonstrated a clear victory, but Hayworth refused to concede while the prospects for victory remained with the significant number of absentee and early-voting ballots to be counted. As the ballots were counted and the results were updated each day, Hayworth never demonstrated the significant gains he anticipated and ending up losing the election by more than 8,000 votes. Hayworth conceded on Nov. 14. Mitchell did not acknowledge his victory until Nov. 22.


External links

  • Offical US House Website
  • Arizona Republic endorsement of Harry Mitchell
  • Arizona Democratic Party
  • Harry Mitchell's Campaign Website

See also

Preceded by
J. D. Hayworth
United States Representative for the 5th Congressional District of Arizona
January 4, 2007
Succeeded by
Incumbent

  Results from FactBites:
 
CQPolitics.com - Rep. Harry E. Mitchell (D—Ariz.) (377 words)
Mitchell enters Congress already a legend in his hometown, Tempe, which erected a statue of him in honor of his 16 years as mayor.
Mitchell plans to use the political skills he cultivated in Arizona to work with Republicans on Capitol Hill.
Mitchell is the epitome of what you want in a leader.
Harry Mitchell - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (625 words)
Harry Mitchell is a retired teacher, former Mayor and Councilman of Tempe, Arizona, former member of the Arizona State Senate, former chairman of the Arizona Democratic Party and candidate for Arizona's fifth U.S. House district for the 2006 elections.
Mitchell was head of the Arizona Democratic Party when a poll that was sponsored by the Arizona Democratic Party and the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee was leaked and showed J.
Mitchell was pressured by several Arizona politicians and Representative Rahm Emmanuel who doubles as head of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee to enter the race against the weakened Republican opponent.
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