Keiffer Jackson Mitchell, Jr. is a member of the Baltimore city council and a candidate in the 2007 mayoral election in that city. is the 271st day of the year (272nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1967 (MCMLXVII) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar (the link is to a full 1967 calendar). ... Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... Nickname: Motto: The Greatest City in America,[4] Get in on it. ... Federal courts Supreme Court Circuit Courts of Appeal District Courts Elections Presidential elections Midterm elections Political Parties Democratic Republican Third parties State & Local government Governors Legislatures (List) State Courts Local Government Other countries Atlas  Politics Portal      Further information: Politics of the United States#Organization of American political parties The Democratic... Parren James Mitchell (b. ... Clarence M. Mitchell, Jr. ... Flag Seal Nickname: Monument City, Charm City, Mob Town, B-more Motto: Get In On It (formerly The City That Reads and The Greatest City in America; BELIEVE is not the official motto but rather a specific campaign) Location Location of Baltimore in Maryland Coordinates , Government Country State County United... Official language(s) None (English, de facto) Capital Annapolis Largest city Baltimore Area  Ranked 42nd  - Total 12,407 sq mi (32,133 km²)  - Width 90 miles (145 km)  - Length 249 miles (400 km)  - % water 21  - Latitude 37°53N to 39°43N  - Longitude 75°4W to 79°33... The Methodist movement is a group of denominations of Protestant Christianity. ... Nickname: Motto: The Greatest City in America,[4] Get in on it. ... The next Baltimore mayoral election will take place on November 6, 2007. ...

Background

Mitchell was born in Baltimore, Maryland on September 28, 1967, into a political family, He is the grandson of Clarence M. Mitchell, Jr., and grand-nephew of the late U.S. Congressman Parren Mitchell. His father's older brother, Clarence M. Mitchell, III was a Maryland State Senator, and his father's younger brother, Michael B. Mitchell, Sr. was a Baltimore City Councilman and later Maryland State Senator. At the age of 3, Mitchell took part in his first political campaign, handing out flyers for the State Senate bid of his uncle, Clarence M. Mitchell, III. At twelve, while attending Baltimore's Boys' Latin School of Maryland, he organized a "Kids-for-Carter" campaign to support then Georgia Governor Jimmy Carter in his bid for the presidency. As an undergraduate at Emory University, he volunteered at the Democratic National Convention in Atlanta, and demonstrated against the Ku Klux Klan in rural Georgia. Clarence M. Mitchell, Jr. ... Parren James Mitchell (b. ... The Boys Latin School of Maryland is a private, all-boys, college-preparatory school located in Baltimore, Maryland. ... James Earl Jimmy Carter, Jr. ... Emory University is a private university located in the city of Atlanta, Georgia. ... Members of the second Ku Klux Klan at a rally during the 1920s. ...

Education

Mitchell graduated from Boys' Latin in Baltimore, and attended Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia, where he graduated with a degree in Political Science. He received a law degree from the District of Columbia School of Law in 1994. The Boys Latin School of Maryland is a private, all-boys, college-preparatory school located in Baltimore, Maryland. ... Emory University is a private university located in the city of Atlanta, Georgia. ... ...

Career

While in college Mitchell served as a White House intern under the Clinton Administration, and as a law clerk for the NAACP Legal Defense Fund and later with the Maryland Public Defender's Office and the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee. In 1995, Mitchell returned to Boys' Latin School, to teach United States, African-American, and Maryland history. That same year, he was elected to the Baltimore City Council, serving as Chairman of the Education and Human Resources Committee and Vice-Chairman of the Judiciary Committee. President Clintons Cabinet, circa 1993 Headed by President of the United States Bill Clinton, the Clinton Administation was the executive branch of the federal government of the United States from 1993 to 2001. ... DSCC can also refer to Defense Supply Center, Columbus. ...

Mitchell served as a delegate to the Democratic National Convention in Los Angeles and was appointed Chairman of Baltimore's Human Services Commission. Two years later, he was re-elected to the City Council, named to the Democratic State Central Committee and appointed 2nd Vice-Chair of the Maryland Democratic Party. The 2000 National Convention of the U.S. Democratic Party nominated Vice President Al Gore for President and Connecticut Senator Joe Lieberman as his Vice President. ... Flag Seal Nickname: City of Angels Location Location within Los Angeles County in the state of California Coordinates , Government State County California Los Angeles County Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa (D) Geographical characteristics Area     City 1,290. ...

In 2002 Mitchell left Boys' Latin to further his own education with brokerage firm A.G. Edwards and later the Harbor Bank of Maryland. A.G. Edwards, Inc. ...

Re-elected in 2004 to his third and current city council term, Mitchell serves as a member of the Judiciary and Legislative Committee and the Education, Housing, Health and Human Services Committee. In 1999 and in 2005, he was voted Baltimore's "Best Politician" by the City Paper. Baltimore City Paper is a free alternative weekly paper published in Baltimore, Maryland. ...

Among his community activities are membership on the Echo Hill Outdoor School Board, the Family Tree Board, the Habitat for Humanity Board, and the Board of Trustees of the Boys' Latin School. A lifelong parishioner at Sharp Street United Methodist Church, he lives in Baltimore's historic Bolton Hill, where he serves on the board of his neighborhood association.

Mayoral Campaign

On January 19, 2007, Mitchell returned to the corner of Pennsylvania Avenue and Laurens Street, one of the initial sites of his "Take Back the Streets" campaign, to announce his candidacy for Mayor of Baltimore. His campaign has focused on criticism of Mayor Sheila Dixon's leadership especially in dealing with escalating crime.^[1] In a poll of likely democratic voters released by the Baltimore Sun on July 16, 2007, Mitchell trailed Dixon by 32% with less than 2 months remaining in the election.^[2]. Sheila Dixon is the 48th Mayor of Baltimore, Maryland. ...

References

External link

• http://www.keiffermitchell.com/