Harry E. Mitchell (born July 18, 1940) is the current congressman representing 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.
Born and raised in Tempe, Mitchell earned a bachelor's degree in political science from Arizona State University in 1962. ...
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Harry E. Mitchell (born July 18, 1940) is the current congressman representing 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.
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. Despite being elected city councilor in 1970 and mayor in 1980, the part-time nature of Tempe's City Council allowed Mitchell to continue teaching. He did so for twenty-eight years, retiring in 1992.
Mitchell and his wife, Marianne, have been married for over forty five years. They have two children, one of whom, Mark...
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