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Michael Mitchell (Arizona)
Michael D. Mitchell was a 2016 Republican write-in candidate who sought election to the U.S. House to represent the 1st Congressional District of Arizona.[1]
Biography
Mitchell graduated from Bohemia Manor High School in Chesapeake City, MD in 1991. He attended Pima Community College in Tucson, AZ. He worked as a journeyman iron worker from 1989 to 2010 and as a drafting contractor from 2010 to 2015. Mitchell served in the US Marines from 1991 to 1993.[2]
Elections
2016
Arizona's 1st Congressional District was a battleground district in 2016. Incumbent Ann Kirkpatrick (D) chose not to seek re-election to pursue a U.S. Senate bid. Tom O'Halleran (D) defeated Paul Babeu (R), Kim Allen (L write-in), and Ray Parrish (G) in the general election on November 8, 2016. Babeu defeated Ken Bennett, Gary Kiehne, Wendy Rogers, Shawn Redd, and David Gowan in the Republican primary, while O'Halleran defeated Miguel Olivas to win the Democratic nomination. The primary elections took place on August 30, 2016.[3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12]
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic |  Tom O'Halleran |
50.7% | 142,219 | |
| Republican | Paul Babeu | 43.4% | 121,745 | |
| Green | Ray Parrish | 6% | 16,746 | |
| Total Votes | 280,710 | |||
| Source: Arizona Secretary of State | ||||
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Paul Babeu |
30.8% | 19,533 | ||
| Gary Kiehne | 23.4% | 14,854 | ||
| Wendy Rogers | 22.4% | 14,222 | ||
| Ken Bennett | 16.7% | 10,578 | ||
| Shawn Redd | 3.3% | 2,098 | ||
| David Gowan | 3.3% | 2,091 | ||
| Total Votes | 63,376 | |||
| Source: Arizona Secretary of State |
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| Candidate | Vote % | Votes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Tom O'Halleran |
58.8% | 30,833 | ||
| Miguel Olivas | 41.2% | 21,632 | ||
| Total Votes | 52,465 | |||
| Source: Arizona Secretary of State |
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Campaign themes
2016
Mitchell issued the following statement regarding his bid for office:
| “ | We the People need to return the Federal Government to the confines of the Constitution. The nation our forefathers intended for us will be lost if we continue in the direction we are headed. I have become very weary of career politicians not up holding their Oath to protect and defend the Constitution. It has become clear to many that our elected officials are in the pocket of special interest groups and corporate elites. I have chosen to run for office to return the tradition of the Citizen Statesman. The Citizen Statesman from the working class may be our only chance! | ” |
| —Michael Mitchell, [2] | ||
Recent news
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See also
- United States House of Representatives
- Arizona's 1st Congressional District election, 2016
- Arizona's 1st Congressional District
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Email submission to Ballotpedia, January 8, 2016
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Information submitted through Ballotpedia's biographical submission form on January 28, 2016
- ↑ Azcentral, "Tom O’Halleran running for Congress as Democrat," August 4, 2015
- ↑ Casa Grande Dispatch, "Coolidge man makes another run for Congress," November 28, 2015
- ↑ WMIcentral.com, "White Mountains’ James Maloney announces bid for Congress," December 14, 2015
- ↑ Southern Arizona News-Examiner, "Republican Gary Kiehne will run again in 2016 for CD1," February 11, 2015
- ↑ Azcentral, "Bennett to run for Congress in 1st District," July 13, 2015
- ↑ Roll Call, "Arizona Sheriff Babeu Enters Race for Kirkpatrick’s Seat," October 5, 2015
- ↑ Azcentral, "Wendy Rogers launches third bid for Congress," January 13, 2016
- ↑ Arizona Secretary of State, "2016 Primary Candidates," accessed June 2, 2016
- ↑ Politico, " Arizona House Primaries Results," August 30, 2016
- ↑ CNN, "Election Results," accessed November 8, 2016
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
