21 Facts About Mitch Harper

Mitchell Van "Mitch" Harper is an American politician from Fort Wayne, Indiana.

Mitch Harper was elected as a Fort Wayne Common Council member from the 4th District on November 6,2007.

Mitch Harper was elected to a second term on November 8,2011.

At 22 years of age, Mitch Harper was the youngest member of the Indiana House.

Mitch Harper was an Alternate Delegate to the Republican National Convention in 1976; he served as Delegate to the Republican National Convention in 2008.

Mitch Harper is presently a member of the Indiana Republican State Committee by virtue of having been elected as Chairman of the Third Congressional District Republican Committee.

Mitch Harper is a native of New Haven, Indiana, and a lifelong resident of Allen County.

Mitch Harper grew up living above the family funeral business founded by his great-grandfather, Edward, in 1889.

Mitch Harper's great-great-grandfather, William Harper, was a pioneer settler in Allen County, Indiana.

William Mitch Harper had immigrated to the United States from County Tyrone, Ireland.

Mitch Harper is a graduate of Indiana University and the Indiana University Robert H McKinney School of Law.

Mitch Harper was selected by the Council of State Governments as a Henry Toll Fellow in the first year of that program.

Mitch Harper has served as an adjunct instructor at the University of Saint Francis in Fort Wayne.

Mitch Harper was the 2007 Republican nominee for the Fourth District Fort Wayne Common Council seat.

Mitch Harper handily won the seat in the fall election with a nearly 60 percent margin.

Mitch Harper succeeded Tom Hayhurst, a Democrat who did not seek re-election.

Mitch Harper won renomination as the Republican candidate for the Fourth District Common Council seat in the May 3,2011, primary election.

Mitch Harper won re-election with over 64 percent of votes cast on November 8,2011.

Mitch Harper officially announced his candidacy for the Republican nomination for mayor of Fort Wayne on January 30,2015.

Mitch Harper won the Republican mayoral nomination on May 5,2015, with 84 percent of the vote over three challengers.

Mitch Harper lost the general election to incumbent Democratic mayor Tom Henry on November 3,2015.