19 Facts About Rachel Mitchell

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Rachel Hope Mitchell was born on 1967 and is an American attorney serving as the County Attorney for Maricopa County, Arizona since April 2022.

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Rachel Mitchell was appointed to the position following the resignation of Allister Adel and won the 2022 special election.

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In 2018, Mitchell rose to national prominence when she was requested by the Senate Judiciary Committee to serve as Nomination Investigative Counsel and question both Christine Blasey Ford and Brett Kavanaugh on September 27,2018, during Kavanaugh's widely publicized confirmation hearings for Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States.

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Rachel Mitchell is a first-generation Arizonan whose father grew up on a farm in Arkansas and whose mother grew up in a small town in Pennsylvania.

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Rachel Mitchell attended Arizona State University in 1985, took a course at Phoenix College in the summer of 1987, and got a Bachelor of Science degree from Grand Canyon College, now known as Grand Canyon University.

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Rachel Mitchell earned her JD degree in 1992 from the ASU's College of Law.

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Rachel Mitchell worked at the Arizona Capitol Times newspaper in the late 1980s.

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Rachel Mitchell interviewed candidates running for elected office and wrote summaries of decisions by the courts.

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Rachel Mitchell later worked as adjunct faculty at Grand Canyon University, where she taught a three-credit course on the court system.

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Rachel Mitchell has been a current, registered member of the Arizona bar since 1993.

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Rachel Mitchell made headlines in 2016 after allowing a golden retriever mix named Sam to assist children when they were testifying about traumatic episodes.

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Rachel Mitchell's name appears on a list of Arizona "lobbyist updates" for the week of March 26,2018.

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In September 2018, Rachel Mitchell took a leave of absence from the Maricopa County Attorney's Office in order to serve as Investigative Counsel for the Senate Judiciary Committee, during the confirmation hearings of Brett Kavanaugh for Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States.

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Rachel Mitchell was brought in by the Republican senators in the committee, and questioned Ford and Kavanaugh.

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On September 29,2018, and October 6,2018, Rachel Mitchell was portrayed by actress Aidy Bryant in the Saturday Night Live opening sketch, and referred to in the "Weekend Update" segment.

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Rachel Mitchell got the job after Montgomery's longtime chief deputy Mark Faull left on medical leave and his replacement Michael McVey was accused of having an inappropriate relationship with another county employee.

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Rachel Mitchell was the Republican nominee in the 2022 special election defeating Anni Foster and Gina Godbehere for the nomination.

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Rachel Mitchell was named the prosecutor of the year by her office in 2006.

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Nubia Rodriguez allege that Ms Rachel Mitchell had contributed to prosecutorial misconduct committed by Maricopa County prosecutors in an attempt to get their client convicted of negligent homicide in the death of Phoenix police officer Paul Rutherford.