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{{Short description|American politician (born 1940)}}
{{Similar names|J. Elizabeth Mitchell}}
{{BLP sources|date=August 2010}}
{{Use American English|date=December 2016}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=December 2016}}
{{Infobox officeholder
|name = Libby Mitchell
|image =
|office = [[List of presidents of the Maine Senate|President of the Maine Senate]]
|term_start = 2008
|term_end = 2010
|predecessor = [[Beth Edmonds]]
|successor = [[Kevin Raye]]
|state_senate1 = Maine
|district1 = 24th
|term_start1 = 2004
|term_end1 = 2010
|predecessor1 = 
|successor1 = [[Roger Katz]]
|office2 = [[Speaker of the Maine House of Representatives]]
|term_start2 = 1997
|term_end2 = 1999
|predecessor2 = [[Dan Gwadosky]]
|successor2 = [[G. Steven Rowe|Steven Rowe]]
|birth_name = Elizabeth Anne Harrill
|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1940|6|22}}
|birth_place = [[Gaffney, South Carolina|Gaffney]], [[South Carolina]], U.S.
|death_date =
|death_place =
|party = [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
|spouse = Jim Mitchell
|education = [[Furman University]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]])<br>[[University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill|University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill]] ([[Master of Arts|MA]])<br>[[University of Maine School of Law]] ([[Juris Doctor|JD]])
}}
'''Elizabeth H. Mitchell''' (born '''Elizabeth Anne Harrill''' on June 22, 1940<ref name="mst_mitchell_bio">{{cite news|last=Cover|first=Susan|title=Mitchell: From small town to governor's race|url=http://www.pressherald.com/news/mitchell-from-small-town-to-governors-race_2010-09-12.html|access-date=12 September 2010|newspaper=Maine Sunday Telegram|date=12 September 2010}}</ref>) is an American politician from [[Maine]]. Mitchell, a [[Maine Democratic Party|Democrat]], represented [[Vassalboro, Maine|Vassalboro]], which is part of [[Kennebec County, Maine|Kennebec County]] in the [[Maine Senate]] from 2004 to 2010. Mitchell was also the Democrats' [[2010 Maine gubernatorial election|2010 candidate]] for the office of [[Governor of Maine]]. She finished in third place behind [[Maine Republican Party|Republican]] [[Paul LePage]] and unenrolled attorney [[Eliot Cutler]]. She is the only woman in [[United States]] history to have been elected as both [[Speaker (politics)|speaker]] of her [[Maine House of Representatives|state house of representatives]] and president of her [[Maine Senate|state senate]].<ref name="NCSL">[[Mallory Horne]] of Florida and [[John Hainkel]] of Louisiana were the first and second people, respectively, to do such. [http://ncsl.typepad.com/the_thicket/2011/10/legislators-who-have-served-as-speaker-and-top-senate-leader.html ncsl.typepad.com]</ref>

==Career==
Mitchell represented the 24th State Senate District from 2004 to 2010. She was also the [[Speaker of the Maine House of Representatives]] and as [[President of the Maine Senate]] (2008–2010), becoming the first woman in the United States to have held both positions, and the third person ever to do so.<ref name="mst_mitchell_bio"/><ref name="NCSL"/> Mitchell was a member of the Maine House of Representatives from 1974 through 1984. She ran for the U.S. Senate in [[1984 United States Senate election in Maine|1984]], earning 24% of the vote against incumbent [[William Cohen]]. From 1986 to 1990, Mitchell served as director of the [[Maine State Housing Authority]].<ref name="UMA">{{cite web|url=http://www.uma.edu/mwhof-emitchell.html|title=Elizabeth Mitchell » University of Maine at Augusta|access-date=21 December 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060917132800/http://www.uma.edu/mwhof-emitchell.html|archive-date=September 17, 2006|df=mdy-all}}</ref> She also ran for the U.S. Congress in the 1990 Democratic Primary, finishing third with 17% of the vote. She was again elected to the Maine State Legislature in 1990 and served through 1998. She was Speaker of the House from 1997 through 1998. In 2004, she was elected to serve Maine's 24th district in the senate, and on December 3, 2008, she was unanimously elected as Maine’s 113th Senate President.

==Campaign for governor==
{{Main|2010 Maine gubernatorial election}}
On August 11, 2009, it was announced in the ''[[Portland Press Herald]]'' that Mitchell had filed the paperwork to run for [[Governor of Maine]] in 2010. In the Maine Democratic primary election on June 8, 2010, Mitchell was selected as the Democratic nominee. She faced Republican [[Paul LePage]], and [[Independent (politician)|Independent]] candidates Eliot Cutler, [[Shawn Moody]], and Kevin Scott.<ref>[https://archive.today/20130128160836/http://pressherald.mainetoday.com/story.php?id=276012&ac=PHnws "Elizabeth Mitchell files for governor's race", ''The Portland Press Herald'', March 10, 2010]</ref>

Mitchell conceded in the gubernatorial race at 10:00 PM EST on the evening of the election. Mitchell remarked, "I will be supportive of the next governor, whoever that is" — alluding that it was still uncertain at that hour whether Cutler or LePage would win the race.<ref name="concession">{{cite news|last=Richardson|first=John|title=Mitchell concedes in governor's race|url=http://www.pressherald.com/news/Mitchell-concedes-in-governors-race.html|access-date=2 November 2010|newspaper=Portland Press Herald|date=2 November 2010}}</ref>

With 94% of precincts reporting on the day after the election, the ''[[Bangor Daily News]]'' declared LePage the winner, carrying 38.1% of the votes.<ref name="bdn_lepage_wins">{{cite web|title=BDN projects LePage to win governor's race |url=http://new.bangordailynews.com/2010/11/03/politics/bdn-projects-lepage-wins-governors-race/ |publisher=Bangor Daily NEws |access-date=3 November 2010 |author=Miller, Kevin |author2=Wickenheiser, Matt |date=3 November 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101104132243/http://new.bangordailynews.com/2010/11/03/politics/bdn-projects-lepage-wins-governors-race/ |archive-date=November 4, 2010 }}</ref> Cutler was in second place with 36.7% of the votes (less than 7,500 votes behind LePage), while Mitchell was a distant third with 19%.<ref name=bdn_lepage_wins /> Moody and Scott had 5% and 1%, respectively.<ref name=bdn_lepage_wins /><ref>[http://www.wmtw.com/politics/feature.html Local election results 2010, ''WMTV'']</ref>

===2010 endorsements===
On June 22, 2010, Mitchell was endorsed by the [[Maine AFL-CIO]]. On June 25, 2010, Mitchell was endorsed by the Maine Education Association, which is the state's teachers' union.<ref>[http://www.pressherald.com/news/mitchell-endorsed-by-state-teachers-union-_2010-06-25.html "Mitchell endorsed by state teachers union", ''Portland Press Herald'', June 25, 2010]</ref>

==See also==
*[[List of female speakers of legislatures in the United States]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20080723192650/http://www.mainesenate.org/mitchell/index.shtml Maine Senate President Libby Mitchell] official Maine Senate site
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20101029005110/http://libbymitchellforgovernor.com/ Libby Mitchell for Governor] official campaign site
* {{CongLinks | congbio= | votesmart=6680 | fec= | congress= }}

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