Rachel Mitchell

Rachel Mitchell
County Attorney of Maricopa County
Incumbent
Assumed office
April 20, 2022
Preceded byAllister Adel
In office
September 5, 2019 – October 3, 2019
Acting
Preceded byBill Montgomery
Succeeded byAllister Adel
Personal details
Born1967 (age 56–57)
Political partyRepublican
EducationGrand Canyon University (BS)
Arizona State University (JD)

Rachel Hope Mitchell (born 1967)[1] is an American attorney serving as the County Attorney for Maricopa County, Arizona since April 2022. She was appointed to the position following the resignation of Allister Adel and won the 2022 special election.[2] In 2019, she briefly served as the acting County Attorney after the appointment of Bill Montgomery to the Arizona Supreme Court.[3] Previously, she was the Chief Deputy County Attorney,[4] and chief of the Special Victims Division.[5]

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.[6][7][8][9]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference azcentral was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Jenkins, Jimmy (November 8, 2022). "Mitchell declares victory in the Maricopa County Attorney's race; Gunnigle concedes". Arizona Republic. Retrieved December 3, 2022.
  3. ^ Boehm, Lauren Castle and Jessica. "Who will replace Bill Montgomery as Maricopa County attorney?". The Arizona Republic.
  4. ^ O'Connor, Meg (August 8, 2019). "Rachel Mitchell Gets Top Job at Montgomery's Office Amid Management Turmoil". Phoenix New Times.
  5. ^ Stracqualursi, Veronica. "Woman representing Republicans at Kavanaugh hearing has lengthy history of prosecuting sex crimes". CNN. Retrieved September 27, 2018.
  6. ^ "GOP Hires Female Sex-Crimes Prosecutor to Question Judge, Accuser". Wall Street Journal. September 25, 2018. Retrieved September 27, 2018.
  7. ^ "Who is Rachel Mitchell, the prosecutor hired to question Kavanaugh's accuser during Senate hearing?". Fox News. September 27, 2018. Retrieved September 27, 2018.
  8. ^ "What We Know About Rachel Mitchell, the Prosecutor Set to Question Christine Blasey Ford". New York Times. September 26, 2018. Retrieved September 27, 2018.
  9. ^ "Rachel Mitchell, an Arizona county sex crimes prosecutor, emerges as top GOP choice to question Kavanaugh accuser before committee". New York Times. September 25, 2018. Retrieved September 27, 2018.