Rachel Mitchell
By Robert Anglen | Arizona Republic
Prominent prosecutor Rachel Mitchell, who weeks ago urged her boss to resign, is launching a bid to succeed Allister Adel as Maricopa County attorney.
Mitchell’s announcement came two days after Adel quit amid ethics investigations, a rebuke by the governor and the botched prosecution of 180 criminal cases.
Mitchell told The Arizona Republic she wants to restore public confidence in the nation’s third largest prosecutorial agency by focusing on justice and not politics.
“What is really important to me is that the person who takes the helm of of the County Attorney’s Office has the experience to do it. No one has more experience than me,” Mitchell said. “It is going to take someone who knows the office inside and out … and has the ability to communicate a vision.”
It was not immediately clear Wednesday if Mitchell needs to resign from her position as a prosecutor to run for the elected office.
Mitchell, a Republican, is best known as a sex crimes prosecutor who has worked in almost every division of the County Attorney’s Office during her 30-year career, including a brief stint as its leader.
Who is Rachel Mitchell? A prosecutor who ‘comes from the point of view where you believe victims’
