McKim Mitchell | |
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Member of the New HampshireHouseofRepresentatives from the Cheshire 26th district | |
In office 1998–2004 | |
Governor | Jeanne Shaheen Craig Benson |
Personal details | |
Born | McKim William Mitchell March 31,1954 |
Political party | Democratic |
Spouse | Jon Glende [1] |
McKim William Mitchell (born March 31,1954) is a former American politician,who served in the New Hampshire House of Representatives from 1998 to 2004. A member of the Democratic Party,he represented Cheshire County,and served on the House Judiciary and Finance committees.
Openly gay,he served as a cochair of the New Hampshire chapter of the Stonewall Democrats. [2] When the General Court debated legislation in 2004 to ban same-sex marriage in New Hampshire,Mitchell spoke against the legislation by telling about his rejection by his parents and brother,who had not invited him to spend a family holiday with them in over 25 years despite living on the same road. [3]
In the 2004 election,Mitchell ran for a seat in the New Hampshire State Senate,against incumbent Thomas R. Eaton in Senate District 10. [4] He narrowly lost that election,and subsequently opened a sawmill business in Chesterfield. [5]