Libby Mitchell: Veteran lawmaker says she’s ready for Blaine House

May 5, 2010

The Bangor Daily News had the following to say on Libby this morning:

AUGUSTA, Maine — When Elizabeth “Libby” Mitchell was elected speaker of the House in 1996, the veteran state lawmaker became the first woman to hold one of the Maine Legislature’s two top leadership positions.

Mitchell made history again 12 years later — this time on a national scale — with her election as president of the Maine Senate, thereby becoming the first woman to lead both chambers of a state legislature.

Now, the former teacher, housing administrator and lawyer is waging a campaign for governor that, if successful, would make Mitchell the first woman to occupy the Blaine House.

Read the entire article at the Bangor Daily News.