defeating Anni Foster and Gina Godbehere for the nomination. 2020 nominee Julie Gunnigle was unopposed for the Democrat nomination. Mitchell defeated Gunnigle in the general election with 52.8% of the vote. Recognition Mitchell was named the prosecutor of the year by her office in 2006. Later in her career, she was recognized as the “Outstanding Arizona Sexual Assault Prosecutor of the Year” by Arizona Governor, Janet Napolitano and state attorney general Terry Goddard. References External links Appearances on C-Span.org Mitchell's memo to Republican members of the Senate Judiciary Committee, September 30, 2018, at Axios.com 1967 births 20th-century American lawyers 20th-century American women lawyers 21st-century American lawyers 21st-century American women lawyers American prosecutors American women academics Arizona lawyers Arizona Republicans Arizona State University alumni District attorneys in Arizona Grand Canyon University alumni Grand Canyon University faculty Living people People from Maricopa County, Arizona Phoenix College alumni Sexual assaults in the United States