Edwin M. Mitchell Jr.

Mitchell was born and raised in Southport, earned a Marine Science degree from Southern Maine Vocational Technical Institute and a U.S. Coast Guard Master's License, and joined the Department of Marine Resources as a Marine Patrol Specialist in 1988, per the campaign site. After about 12 years enforcing Maine's fisheries laws, Mitchell became a certified logging professional, lobsterman and sawmill operator, and with his wife has run the Boothbay Craft Brewery & Tavern and an RV resort for about 20 years, per the campaign site. Mitchell served on the Maine Brewers' Guild board from 2009 to 2013 and the Boothbay Region Chamber of Commerce board from 2010 to 2012, per the campaign site.