Full Name:
Mikel Weisser
Gender:
Male
Family:
Wife: Beth; 3 Children: Samuel, Valerie, Victoria
Birth Date:
02/07/1959
Birth Place:
Reymondville, TX
Home City:
Kingman, AZ
Religion:
Pantheist
MEd, Secondary Education, Northern Arizona University, 2001-2005, Grade Point Average of 3.8
MA, Literature, University of Illinois at Springfield, 1989-1999, Grade Point Average of 3.9
Candidate, United States House of Representatives, Arizona, District 4, 2014, 2016
Elected Delegate for Congressional District, 99% Delegation, 2012
Representative, Continental Congress 2.0, 2012
Elected PC/State Delegate, Mohave County Democratic Party, 2010-2012
Candidate, United States House of Representatives, District 4, 2012
Field Director, Beth Weisser for State Senate, 2009-2010
Volunteer, Democratic Party, 2004-2009
Vice Chair, Arizona Democratic Party Progressive Caucus, 2013-present
Member/Delegate, Arizona Education Association Council, 2008-present
Member, Arizona Education Association Small Schools Caucus, 2008-present
Regional Advisor/Member, Arizona State Democratic Party LGBT Caucus, 2008-present
Member, Arizona Education Association Ethnic Minority Caucus, 2008-2012
Member, Arizona Education Association LGBT Caucus, 2008-2012
Member, Arizona Education Association Resolutions Committee, 2010-2012
Advisor, Arizona State Democratic Party LGBT Caucus, 2010-2012
Member, Fund Council, Arizona Education Association, 2010-2012
Member, Peace and Justice Caucus National Education Association, 2012
Co-Owner/Consultant, Weisser Solutions, 2015-present
Organizer, So-Hi Peacesign Themepark, Cohillican Productions, 2007-present
Chicken Farmer, present
Former Ditch-Digger
Former Social Worker
Former Upholsterer's Apprentice
Former Sailor
Former Air Conditioning Installer
Former Radio DJ
Former Construction Worker
Former Sandwich Maker
Former Painter/Plumber/Carpenter
Teacher, White Cliffs Middle School, 2011-2012
Political Humor Columnist, 1989-2011
Teacher, Bullhead Junior High, 2001-2011
Columnist, Various, 1989-2011
Freelance Journalist, Illinois Times, 2000
Freelance Journalist, Illinois Times, 2000
Substitute Teacher, 2000
Program Coordinator, Helping Hands Homeless Shelter, 1996-1999
Program Coordinator, Helping Hands Homeless Shelter, 1996-1999
Manager, King Harvest Food Co-op, 1988-1990
Plumber, 1985-1987
Charter Member, Democracy for American - Arizona, 2013-present
Secretary, Mohave County Democratic Party, 2012-present
Activist, Occupy Kingman, Arizona, 2011-present
Member, Progressive Democrats of Arizona, 2011-present
Delegate, Mohave County Democratic Party, 2010-present
Member, Code Pink, 2007-present
Performance Coach, Arizona Arts Commission, present
Community Arts Organizer/Muralist, City of Kingsman, Arizona, present
Host, Kingman Area Books are Magic, present
Member, NORAZ Poets, present
State Director, National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws (NORML), present
Volunteer, Promise Arizona, present
Former Volunteer, Mohave County Library
Political Director, Safer Arizona, 2013-2015
Member/Delegate, American Economic Association, 2008-2012
Member, American Parkinson Disease Association Arizona, 2011-2012
Member, Greater Phoenix Area Move On Council, 2012
Protest Disorganizer, Occupy Kingman, Arizona, 2011-2012
Representative, Bullhead Elementary Education Association, 2009-2010
Father's Occupation:
Nightclub singer
Publications:
Stories from the TV Generations (1989)
Gossip (1990)
Sampler Pack (1992)
Songs of Assonance and Experymence (1993)
Simple Calender (2000)
VERB*I*AGE (2004)
Leaving The Empire (2010)