Mitchell and Mitchell in 2009 Senate

The daughter of Senate Majority Leader Libby Mitchell, D-Vassalboro, plans to run for the State Senate.

In addition, Senate Minority leadership will seek reelection, and Rep. David Miramant, D-Camden, has a confirmed opponent in the race for Senate

Elizabeth Mitchell, from Portland, will run for Ethan Strimling’s seat, her mom confirmed Wednesday.

Libby Mitchell has filed for re-election herself, and said previously that she may eye the Senate President’s seat.

The mother-daughter team served together in the Maine House of Representatives when Libby Mitchell was Speaker of the House in 1997.

The fact that they have the same birth name is confusing.

“I always went by Libby, so we never thought it would be a problem,” Libby Mitchell said.

In other filings with the Ethics Commission, Senate Minority Leader Carol Weston, R-Montville, and Assistant Senate Minority Leader Richard Rosen, R-Bucksport, will seek reelection.

Both Weston, who is in her third term, and Rosen, who is in his second term, are working hard for a Republican Senate majority in 2009. Weston said previously that she will seek the Senate presidency if this goal is achieved.

Also, current Rep. Christopher Rector, R-Thomaston, will challenge Miramant in the race for Senate District 22. Rector filed to run for the seat Wednesday.

The seat is being vacated by Sen. Christine Savage, R-Union, who is termed out.