On August 2, 2007, Keiffer Mitchell's father, who was the treasurer for his campaign, resigned after revelations that he was spending campaign money for personal use. Some of the money was spent to stay his wife at a hotel after knee surgery, while other money withdrawn by checks payable to cash. Maryland law prohibits spending campaign money for personal uses. The younger Mitchell was forthright with the press about the issue, and expressed his disappointment. He has since hired William D. Mulholland as the campaign's treasures. Several days before the election the Mitchell family troubles again made headlines when Keiffer Mitchell's father publicly threatened to evict the campaign headquarters from an office building he owned.