The 2019 Mississippi Attorney General election was held on November 5, 2019, to elect the Attorney General of Mississippi. Incumbent

Jim Hood James Matthew Hood (born May 15, 1962) is an American lawyer and politician who served as the 39th Attorney General of Mississippi from 2004 to 2020. A member of the Democratic Party (United States), Democratic Party, he was first elected in 20 ...

declined to seek re-election to a fifth term, instead running unsuccessfully for Governor.

State Treasurer In the state governments of the United States, 48 of the 50 states have the executive position of treasurer. New York abolished the position in 1926; duties were transferred to New York State Comptroller. Texas abolished the position of Texas ...

Lynn Fitch Lynn Fitch (born October 5, 1961) is an American lawyer, politician, and the 40th Mississippi Attorney General. She is the first woman to serve in the role and the first Republican since 1878. Previously, she was the 54th State Treasurer of Missi ...

won the Republican nomination in a primary runoff against Andy Taggart, and she defeated Democratic nominee

Jennifer Riley Collins Jennifer A. Riley Collins is an American attorney and politician. Riley Collins is from Meridian, Mississippi. She graduated from Meridian High School and earned her bachelor's degree from Alcorn State University in 1987. She earned a master's ...

in the general election. Fitch became the first Republican to hold the office since 1878, as well as the first woman to ever be elected to the position in state history. It also marked the first time in over a century where no members of the Democratic Party held statewide office.

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

, Treasurer of Mississippi

Eliminated in runoff

*Andy Taggart, Madison County supervisor

Eliminated in primary

* Mark Baker, member of the

Mississippi House of Representatives The Mississippi House of Representatives is the lower house of the Mississippi Legislature, the lawmaking body of the U.S. state of Mississippi. According to the state constitution of 1890, it is to comprise no more than 122 members elected fo ...

from the 74th District

Runoff

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

, former director of the American Civil Liberties Union of Mississippi Declined *

, incumbent Attorney General ( Ran for Governor)

Results

General election

Endorsements

Results

References

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