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. Hood was first elected Attorney General in 2003, defeating Republican Scott Newton. A former ...

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

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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 Mis ...

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

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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

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from the 74th District

Runoff

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

, former director of the

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of Mississippi Declined *

, incumbent Attorney General ( Ran for Governor)

Results

General election

Endorsements

Predictions

Results

By congressional district

Fitch won 3 of 4 congressional districts.

References

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Mississippi Attorney General elections