2019 Mississippi Attorney General election

The 2019 Mississippi Attorney General election was held on November 5, 2019, to elect the Attorney General of Mississippi. Incumbent Jim Hood declined to seek re-election to a fifth term, instead running unsuccessfully for Governor. State Treasurer Lynn Fitch won the Republican nomination in a primary runoff against Andy Taggart, and she defeated Democratic nominee Jennifer Riley Collins 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

• Lynn Fitch, Treasurer of Mississippi

Eliminated in runoff

• Andy Taggart, Madison County supervisor

Eliminated in primary

• Mark Baker, member of the Mississippi House of Representatives from the 74th District

Runoff

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

• Jennifer Riley Collins, former director of the American Civil Liberties Union of Mississippi

Declined

• Jim Hood, incumbent Attorney General (Ran for Governor)

Results

General election

Endorsements

Predictions

Results

By county

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

• Alcorn (largest city: Corinth)
• Amite (largest city: Gloster)
• Attala (largest city: Kosciusko)
• Benton (largest municipality: Ashland)
• Calhoun (largest city: Bruce)
• Carroll (largest city: Vaiden)
• Chickasaw (largest city: Houston)
• Choctaw (largest city: Ackerman)
• Clarke (largest city: Quitman)
• Covington (largest city: Collins)
• Forrest (largest city: Hattiesburg)
• Franklin (largest city: Bude)
• Grenada (largest city: Grenada)
• Itawamba (largest city: Fulton)
• Lafayette (largest city: Oxford)
• Lowndes (largest city: Columbus)
• Lauderdale (largest city: Meridian)
• Lawrence (largest city: Monticello)
• Leake (largest city: Carthage)
• Monroe (largest city: Amory)
• Montgomery (largest city: Winona)
• Perry (largest city: Richton)
• Pontotoc (largest city: Pontotoc)
• Prentiss (largest city: Booneville)
• Panola (largest city: Batesville)
• Pike (largest city: McComb)
• Scott (largest city: Forest)
• Simpson (largest city: Magee)
• Tate (largest city: Senatobia)
• Tippah (largest city: Ripley)
• Union (largest city: New Albany)
• Walthall (largest city: Tylertown)
• Wayne (largest city: Waynesboro)
• Webster (largest city: Eupora)
• Warren (largest city: Vicksburg)
• Winston (largest city: Louisville)
• Yalobusha (largest city: Water Valley)

By congressional district

Fitch won three of four congressional districts.

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