The2019 Mississippi Attorney General election was held on November 5, 2019, to elect the Attorney General of Mississippi. IncumbentJim Hood declined to seek re-election to a fifth term, instead running unsuccessfully for Governor.[ 1] State Treasurer Lynn Fitch won the Republican nomination in a primary runoff against Andy Taggart, and she defeated Democratic nomineeJennifer 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.[ 2]
Eliminated in runoff [ edit ] Eliminated in primary [ edit ] Republican primary results[ 3] Party Candidate Votes % Republican Lynn Fitch 163,733 44.2 Republican Andy Taggart 105,689 28.6 Republican Mark Baker 100,598 27.2 Total votes 370,020 100.0
Republican runoff results[ 4] Party Candidate Votes % Republican Lynn Fitch 168,278 52.1 Republican Andy Taggart 154,807 47.9 Total votes 323,085 100.0
Declined
Democratic primary results[ 5] Party Candidate Votes % Democratic Jennifer Riley Collins 253,042 100.0 Total votes 253,042 100.0
Source Ranking As of Cook [ 7] Likely R(flip) October 25, 2019
County[ 9] Jennifer Riley Collins Lynn Fitch Margin Total # % # % # % Adams 6,112 57.97% 4,432 42.03% -1,680 -15.93% 10,544 Alcorn 2,210 19.68% 9,019 80.32% 6,809 60.64% 11,229 Amite 2,098 40.64% 3,064 59.36% 966 18.71% 5,162 Attala 2,376 40.53% 3,486 59.47% 1,110 18.94% 5,862 Benton 894 35.36% 1,634 64.64% 740 29.27% 2,528 Bolivar 6,239 63.66% 3,562 36.34% -2,677 -27.31% 9,801 Calhoun 1,628 32.22% 3,425 67.78% 1,797 35.56% 5,053 Carroll 1,218 29.76% 2,875 70.24% 1,657 40.48% 4,093 Chickasaw 3,095 48.43% 3,296 51.57% 201 3.15% 6,391 Choctaw 881 29.29% 2,127 70.71% 1,246 41.42% 3,008 Claiborne 3,082 84.81% 552 15.19% -2,530 -69.62% 3,634 Clarke 2,160 33.90% 4,212 66.10% 2,052 32.20% 6,372 Clay 4,197 57.99% 3,040 42.01% -1,157 -15.99% 7,237 Coahoma 3,183 67.34% 1,544 32.66% -1,639 -34.67% 4,727 Copiah 5,150 53.27% 4,518 46.73% -632 -6.54% 9,668 Covington 2,695 37.59% 4,475 62.41% 1,780 24.83% 7,170 DeSoto 12,381 33.64% 24,422 66.36% 12,041 32.72% 36,803 Forrest 8,701 41.96% 12,036 58.04% 3,335 16.08% 20,737 Franklin 1,296 35.87% 2,317 64.13% 1,021 28.26% 3,613 George 707 13.04% 4,716 86.96% 4,009 73.93% 5,423 Greene 843 20.98% 3,175 79.02% 2,332 58.04% 4,018 Grenada 3,157 43.74% 4,060 56.26% 903 12.51% 7,217 Hancock 2,823 24.21% 8,839 75.79% 6,016 51.59% 11,662 Harrison 16,909 38.18% 27,375 61.82% 10,466 23.63% 44,284 Hinds 53,149 73.74% 18,929 26.26% -34,220 -47.48% 72,078 Holmes 5,167 81.52% 1,171 18.48% -3,996 -63.05% 6,338 Humphreys 2,045 71.35% 821 28.65% -1,224 -42.71% 2,866 Issaquena 259 52.11% 238 47.89% -21 -4.23% 497 Itawamba 1,179 15.83% 6,267 84.17% 5,088 68.33% 7,446 Jackson 10,933 33.53% 21,675 66.47% 10,742 32.94% 32,608 Jasper 3,008 50.59% 2,938 49.41% -70 -1.18% 5,946 Jefferson 2,831 86.18% 454 13.82% -2,377 -72.36% 3,258 Jefferson Davis 2,784 60.53% 1,815 39.47% -969 -21.07% 4,599 Jones 5,871 27.80% 15,249 72.20% 9,378 44.40% 21,120 Kemper 2,497 61.34% 1,574 38.66% -923 -22.67% 4,071 Lafayette 6,535 42.66% 8,783 57.34% 2,248 14.68% 15,318 Lamar 4,259 24.52% 13,107 75.48% 8,848 50.95% 17,366 Lauderdale 8,245 39.12% 12,833 60.88% 4,588 21.77% 21,078 Lawrence 1,826 35.73% 3,284 64.27% 1,458 28.53% 5,110 Leake 2,889 42.03% 3,985 57.97% 1,096 15.94% 6,874 Lee 8,603 34.43% 16,384 65.57% 7,781 31.14% 24,987 Leflore 5,228 68.51% 2,403 31.49% -2,825 -37.02% 7,631 Lincoln 3,604 31.65% 7,783 68.35% 4,179 36.70% 11,387 Lowndes 8,221 46.46% 9,475 53.54% 1,254 7.09% 17,696 Madison 16,420 42.12% 22,563 57.88% 6,143 15.76% 38,983 Marion 2,909 32.97% 5,914 67.03% 3,005 34.06% 8,823 Marshall 4,530 50.50% 4,440 49.50% -90 -1.00% 8,970 Monroe 4,521 37.12% 7,660 62.88% 3,139 25.77% 12,181 Montgomery 1,611 42.12% 2,214 57.88% 603 15.76% 3,825 Neshoba 2,380 29.38% 5,722 70.62% 3,342 41.25% 8,102 Newton 2,242 30.54% 5,099 69.46% 2,857 38.92% 7,341 Noxubee 2,618 74.27% 907 25.73% -1,711 -48.54% 3,525 Oktibbeha 6,436 50.99% 6,186 49.01% -250 -1.98% 12,622 Panola 5,615 47.81% 6,130 52.19% 515 4.38% 11,745 Pearl River 2,441 18.72% 10,598 81.28% 8,157 62.56% 13,039 Perry 1,086 25.16% 3,230 74.84% 2,144 49.68% 4,316 Pike 6,290 49.42% 6,438 50.58% 148 1.16% 12,728 Pontotoc 2,154 22.54% 7,404 77.46% 5,250 54.93% 9,558 Prentiss 2,041 26.55% 5,647 73.45% 3,606 46.90% 7,688 Quitman 1,717 65.58% 901 34.42% -816 -31.17% 2,618 Rankin 13,036 27.90% 33,688 72.10% 20,652 44.20% 46,724 Scott 3,288 41.97% 4,546 58.03% 1,258 16.06% 7,834 Sharkey 1,037 64.85% 562 35.15% -475 -29.71% 1,599 Simpson 3,378 36.19% 5,956 63.81% 2,578 27.62% 9,334 Smith 1,559 24.11% 4,906 75.89% 3,347 51.77% 6,465 Stone 1,392 26.75% 3,811 73.25% 2,419 46.49% 5,203 Sunflower 4,264 67.35% 2,067 32.65% -2,197 -34.70% 6,331 Tallahatchie 2,645 56.69% 2,021 43.31% -624 -13.37% 4,666 Tate 2,774 33.96% 5,394 66.04% 2,620 32.08% 8,168 Tippah 1,473 20.66% 5,656 79.34% 4,183 58.68% 7,129 Tishomingo 1,294 19.18% 5,454 80.82% 4,160 61.65% 6,748 Tunica 1,593 70.71% 660 29.29% -933 -41.41% 2,253 Union 1,654 18.36% 7,355 81.64% 5,701 63.28% 9,009 Walthall 1,952 40.85% 2,827 59.15% 875 18.31% 4,779 Warren 6,850 48.04% 7,408 51.96% 558 3.91% 14,258 Washington 8,174 68.63% 3,736 31.37% -4,438 -37.26% 11,910 Wayne 2,840 38.85% 4,470 61.15% 1,630 22.30% 7,310 Webster 871 21.37% 3,204 78.63% 2,333 57.25% 4,075 Wilkinson 2,345 67.99% 1,104 32.01% -1,241 -35.98% 3,449 Winston 2,892 44.29% 3,638 55.71% 746 11.42% 6,530 Yalobusha 2,301 45.05% 2,807 54.95% 506 9.91% 5,108 Yazoo 4,277 53.11% 3,776 46.89% -501 -6.22% 8,053 Totals 370,068 42.17% 507,468 57.83% 137,400 15.66% 877,536
By congressional district [ edit ] Fitch won three of four congressional districts.[ 10]
^ Pender, Geoff (October 3, 2018)."AG Jim Hood running for governor to help 'least among us' .Clarion Ledger . RetrievedJuly 23, 2019 . ^ Jimmie Gates (November 5, 2019)."Lynn Fitch elected Mississippi's first female attorney general" .The Clarion-Ledger . RetrievedNovember 8, 2019 . ^ "2019 REPUBLICAN PRIMARY" .Mississippi Secretary of State . Archived fromthe original on August 18, 2019. RetrievedAugust 22, 2019 .^ "2019 REPUBLICAN PRIMARY RUNOFF" .Mississippi Secretary of State . Archived fromthe original on September 30, 2019. RetrievedSeptember 30, 2019 .^ "2019 DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY" .Mississippi Secretary of State . Archived fromthe original on August 18, 2019. RetrievedAugust 22, 2019 .^ "Leading Pro-Choice Advocacy Group NARAL Pro-Choice America Endorses Jennifer Riley Collins for Mississippi Attorney General" . July 30, 2019.^ "Handicapping the 2019 and 2020 Attorney General Elections" .The Cook Political Report .Archived from the original on February 16, 2022. RetrievedMarch 29, 2021 .^ Hosemann, Delbert (December 4, 2019)."Official Tabulation of November 5, 2019 General Election Votes Cast for State Offices" (PDF) .Secretary of State of Mississippi Archived (PDF) from the original on July 15, 2025. RetrievedAugust 28, 2025 .^ Hosemann, Delbert (November 5, 2019)."2019 General Election Official Statewide Recapitulation" (PDF) .Secretary of State of Mississippi Archived (PDF) from the original on July 15, 2025. RetrievedAugust 29, 2025 .^ "DRA 2020" .Daves Redistricting . RetrievedAugust 21, 2024 .
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