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 SourceRankingAs ofCookOctober 25, 2019

Results

By county CountyJennifer Riley CollinsDemocraticLynn FitchRepublicanMarginTotal#%#%#%Adams6,11257.97%4,43242.03%-1,680-15.93%10,544Alcorn2,21019.68%9,01980.32%6,80960.64%11,229Amite2,09840.64%3,06459.36%96618.71%5,162Attala2,37640.53%3,48659.47%1,11018.94%5,862Benton89435.36%1,63464.64%74029.27%2,528Bolivar6,23963.66%3,56236.34%-2,677-27.31%9,801Calhoun1,62832.22%3,42567.78%1,79735.56%5,053Carroll1,21829.76%2,87570.24%1,65740.48%4,093Chickasaw3,09548.43%3,29651.57%2013.15%6,391Choctaw88129.29%2,12770.71%1,24641.42%3,008Claiborne3,08284.81%55215.19%-2,530-69.62%3,634Clarke2,16033.90%4,21266.10%2,05232.20%6,372Clay4,19757.99%3,04042.01%-1,157-15.99%7,237Coahoma3,18367.34%1,54432.66%-1,639-34.67%4,727Copiah5,15053.27%4,51846.73%-632-6.54%9,668Covington2,69537.59%4,47562.41%1,78024.83%7,170DeSoto12,38133.64%24,42266.36%12,04132.72%36,803Forrest8,70141.96%12,03658.04%3,33516.08%20,737Franklin1,29635.87%2,31764.13%1,02128.26%3,613George70713.04%4,71686.96%4,00973.93%5,423Greene84320.98%3,17579.02%2,33258.04%4,018Grenada3,15743.74%4,06056.26%90312.51%7,217Hancock2,82324.21%8,83975.79%6,01651.59%11,662Harrison16,90938.18%27,37561.82%10,46623.63%44,284Hinds53,14973.74%18,92926.26%-34,220-47.48%72,078Holmes5,16781.52%1,17118.48%-3,996-63.05%6,338Humphreys2,04571.35%82128.65%-1,224-42.71%2,866Issaquena25952.11%23847.89%-21-4.23%497Itawamba1,17915.83%6,26784.17%5,08868.33%7,446Jackson10,93333.53%21,67566.47%10,74232.94%32,608Jasper3,00850.59%2,93849.41%-70-1.18%5,946Jefferson2,83186.18%45413.82%-2,377-72.36%3,258Jefferson Davis2,78460.53%1,81539.47%-969-21.07%4,599Jones5,87127.80%15,24972.20%9,37844.40%21,120Kemper2,49761.34%1,57438.66%-923-22.67%4,071Lafayette6,53542.66%8,78357.34%2,24814.68%15,318Lamar4,25924.52%13,10775.48%8,84850.95%17,366Lauderdale8,24539.12%12,83360.88%4,58821.77%21,078Lawrence1,82635.73%3,28464.27%1,45828.53%5,110Leake2,88942.03%3,98557.97%1,09615.94%6,874Lee8,60334.43%16,38465.57%7,78131.14%24,987Leflore5,22868.51%2,40331.49%-2,825-37.02%7,631Lincoln3,60431.65%7,78368.35%4,17936.70%11,387Lowndes8,22146.46%9,47553.54%1,2547.09%17,696Madison16,42042.12%22,56357.88%6,14315.76%38,983Marion2,90932.97%5,91467.03%3,00534.06%8,823Marshall4,53050.50%4,44049.50%-90-1.00%8,970Monroe4,52137.12%7,66062.88%3,13925.77%12,181Montgomery1,61142.12%2,21457.88%60315.76%3,825Neshoba2,38029.38%5,72270.62%3,34241.25%8,102Newton2,24230.54%5,09969.46%2,85738.92%7,341Noxubee2,61874.27%90725.73%-1,711-48.54%3,525Oktibbeha6,43650.99%6,18649.01%-250-1.98%12,622Panola5,61547.81%6,13052.19%5154.38%11,745Pearl River2,44118.72%10,59881.28%8,15762.56%13,039Perry1,08625.16%3,23074.84%2,14449.68%4,316Pike6,29049.42%6,43850.58%1481.16%12,728Pontotoc2,15422.54%7,40477.46%5,25054.93%9,558Prentiss2,04126.55%5,64773.45%3,60646.90%7,688Quitman1,71765.58%90134.42%-816-31.17%2,618Rankin13,03627.90%33,68872.10%20,65244.20%46,724Scott3,28841.97%4,54658.03%1,25816.06%7,834Sharkey1,03764.85%56235.15%-475-29.71%1,599Simpson3,37836.19%5,95663.81%2,57827.62%9,334Smith1,55924.11%4,90675.89%3,34751.77%6,465Stone1,39226.75%3,81173.25%2,41946.49%5,203Sunflower4,26467.35%2,06732.65%-2,197-34.70%6,331Tallahatchie2,64556.69%2,02143.31%-624-13.37%4,666Tate2,77433.96%5,39466.04%2,62032.08%8,168Tippah1,47320.66%5,65679.34%4,18358.68%7,129Tishomingo1,29419.18%5,45480.82%4,16061.65%6,748Tunica1,59370.71%66029.29%-933-41.41%2,253Union1,65418.36%7,35581.64%5,70163.28%9,009Walthall1,95240.85%2,82759.15%87518.31%4,779Warren6,85048.04%7,40851.96%5583.91%14,258Washington8,17468.63%3,73631.37%-4,438-37.26%11,910Wayne2,84038.85%4,47061.15%1,63022.30%7,310Webster87121.37%3,20478.63%2,33357.25%4,075Wilkinson2,34567.99%1,10432.01%-1,241-35.98%3,449Winston2,89244.29%3,63855.71%74611.42%6,530Yalobusha2,30145.05%2,80754.95%5069.91%5,108Yazoo4,27753.11%3,77646.89%-501-6.22%8,053Totals370,06842.17%507,46857.83%137,40015.66%877,536 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) Lauderdale (largest city: Meridian) Lawrence (largest city: Monticello) Leake (largest city: Carthage) Lowndes (largest city: Columbus) Monroe (largest city: Amory) Montgomery (largest city: Winona) Panola (largest city: Batesville) Perry (largest city: Richton) Pike (largest city: McComb) Pontotoc (largest city: Pontotoc) Prentiss (largest city: Booneville) 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) Warren (largest city: Vicksburg) Wayne (largest city: Waynesboro) Webster (largest city: Eupora) Winston (largest city: Louisville) Yalobusha (largest city: Water Valley)

By congressional district Fitch won three of four congressional districts. District Riley Collins Fitch Representative 34% 66%Trent Kelly 64% 36%Bennie Thompson 39% 61%Michael Guest 32% 68%Steven Palazzo

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