Lynn Fitch

Lynn Fitch (born October 5, 1961) is an American lawyer, politician, and the 40thAttorney General of Mississippi. Previously, she was the 54th State Treasurer of Mississippi from 2012 to 2020.She has been the first Republican woman to hold that position.

Fitch is a native of Marshall County, Mississippi, and grew up in Holly Springs, Mississippi.She attended University of Mississippi where she earned a Bachelor of Business Administration as well as her Juris Doctor, in five years.Fitch has two daughters and one son. She currently lives in Ridgeland, Mississippi.

Fitch has been a bond lawyer, worked for the Mississippi House of Representatives Ways and Means Committee as counsel, and as a special assistant attorney general with the Mississippi Attorney General's office.In 2009, Fitch was named the executive director of the Mississippi State Personnel Board by Governor Haley Barbour.

Fitch defeated state Senator Lee Yancey in a runoff election for the Republican nomination on August 23, 2011.She went on to defeatDemocrat Connie Moran in the November 8, 2011 general election with 59 percent of the vote.

Fitch announced her candidacy for Attorney General of Mississippi on March 14, 2018.In the Republican primary for this office, she defeated State Representative Mark Baker from Brandon, and Andy Taggert, former Chief of Staff to Governor Kirk Fordice and former Madison County Supervisor.Having defeated Democratic candidate Jennifer Riley Collins in the general election, Fitch is the first female to serve as the state's Attorney General and the first Republican to serve in the office since 1878.