18 Facts About Lynn Fitch

Lynn Fitch was born on October 5,1961 and is an American lawyer, politician, and the 40th Mississippi Attorney General.

Lynn Fitch is the first woman to serve in the role and the first Republican since 1878.

Lynn Fitch attended University of Mississippi and in five years earned a Bachelor of Business Administration and a Juris Doctor.

Lynn Fitch began practicing law at 23 on the staff of Attorney General Ed Pittman.

Lynn Fitch has worked as a bond lawyer, counsel for the Mississippi House of Representatives Ways and Means Committee, a special assistant attorney general with the Mississippi Attorney General's office, and as deputy executive director at the Mississippi Department of Employment Security.

In 2009, Lynn Fitch was appointed the executive director of the Mississippi State Personnel Board by Governor Haley Barbour.

Lynn Fitch defeated candidate Lucien Smith in the primary and state senator Lee Yancey in a runoff election for the Republican nomination on August 23,2011.

Lynn Fitch went on to defeat Democrat Connie Moran in the November 8,2011 general election with 59 percent of the vote.

Lynn Fitch announced her candidacy for Attorney General of Mississippi on March 14,2018.

Lynn Fitch was sworn into office on January 9,2020.

In 2021, state lawmakers found over 700,000 acres of Mississippi farmland was owned by foreign interests, in violation of state law, and Lynn Fitch failed to enforce the statute banning this practice.

Mississippi's Secretary of State has accused Lynn Fitch of failing to enforce Mississippi's campaign finance laws on numerous occasions.

Lynn Fitch's step-mother has accused Lynn Fitch in court filings of using the Attorney General's Office to intimidate her while the step-mother's husband was ill.

Lynn Fitch called Roe v Wade "egregiously wrong" and argued that the Court should allow a new Mississippi state law banning abortions after 15 weeks to come into effect.

Lynn Fitch has argued that a ban on abortion would empower women and that abortion prevents women from reaching their full potential.

Lynn Fitch's writing was published in the Wall Street Journal, USA Today, Dallas Morning News, The Washington Post, and The Hill.

In 2023, Lynn Fitch declined to defend Mississippi's long-standing vaccination requirements against lawsuits by anti-vaccine groups.

Lynn Fitch is affiliated with the National Association of Attorneys General.