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Lynn Fitch Officially Announces for Attorney General
“A solution-driven conservative running to serve Mississippi”
Madison, MS. For seven years, Treasurer Lynn Fitch has applied conservative principles, a bridge-building mentality, and a solution-driven approach to serve Mississippi as State Treasurer. Today, she officially announces her candidacy to be Mississippi’s next Attorney General at a series of stops across the State.
“It has been such an honor and privilege to serve as your State Treasurer,” said Fitch. “We have successfully accomplished the work I was hired to do as Treasurer, and now I am asking the voters for the opportunity to serve as Attorney General.”
Fitch noted a number of goals successfully achieved during her first seven years leading the State Treasury, including:
- Saving taxpayers over $150 million by proactive management of State debt,
- Returning over $91 million in unclaimed property to families and businesses,
- Restructuring MPACT to make it cost-neutral to Mississippi taxpayers,
- Expanding access to College Savings for nearly 120,000 Mississippians employed at almost 200 payroll deposit partners,
- Providing access to financial education resources to nearly 95,000 students and personal finance training to over 1,400 teachers all at no cost to taxpayers or schools, and
- Drafting our State’s first bond rules for borrowing on the taxpayer credit card.
“Over my 34-year legal career, I have run complex state agencies, worked in private practice, and served as an attorney for the Legislature,” said Fitch. “ I even started my law career as a Special Assistant Attorney General. My broad experience and skill set in law, policy, finance, and administration have uniquely qualified me to be Mississippi’s next Attorney General.”
Fitch shared some of her priorities as Attorney General, including:
- Being a partner to law enforcement and first responders,
- Defending our 2nd Amendment rights and defending all Mississippi laws against outsiders who would substitute their judgment for ours,
- Supporting victims of crime and their families, and protecting Mississippians, especially children, elderly, veterans, and the mentally ill, from unfair and deceptive practices,
- Fighting the opioid crisis, and
- Protecting and support victims of human trafficking.
