Republican Attorney General Lynn Fitch did not announce a run for governor at the Neshoba County Fair on Wednesday, instead using her appearance on the Founders Square stage to highlight work by her office, according to her remarks and a report by the Magnolia Tribune.
Fitch, a two-term attorney general who is routinely mentioned among possible Republican candidates for Mississippi governor in 2027, left fairgoers without a clear signal about her political plans, the Magnolia Tribune reported.
She praised the state’s direction and urged strategic, conservative governance while declining to disclose her electoral intentions. “The choices we make in the next few years will determine if we become that leader in conservative governance,” Fitch told the crowd, according to the Magnolia Tribune. The newspaper also reported this week that Fitch will make her intentions known “soon,” but gave no indication of which office she might seek.
Fitch recounted accomplishments by the attorney general’s office, saying it led litigation that contributed to overturning Roe v. Wade. “I am honored to have led with my Attorney General’s team on one of the biggest cases in our nation’s history,” she said, according to the Magnolia Tribune. She also cited work with the Trump administration on human trafficking, recovery of more than $101 million for taxpayers, the One Pill Can Kill initiative to combat fentanyl overdoses, and prosecutions of Medicaid fraud.
The attorney general said her office was first to sue to block a Biden administration policy related to school sports and facilities under Title IX, and said the Supreme Court blocked the administration from acting. She also credited the Capitol Complex Improvement District and Attorney General prosecutors with helping reduce murders in Jackson by 30 percent, she said, according to the Magnolia Tribune.
Fitch closed by pledging to put Mississippians’ interests first if they continue to trust her to serve. “I will choose progress over motion. I will build bridges and forge partnerships,” she said, according to the Magnolia Tribune.
Jon Ross Myers is the executive editor and publisher of the Mississippi News Network, Mississippi's largest digital only media company. He can be reached at editor@tippahnews.com
