Mississippi Attorney General Lynn Fitch on Tuesday announced that she will seek the Republican nomination for governor in 2027, calling herself a “Trump conservative who doesn’t back down from a fight.” “Mississippi is on the verge of moving from the nation’s best-kept secret to the nation’s leader in conservative governance,” Fitch said. Fitch, a Holly Springs native, served two terms as state treasurer before being elected attorney general in 2019. She began her legal career in the attorney general’s office as a special assistant attorney general. Fitch is the first woman to serve as attorney general in the state, and would also be the first woman to serve as Mississippi’s governor, if elected.