Attorney General Lynn Fitch announced for Governor last week. Several Mississippi primaries have featured at least three current and former statewide elected officials as candidates. Email newsletter signupThe 1955 Democratic gubernatorial primary featured an illustrious field including sitting Attorney General James P. Coleman, former Gov. Fitch was the sixth woman elected to statewide constitutional office, elected State Treasurer in 2011 and re-elected in 2015. Governor in 1975 and Fitch was elected Attorney General in 2019.