2023 Mississippi Attorney General election

2023 Mississippi Attorney General election
November 7, 2023
 
Nominee Lynn Fitch Greta Kemp Martin
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote 470,870 339,948
Percentage 58.07% 41.93%
Fitch:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%
Martin:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%
Attorney General before election

Lynn Fitch
Republican

 Elected Attorney General

Lynn Fitch
Republican

The 2023 Mississippi Attorney General election was held on November 7, 2023, to elect the Attorney General of Mississippi. Incumbent Republican Attorney General Lynn Fitch was re-elected to a second term in office, defeating Democratic challenger Greta Kemp Martin in a landslide.[1]

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

Results

Republican primary results[3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Lynn Fitch (incumbent) 350,670 100.00%
Total votes 350,670 100.00%

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

  • Greta Kemp Martin, attorney and Disability Rights Mississippi litigation director[4]

Results

Democratic primary results[5]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Greta Kemp Martin 152,682 100.00%
Total votes 152,682 100.00%

General election

Endorsements

Lynn Fitch (R)
Organizations

Polling

Poll source Date(s)
administered		 Sample
size[a]		 Margin
of error		 Lynn
Fitch (R)		 Greta
Martin (D)		 Other Undecided
Mississippi Today/Siena College[11] August 20–28, 2023 650 (LV) ± 4.0% 54% 35% 2%[b] 9%

Results

2023 Mississippi Attorney General election[12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Lynn Fitch (incumbent) 470,870 58.07 +0.24
Democratic Greta Kemp Martin 339,948 41.93 –0.24
Total votes 810,818 100.00 N/A
Republican hold

By county

County[13] Lynn Fitch
Republican		 Greta Kemp Martin
Democratic		 Margin Total
# % # % # %
Adams 3,983 43.06% 5,267 56.94% -1,284 -13.88% 9,250
Alcorn 6,806 81.84% 1,510 18.16% 5,296 63.68% 8,316
Amite 3,223 63.76% 1,832 36.24% 1,391 27.52% 5,055
Attala 3,437 58.64% 2,424 41.36% 1,013 17.28% 5,861
Benton 1,847 66.61% 926 33.39% 921 33.21% 2,773
Bolivar 2,911 36.55% 5,053 63.45% -2,142 -26.90% 7,964
Calhoun 3,256 72.79% 1,217 27.21% 2,039 45.58% 4,473
Carroll 2,501 67.58% 1,200 32.42% 1,301 35.15% 3,701
Chickasaw 2,971 53.35% 2,598 46.65% 373 6.70% 5,569
Choctaw 2,008 72.41% 765 27.59% 1,243 44.83% 2,773
Claiborne 549 18.09% 2,486 81.91% -1,937 -63.82% 3,035
Clarke 3,876 65.72% 2,022 34.28% 1,854 31.43% 5,898
Clay 3,068 43.78% 3,940 56.22% -872 -12.44% 7,008
Coahoma 1,589 31.53% 3,451 68.47% -1,862 -36.94% 5,040
Copiah 4,584 49.50% 4,676 50.50% -92 -0.99% 9,260
Covington 3,971 63.38% 2,294 36.62% 1,677 26.77% 6,265
DeSoto 23,137 62.93% 13,630 37.07% 9,507 25.86% 36,767
Forrest 10,287 56.41% 7,949 43.59% 2,338 12.82% 18,236
Franklin 2,093 65.84% 1,086 34.16% 1,007 31.68% 3,179
George 4,120 87.77% 574 12.23% 3,546 75.54% 4,694
Greene 2,764 80.00% 691 20.00% 2,073 60.00% 3,455
Grenada 4,439 56.12% 3,471 43.88% 968 12.24% 7,910
Hancock 7,974 76.28% 2,480 23.72% 5,494 52.55% 10,454
Harrison 26,460 62.13% 16,127 37.87% 10,333 24.26% 42,587
Hinds 17,145 25.36% 50,458 74.64% -33,313 -49.28% 67,603
Holmes 1,227 21.53% 4,473 78.47% -3,246 -56.95% 5,700
Humphreys 893 30.23% 2,061 69.77% -1,168 -39.54% 2,954
Issaquena 210 49.88% 211 50.12% -1 -0.24% 421
Itawamba 5,968 86.93% 897 13.07% 5,071 73.87% 6,865
Jackson 19,124 67.67% 9,138 32.33% 9,986 35.33% 28,262
Jasper 2,980 50.22% 2,954 49.78% 26 0.44% 5,934
Jefferson 469 17.64% 2,189 82.36% -1,720 -64.71% 2,658
Jefferson Davis 1,729 40.98% 2,490 59.02% -761 -18.04% 4,219
Jones 14,724 72.26% 5,652 27.74% 9,072 44.52% 20,376
Kemper 1,525 41.78% 2,125 58.22% -600 -16.44% 3,650
Lafayette 8,822 59.91% 5,904 40.09% 2,918 19.82% 14,726
Lamar 12,472 74.84% 4,192 25.16% 8,280 49.69% 16,664
Lauderdale 10,966 60.98% 7,016 39.02% 3,950 21.97% 17,982
Lawrence 2,867 64.46% 1,581 35.54% 1,286 28.91% 4,448
Leake 3,901 59.69% 2,634 40.31% 1,267 19.39% 6,535
Lee 15,420 67.08% 7,569 32.92% 7,851 34.15% 22,989
Leflore 2,158 30.72% 4,867 69.28% -2,709 -38.56% 7,025
Lincoln 7,884 69.78% 3,415 30.22% 4,469 39.55% 11,299
Lowndes 9,228 52.61% 8,311 47.39% 917 5.23% 17,539
Madison 21,910 56.75% 16,699 43.25% 5,211 13.50% 38,609
Marion 4,871 66.16% 2,491 33.84% 2,380 32.33% 7,362
Marshall 4,804 54.03% 4,087 45.97% 717 8.06% 8,891
Monroe 7,154 63.98% 4,028 36.02% 3,126 27.96% 11,182
Montgomery 1,720 54.34% 1,445 45.66% 275 8.69% 3,165
Neshoba 5,001 72.96% 1,853 27.04% 3,148 45.93% 6,854
Newton 4,303 68.55% 1,974 31.45% 2,329 37.10% 6,277
Noxubee 886 25.71% 2,560 74.29% -1,674 -48.58% 3,446
Oktibbeha 6,352 50.61% 6,199 49.39% 153 1.22% 12,551
Panola 6,345 56.10% 4,965 43.90% 1,380 12.20% 11,310
Pearl River 8,933 81.22% 2,066 18.78% 6,867 62.43% 10,999
Perry 2,905 76.45% 895 23.55% 2,010 52.89% 3,800
Pike 5,787 49.08% 6,004 50.92% -217 -1.84% 11,791
Pontotoc 7,392 82.36% 1,583 17.64% 5,809 64.72% 8,975
Prentiss 4,851 78.97% 1,292 21.03% 3,559 57.94% 6,143
Quitman 844 38.93% 1,324 61.07% -480 -22.14% 2,168
Rankin 30,958 70.50% 12,955 29.50% 18,003 41.00% 43,913
Scott 4,581 58.15% 3,297 41.85% 1,284 16.30% 7,878
Sharkey 482 32.55% 999 67.45% -517 -34.91% 1,481
Simpson 4,769 63.01% 2,800 36.99% 1,969 26.01% 7,569
Smith 3,765 76.08% 1,184 23.92% 2,581 52.15% 4,949
Stone 3,965 77.85% 1,128 22.15% 2,837 55.70% 5,093
Sunflower 1,924 32.63% 3,972 67.37% -2,048 -34.74% 5,896
Tallahatchie 1,790 46.91% 2,026 53.09% -236 -6.18% 3,816
Tate 5,714 67.18% 2,791 32.82% 2,923 34.37% 8,505
Tippah 4,519 80.41% 1,101 19.59% 3,418 60.82% 5,620
Tishomingo 4,721 83.51% 932 16.49% 3,789 67.03% 5,653
Tunica 667 33.62% 1,317 66.38% -650 -32.76% 1,984
Union 6,232 83.13% 1,265 16.87% 4,967 66.25% 7,497
Walthall 2,951 58.51% 2,093 41.49% 858 17.01% 5,044
Warren 6,872 51.46% 6,482 48.54% 390 2.92% 13,354
Washington 3,082 30.38% 7,063 69.62% -3,981 -39.24% 10,145
Wayne 4,797 64.08% 2,689 35.92% 2,108 28.16% 7,486
Webster 2,726 79.78% 691 20.22% 2,035 59.56% 3,417
Wilkinson 1,105 37.62% 1,832 62.38% -727 -24.75% 2,937
Winston 3,626 56.81% 2,757 43.19% 869 13.61% 6,383
Yalobusha 2,522 58.42% 1,795 41.58% 727 16.84% 4,317
Yazoo 3,478 49.79% 3,508 50.21% -30 -0.43% 6,986
Totals470,87058.07%339,94841.93%130,92216.15%810,818

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

By congressional district

Fitch won three of four congressional districts.[14]

District Fitch Martin Representative
1st 67% 33% Trent Kelly
2nd 38% 62% Bennie Thompson
3rd 62% 38% Michael Guest
4th 69% 31% Mike Ezell

Notes

  1. ↑ Key:
    A – all adults
    RV – registered voters
    LV – likely voters
    V – unclear
  2. ↑ "Not going to vote" with 2%

References

  1. ↑ Williams, Angela (November 7, 2023). "Mississippi Attorney General Lynn Fitch wins re-election". WAPT. Retrieved March 29, 2026.
  2. ↑ "The field is set for 2023 Elections in Mississippi. See who is running in statewide races". Yahoo! News. The Clarion-Ledger. Retrieved March 29, 2026.
  3. ↑ Watson, Michael (August 18, 2023). "2023 Republican Primary Official Results" (PDF). Secretary of State of Mississippi. Archived (PDF) from the original on March 7, 2026. Retrieved March 29, 2026.
  4. ↑ Goldberg, Michael (October 24, 2023). "Democrat running for Mississippi attorney general pitches civil rights reforms as Election Day nears". Associated Press. Retrieved March 29, 2026.
  5. ↑ Watson, Michael (August 18, 2023). "2023 Democratic Primary Certified Results" (PDF). Secretary of State of Mississippi. Archived (PDF) from the original on March 3, 2026. Retrieved March 29, 2026.
  6. ↑ Owens, Mary (June 1, 2023). "SBA Pro-Life America's Candidate Fund Endorses Pro-Life Hero AG Lynn Fitch for Re-election". SBA Pro-Life America. Retrieved March 29, 2026.
  7. ↑ Trifone, Emily (June 20, 2023). "DAGA Endorses Greta Kemp Martin for Mississippi Attorney General". Democratic Attorneys General Association. Retrieved March 29, 2026.
  8. ↑ "Planned Parenthood Southeast Advocates endorses Greta Kemp Martin". DeSoto County News. August 10, 2023. Retrieved March 29, 2026.
  9. ↑ "Reproductive Freedom for All Endorses in Kentucky and Mississippi Attorney General Races". Reproductive Freedom for All. October 11, 2023. Archived from the original on October 11, 2023. Retrieved March 29, 2026.
  10. ↑ "Vote Mama PAC | Candidates". Vote Mama PAC. Archived from the original on November 6, 2023. Retrieved March 29, 2026.
  11. ↑ Mississippi Today/Siena College
  12. ↑ Watson, Michael (December 5, 2023). "Official Tabulation of November 7, 2023, General Election Votes Cast for State Offices" (PDF). Secretary of State of Mississippi. Archived (PDF) from the original on October 8, 2025. Retrieved March 29, 2026.
  13. ↑ Watson, Michael (November 7, 2023). "2023 Statewide Recapitulation Sheet" (PDF). Secretary of State of Mississippi. Archived (PDF) from the original on July 22, 2025. Retrieved March 29, 2026.
  14. ↑ https://davesredistricting.org/maps#viewmap::2a63d0b3-58db-4e59-9b3b-436b221e078a
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