Lynn Fitch, 49, hopes to become the next treasurer of Mississippi. One of three GOP candidates, she faces Lucien Smith and state Senator Lee Yancey. If victorious, she would then face off against Democrat Connie Moran and Reform Party candidate Shawn O'Hara. She has a business administration bachelor's degree and a law degree from the University of Mississippi.
Fitch worked as a private-practice bond attorney. "In those years of private issues, I represented the state in numerous bond issues," she says in her campaign ad. Seeing it from the private side gave her a different angle. Gov. Haley Barbour chose Fitch as executive director of the Mississippi State Personnel Board in 2009. She also served as the deputy executive director of external affairs and support services at the Mississippi Department of Employment Security. Fitch was named one of the 50 Leading Business Women in Mississippi.
She recently received an endorsement from former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, who praised her as "a pro-life conservative leader, who understands how to efficiently spend taxpayer dollars."
Fitch runs on a platform of cutting spending and reducing debt. Fitch shares her campaign focus on fiscal conservatism with her two GOP opponents, but is distinguished by being a female candidate in a largely male-dominated election field, as well as by her background in financing from her experience as a bond attorney. A common theme in her campaign is her assertion that she is a stronger candidate than her rivals because she will be ready on day one, and that she will not need on-the-job training.
Fitch is a strong supporter of the MPACT prepaid college tuition program. "It is a wonderful program, and we need to continue that program."
Fitch cites faith and family as important in times of crisis and making it possible for her to run for office. She says that when she was younger, her father taught her about finance and how to manage money. She has a close relationship with her father and spends time riding horses with him on his farm. Fitch is a native Mississippian, lives in Madison and has three children: Mackenzie, 24; Marye Will, 16; and John Tucker, 13.
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