Whitney Lipscombfor Secretary of State

A Gulfport native, Whitney Lipscomb has spent her career taking on Mississippi’s hardest fights, and winning them.

Whitney served four years as Governor Phil Bryant’s Counsel and Deputy Chief of Staff. She advised the Governor on religious liberty protections, worked to defend Second Amendment rights, cut unnecessary regulations that made it harder for Mississippians to work and support their families, and helped advance the 15-week law that would become the center of the Dobbs case.

In 2020, Whitney joined Attorney General Lynn Fitch’s team on day one as Deputy Attorney General, overseeing the Civil, Solicitor General, and Opinions and Policy Divisions, where she oversaw hundreds of active cases at any given time. She led the five-lawyer team that asked the United States Supreme Court to hear Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, the Mississippi case that overturned Roe v. Wade. She also took on human traffickers and the opioid crisis, pushed back on federal overreach from the Biden administration, and helped pass laws protecting women’s sports, protecting Mississippi kids online, and supporting new mothers and families through the Empowerment Project.

Election integrity has been part of Whitney’s work for nearly a decade. She has represented the Attorney General on the State Board of Election Commissioners, reviewed allegations of voter fraud, and worked to fix the law when she found holes in it. This year, Whitney wrote and helped lead a coalition to pass the SHIELD Act — Safeguard Honest Integrity in Elections for Lasting Democracy — which strengthens the process for checking Mississippi’s voter rolls and makes clear that only American citizens vote in American elections. Governor Tate Reeves signed it into law in 2026.

Today, Whitney serves as General Counsel for the Republican Attorneys General Association and leads the Rule of Law Defense Fund, working alongside attorneys general across the country and with the Trump administration on the issues that matter most to families and to states.

Above all else, Whitney is a Christian, a wife, and a mom. She and her husband, Hunter, a veteran and Mississippi National Guardsman, have been married 13 years and are raising their two children, Meyer and Lottie, in Ridgeland.