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Prosecutor Fani Willis and Judge Scott McAfee win 2024 general election

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Prosecutor Fani Willis and Judge Scott McAfee win 2024 general election

Fulton County Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee and Fulton County Prosecutor Fani Willis defeated their election opponents; see live results.

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Updated at 8:50 p.m.

ATLANTA, Ga. — A local primary race in Georgia with a national audience — the Democratic primary for Fulton County district attorney — has been called for incumbent Fani Willis, according to the Associated Press.

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The AP unofficially called the race for Willis at 7:31 p.m. EDT. Polling stations closed at 7 p.m. She took on Democratic author and attorney Christian Wise Smith.

In the November general election, Willis will face Courtney Kramer, a Republican lawyer who interned in the Trump White House and was involved in Trump’s effort to overturn his 2020 defeat in Georgia, the Washington Post reported.

The other nationally known name on the ballot in Georgia is Fulton County Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee, who was elected Tuesday to his first full term since being appointed to the court. last year, according to the Associated Press.

Both Willis and McAffee are prominent figures in an election subversion case against former President Donald Trump.

With 37 percent of votes counted in McAfee’s race at 8:10 p.m., he had a huge lead with 83.2 percent of the vote over challenger Robert Patillo with 16.8 percent, the New York Times reported.

Willis gained national attention over the past year by leading election case prosecutions against Trump and 18 allies. McAfee also rose to fame running the courtroom.

Below, real-time results are displayed as the Fulton County Election Office updates its tallies.

DISTRICT ATTORNEY – ATLANTA JUDICIAL CIRCUIT – DEMOCRATIC

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JUDGE – SUPERIOR COURT – ATLANTA JUDICIAL CIRCUIT

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Georgians held their presidential primary on March 12, which Trump and President Joe Biden both won handily.

After Tuesday, eight races for the presidential nomination remain: Democrats in Idaho, the District of Columbia, Guam and the Virgin Islands, and both parties in Montana, New Jersey, New Mexico and Dakota South, according to the AP.

Early voting in the primaries began on April 29 and ended on May 17. Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger’s office reported that more than 300,000 in-person ballots were accepted during early voting.

Walton, Union, Walker, Thomas, Richmond, Rockdale, Paulding, Muscogee, Lowndes, Liberty, Henry, Houston, Gwinnett, Hall, Fulton, Cobb, Cherokee, Bibb, Fayette and DeKalb had some of the highest turnout rates among all 159 counties of Georgia.

The majority of the more than 62,00 mail-in ballots were requested, and more than 26,800 of them were returned and accepted, according to data from Raffensperger’s office.

Those listed on the ballot for Superior Court judge alongside McAfee were:

  • Shukura Lageane Ingram (holder)
  • Shermela Williams (holder)
  • Emily Richardson (holder)
  • Tiffany Johnson
  • Robert Patillo
  • Rachel Krause (incumbent)
  • Brandi Reeves
  • Melynee Leftridge Harris (starter)
  • Ural D. Glanville (holder)
  • Belinda Edwards (incumbent)
  • Eric Dunaway (holder)
  • Thomas A. Cox Jr. (incumbent)
  • Rachelle Carnesale (holder)
  • Kimberly M. Esmond Adams (incumbent)

All candidates for the position of Superior Court judge are impartial.

If a second round between candidates must take place, it will take place on June 18. The deadline to request a postal vote in the second round is June 7.

Early voting is expected to begin no later than June 10 and end on June 14.

Early voting in the runoff should occur as early as possible before the runoff, but no later than the second Monday before the runoff, election officials said.

Georgia’s general election will take place on November 5

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