“Going Out Like a Phoenix:” Fani Willis Wins Democratic Primary for Fulton County DA – WSB-TV Channel 2

“We have come out on the right side of history,” Dickens said. “People said yes to Fani Wills, everyone.”

Dickens praised the prosecutor for putting his life and career on the line in prosecuting former President Donald Trump.

“She went through the fire and came out like a Phoenix,” Dickens said.

Willis gave a speech shortly after Dickens, saying that the people of Fulton County had delivered a strong and powerful message.

“There’s no one above the law in this country, and there’s no one below the law,” Willis said.

Willis told his supporters that this victory was not the end of the road but the beginning.

“We’re in this fight for the long haul,” Willis said.

On Monday, Wise Smith hit the campaign trail telling voters he wants to be Fulton County’s next prosecutor and accused the current prosecutor of wrongdoing.

“We cannot continue to turn a blind eye to what is happening in this office. Chaos. Corruption. It’s time for us in Fulton County to stand up and take back our justice system,” Wise Smith said.

Two weeks ago, Willis joined a clergy coalition outside the historic Big Bethel AME Church and refuted accusations from some Republicans that his prosecution of Donald Trump was politically motivated.

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“There is no one above the law either. So I don’t care how rich you are. I don’t care how powerful you think you are. I don’t care how many times they threaten me. I will gladly leave this place knowing that I did God’s work,” Willis said.

Channel 2’s Richard Elliot asked Kerwin Swint, a political science professor at Kennesaw State University, about this race.

“I think it can only feel like a referendum,” Swint said.

He believes Willis remains popular among Fulton County’s Democratic majority and that the controversies swirling around his office and his election interference case are actually helping him among the Democratic base.

“It’s a bit strange. The same way it works for Donald Trump on the Republican side, it could work for Fani Willis on the Democratic side in that Democratic voters in Fulton County might actually rally around her because she’s experiencing this kind of attack,” Swint said.

The Republican candidate in the running, Courtney Kramer, is running unopposed. Kramer will now face Willis in November.

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