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

ATLANTA — Fani Willis won the Democratic primary for Fulton County district attorney over Christian Wise Smith.

The AP predicted Willis would win just after polls closed at 7 p.m. Tuesday night.

Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens spoke at Willis’ victory party Tuesday night around 8:30 p.m.

“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 is no one above the law in this country, and no one below,” 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.

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Earlier Tuesday, 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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