Fulton County has only ever voted for a Republican presidential candidate twice in its history: in 1928 and 1972. But Republican Courtney Kramer has launched a bid to unseat District Attorney Fani Willis as she wages a lawfare campaign against former President Donald Trump.
One of the nation’s most reliably blue counties, a Republican winning the role of Fulton County district attorney is all but a fever dream. Kramer, a lifelong resident, said the state of affairs in the county — while Willis focuses on weaponizing the legal system and using “lawfare to go after her political opponents for personal gain” — motivated her to run despite the odds.
“I was not going to sit back and let the voters in Fulton County be told who their next DA is going to be,” Kramer told The Federalist. “They deserve a choice.”
Even if Kramer’s campaign to beat Willis is a long shot, The New York Times still fretted that Kramer’s run could give her “airtime on conservative media outlets” where she can “use the exposure to sow doubts about the prosecution of Mr. Trump in the run-up to the November election.”
Kramer explained her goal is to focus on educating voters about the intended role of the DA after Willis “made it political,” a move she hopes will help inspire traditionally Democrat voters to vote for her.
“People are starting to become aware of how much they are affected by their DAs,” Kramer said. “I think that
