FULTON COUNTY, Ga. — As Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis took a victory lap Tuesday night, her Republican challenger said November will be a different beast.
Courtney Kramer, the lone GOP candidate for Fulton County District Attorney, took time to remind voters about what she says separates her from Willis.
Willis is projected to clinch the Democratic nomination for the office after securing more than 80% of the voter turnout on Election Day. She is now forecasted to go head-to-head with 30-year-old Kramer, who said this race is what the people of Fulton County deserve.
"Fulton County has not had a Republican qualify for district attorney in 30 years," she said, adding that she hasn't seen a GOP candidate for the role in her lifetime. "Fulton County hasn't had a voice for who their next DA is going to be."
She emphasized that for the first time in decades, the November ballot will have more than one name.
"We haven't had a Republican, and I think conservatives deserve a voice," she said, "especially given the political climate, the last four years, and eight years under Paul Howard."
Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens and D.A. Fani Willis both said crime is down Tuesday night, nodding to the D.A.'s office's efforts.
Kramer insinuated that public safety isn't where it needs to be.
"I'm born and raised in Fulton County," she said. "It's not safe anymore. People don't want to live here anymore. I don't think that's fair for the voters. I don't think it's fair for the citizens."
She said she hoped to bring transparency to the office -- a value that is lacking, according to the D.A. hopeful.
"We get told, vaguely, where our money is going to and what it's being used for, but that's not really the case," she said. "That's a problem."
Though Kramer didn't get into specifics, she did have a response to Willis' comments on Rachel Maddow. Monday night on the show, Willis signaled that Kramer's four years of experience as an attorney hardly makes her qualified for the job.
"I kind of giggled," Kramer said about the comment, adding that to be a good attorney, or a D.A., one has to simply have a "good head on your shoulders."
"You have to know the rules of professional conduct. You have to know when you have a conflict of interest -- and I have that," Kramer said. "Fani Willis has proven that she does not have that."
Pointing to Willis' misconduct hearing amid the Georgia election RICO trial involving former President Donald Trump, Kramer once again emphasized accountability and transparency are lacking in the DA's office.
When asked if she would continue to prosecution of the former president if elected, Kramer once again brought up her own ethics.
"I would recuse myself," she said. "I have to recuse myself because I was involved with President Trump," adding that she was an intern at the White House under his administration and was the attorney for other defendants involved in the RICO case.
Ultimately, Kramer wants voters to not think of this race as a consequence of the high-profile cases or simply vote along party lines.
"Everyone's talking about Republican versus Democrat, but it's not about that," she said. "It's about right versus wrong -- and that's what I think Fulton County needs to know."