Atlanta, GA
Fulton County DA Election Results: Trump, YSL Trial At Center Of Race
GEORGIA — Incumbent Fani Willis has a hefty lead over challenger Courtney Kramer in the Fulton County district attorney’s race in the 2024 general election.
The local race has garnered national attention due to two high-profile cases being prosecuted by Willis’ office: one against former President Donald Trump and another resolved case against mainstream rapper Young Thug.
The polls closed at 7 p.m. in the 2024 general election in Georgia. Candidates must clear a 50 percent plus one vote threshold to avoid a runoff.
Willis, a Democrat who endured national scrutiny during her prosecution of Trump in a racketeering case, is seeking reelection against Kramer, a Republican attorney practicing election and political law.
Trump stands accused of trying to overturn the 2020 presidential results with 18 others in Georgia, and Willis has faced criticism after a supposedly private improper relationship with one of her top prosecutors on the case was made public.
The former president and his allies have worked to remove Willis from the closely watched case, but as of Election Day, Willis remained as prosecutor.
Willis’ office prosecuted another high-profile defendant, rapper Jeffery “Young Thug” Williams. During a nearly yearlong trial, Williams fought against gang and racketeering charges along with five others.
Prosecutors contended Williams was the leader of an alleged street gang, Young Slime Life, while his defense claimed YSL is Williams’ record label, Young Stoner Life. Multiple witnesses have also testified to this sentiment.
Four defendants, including Williams, have pled guilty to various charges in the case. Williams was ultimately sentenced to 40 years, with five years in prison commuted to time served and 15 years probation. He is also banned from metro Atlanta for the first 10 years of his probation, excluding times when he must hold four anti-gang presentations in the metro for the youth.
Two defendants, Shannon “SB” Stillwell and Deamonte “Yak Gotti” Kendrick, remain on trial – each facing at least one murder charge along with other charges.
Kramer has consistently turned to X, formerly known as Twitter, to say she would immediately end the YSL trial if she became district attorney.
Willis has not publicly responded to Kramer’s tweets.
In the race for top county prosecutor, Patch will update with the latest unofficial results from the Secretary of State’s office as they are filed.
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The public is getting its first look at the two pandas that will be heading from China to Zoo Atlanta.
NBC’s Janis Mackey Frayer was able to visit female Fu Shuang and male Ping Ping before they make the nearly 8,000-mile flight. The giant pandas are both 6 years old and are headed to the United States as part of a new decade-long conservation agreement between China and the U.S.
Ping Ping’s keepers say he tends to follow them around, which is atypical behavior for a panda, but may be because of the food they have for him. Fu Shuang — which translates to “double happiness” — is playful, but nervous, and enjoys placing her chin on her paw. She also likes apples and has a penchant for finding them.
“Because we will hide pieces of apples, for example under the tree … she can find them everywhere,” panda keeper Wang Shun told Mackey Frayer, noting her “clever” behavior.
The pandas are part of an international cooperative research agreement on giant panda conservation between Zoo Atlanta and the China Wildlife Conservation Association, a renewal of panda diplomacy between America and China that began in 1972.
“Zoo Atlanta is delighted and honored to yet again be trusted as stewards of this treasured species and to partner with the China Wildlife Conservation Association on the continued conservation and research efforts that are the most important outcomes of this cooperation,” Zoo Atlanta President and CEO Raymond B. King said in a statement in April.
“We can’t wait to meet Ping Ping and Fu Shuang and to welcome our Members, guests, city, and community back to the wonder and joy of giant pandas.”
Pandas are already at zoos in Washington, D.C., and San Diego. Zoo Atlanta maintained a panda agreement with China from 1999 until 2024, when Lun Lun and Yang Yang went back to their home country, along with their two youngest cubs.
Animal behaviorist James Ayala marvels at how pandas mature.
“You see cubs and they seem so cuddly and clumsy and cute. And then they grow up into these big, majestic bears,” he told Mackey Frayer.
Fu Shuang and Ping Ping will be transported further south into a mountainous region where they will be prepped to make the trip to the U.S. It is unknown when they will leave.
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