{"id":2249891,"date":"2024-05-21T20:23:02","date_gmt":"2024-05-22T00:23:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/georgia-election-fani-willis-and-trump-judge-mcafee-survive-primary-challenges\/"},"modified":"2024-05-21T20:24:15","modified_gmt":"2024-05-22T00:24:15","slug":"georgia-election-fani-willis-and-trump-judge-mcafee-survive-primary-challenges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/georgia-election-fani-willis-and-trump-judge-mcafee-survive-primary-challenges\/","title":{"rendered":"Georgia election results: Fani Willis and Trump-appointed judge McAfee secure victory in primaries"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fgeorgia-election-fani-willis-and-trump-judge-mcafee-survive-primary-challenges%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2249891&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Two <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rfk-jr-pushes-back-after-saying-covid-ethnically-targeted-to-not-impact-jews-chinese-as-bad-as-whites-blacks\/\" title=\"RFK Jr. defends statement on COVID's alleged ethnic targeting, claims it affects all races equally.\">prominent\u2064 figures<\/a>, Fulton County District\u200d Attorney Fani \u200bWillis and Fulton County Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/state-of-the-union-2024-trump-will-correct-bidens-address-in-live-play-by-play\/\" title=\"2024 State of the Union: Trump to 'correct' Biden's speech live\">secured significant victories<\/a> in the primaries, indicating a likely continuation \u200bin their current roles beyond January. The results highlight their success in the heavily Democratic jurisdiction. Your summary \u2064effectively conveys the key information about Fani Willis and Scott McAfee securing victories in the primaries, implying their continued positions \u2063beyond January in the \u2063Democratic-leaning\u2064 area.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_78\">\n<p><strong>ATLANTA \u2014<\/strong> Two major figures in former President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Donald Trump\">Donald Trump<\/a>\u2018s Georgia election interference trial easily bested <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/primaries\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Donald Trump\">primary challengers<\/a> Tuesday night.<\/p>\n<p>Fulton County District Attorney <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/fani-willis\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Fani Willis\">Fani Willis<\/a> and Fulton County Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee handily won their races, meaning they\u2019re likely to remain in office beyond January in the heavily Democratic jurisdiction. The <em>Associated Press<\/em> called both races less than an hour after polls closed at 7 p.m. Eastern.<\/p>\n<p>Willis was drawing nearly 90% of the vote in early returns against challenger Christian Wise Smith, while McAfee defeated Robert Patillo II with 83% of the early returns. Fulton is Georgia\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/virginia-shuts-down-elections-site-ahead-of-key-republican-deadline\/\" title=\"Virginia Shuts Down Elections Site Ahead of Key Republican Deadline\">largest county<\/a> by population and includes most of the city of Atlanta.<\/p>\n<p>While both were expected to win, McAfee went all out campaigning by participating in three candidate forums, a parade, and seven church services, among other activities. Willis made her case to voters on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/is-the-democrats-election-heist-too-big-to-fail\/\" title=\"Is the Democrats\u2019 Election Heist \u2018Too Big to Fail\u2019?\">election eve<\/a> with an appearance on Rachel Maddow\u2019s MSNBC show.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI need Fulton County voters to get out and vote,\u201d Willis <a href=\"https:\/\/www.msnbc.com\/rachel-maddow\/watch\/fani-willis-blasts-clown-jim-jordan-and-maga-followers-for-trying-to-interfere-in-trump-case-211288645701\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"told\">told<\/a> Maddow. \u201cI need people around the country to support me big and small, to say that we are going to be a country that still believes in the rule of law.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Willis will face Republican challenger Courtney Kramer in November, but the race is probably not going to be competitive. President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/joe-biden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Joe Biden\">Joe Biden<\/a> won 73% of the Fulton County vote in 2020.<\/p>\n<p>Willis and McAfee would have remained in office through the end of this year regardless, but succeeding in the primaries should free them up to focus more on the high-stakes, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jury-selection-for-chauvin-trial-delayed\/\" title=\"Jury selection for Chauvin trial delayed\">high-profile trial<\/a> that has brought the world\u2019s attention to Atlanta. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In Atlanta, Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis and Fulton County Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee secured convincing victories in the primaries, positioning them to retain their positions in the heavily Democratic jurisdiction. The results suggest their tenure will extend past January. 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