The runoff race for Fulton County District Attorney is in its final days and has grown contentious coming on the heels of ethics allegations and scrutiny over how the incumbent, District Attorney Paul Howard handled the killing of Rayshard Brooks.
Howard has been in office for more than 30 years and for about half of that time, Fani Willis worked in his office as an assistant district attorney. Willis is now chief magistrate judge in South Fulton and a lawyer in private practice.
This year, she won more votes than him in the primary, though not enough to avoid a runoff, and according to a recent WSB/Landmark Communications poll, she remains ahead.
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