Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis‘ latest campaign finance report shows a more than 20 percent drop in fundraising but still places her well ahead of challenger Courtney Kramer’s donations, with less than a month until Georgia’s election.
Willis’ latest campaign finance report, filed Monday evening and obtained by Newsweek, shows $370,717 in itemized contributions from July to late September—nearly $100,000 less than the $468,781 reported in her previous filing on July 10. While the Democratic incumbent’s contributions dropped since the last filing, they are still almost $200,000 more than Kramer’s.
Willis is nationally known for investigating and prosecuting former President Donald Trump in Georgia’s election interference case and for the controversy over her “personal relationship” with one of the case’s prosecutors.
Kramer, a Republican attorney who interned at the White House counsel’s office under Trump and later served as a litigation consultant on election integrity issues after the 2020 election, reported a fourfold increase in campaign donations since July.
Campaign filings seen by Newsweek showed nearly $172,000 in itemized donations to Kramer’s campaign between July and October, compared with total contributions of more than $72,900 as of July.
“These numbers show the strength of our grassroots movement and the importance voters place on the issues at hand,” Kramer said in a statement emailed to Newsweek earlier this week.
“This election is not just a local contest—it’s about defending justice in Fulton County, a reflection of larger national concerns,” Kramer continued. “We are seeing unprecedented engagement because voters know how crucial this race is for the future of our community and country.”
Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis speaks during a news conference on August 14, 2023, in Atlanta. Willis’ latest campaign finance report shows a more than 20 percent drop in fundraising but still places her well ahead of Republican challenger Courtney Kramer.
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Newsweek reached out to Willis and her office for comment via email on Wednesday.
Fulton County, home to about 1 million people and the state capital of Atlanta, is a predominantly blue county in the swing state, which would normally make Willis the favored candidate in the DA race.
However, earlier this year she became the center of a controversy during her high-profile prosecution of Trump and 18 of his allies in connection with alleged attempts to overturn Georgia’s 2020 presidential election results. Willis was in a relationship with special prosecutor, Nathan Wade, whom she had hired for the case.
Defense attorneys pushed to have Willis and Wade disqualified from the case, arguing that their relationship created a conflict of interest. A judge ruled in March that there was no conflict of interest that merited Willis’ removal as long as Wade stepped aside.
Trump, who was indicted in 2023 along with the 18 others in the election interference case, has appealed the decision, and the Georgia Court of Appeals plans to hear arguments in December.
Wade is set to appear before the House Judiciary Committee on October 15 for closed-door testimony, according to The Atlanta-Journal Constitution. He was subpoenaed by the committee.
