Kalki Yalamanchili celebrates with his wife Caitlin after winning Western Circuit district attorney election during a watch party at Big Dogs On The River in Athens, Georgia on Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2024.

Some state lawmakers want to remove political party labels from sheriffs and district attorneys. Critics say party identification gives voters help when deciding.

Preliminary results from the Georgia Secretary of State’s Election Hub show her opponent, Independent candidate Kalki Yalamanchili, took home nearly 60% of the vote to her slim edge over 40%.

Democratic DA Deborah Gonzalez was defeated 60%-40% by Republican Kalki Yalamanchili Tuesday. AP Yalamanchili's circuit will include liberal Athens-Clarke County and conservative Oconee County.

Yalamanchili, a former prosecutor in the circuit for almost five years, ran as an independent candidate. The incumbent, Deborah Gonzalez, a Democrat who served one term as district attorney, ...

Local attorney Kalki Yalamanchili, a former assistant district attorney in the Western Judicial Circuit District Attorney’s Office serving Athens-Clarke and Oconee counties, has qualified as an ...

Yalamanchili, a former prosecutor in the circuit for almost five years, ran as an independent candidate. The incumbent, Deborah Gonzalez, a Democrat who served one term as district attorney, ...

Approximately 40% of veterans require mental health services every year, said Yalamanchili, who urged lawmakers to be more “proactive” in addressing the VA’s shortages of medical staff by ...

In terms of direct voter tallies, the election data from Georgia officials show Yalamanchili earned 44,984 votes to Gonzaelz’s 30,607. The Western Judicial Circuit includes Clarke and Oconee ...

Preliminary results from the Georgia Secretary of State’s Election Hub show her opponent, Independent candidate Kalki Yalamanchili, took home nearly 60% of the vote to her slim edge over 40%.