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Republican district attorney candidate Andre Pretorius responds to a question during the League of Women Voters of Coastal Georgia candidate forum with incumbent Democratic District Attorney Shalena Cook Jones on Monday, Sept. 16, 2024, at the Coastal Georgia Center in Savannah, Ga. (Richard Burkhart/Savannah Morning News via AP)

Republican district attorney candidate Andre Pretorius responds to a question during the League of Women Voters of Coastal Georgia candidate forum with incumbent Democratic District Attorney Shalena Cook Jones on Monday, Sept. 16, 2024, at the Coastal Georgia Center in Savannah, Ga. (Richard Burkhart/Savannah Morning News via AP)

District Attorney Shalena Cook Jones, left, responds to a question during the League of Women Voters of Coastal Georgia candidate forum with Republican challenger Andre Pretorius on Monday, Sept. 16, 2024, at the Coastal Georgia Center in Savannah, Ga. (Richard Burkhart/Savannah Morning News via AP)

District Attorney Shalena Cook Jones, left, responds to a question during the League of Women Voters of Coastal Georgia candidate forum with Republican challenger Andre Pretorius on Monday, Sept. 16, 2024, at the Coastal Georgia Center in Savannah, Ga. (Richard Burkhart/Savannah Morning News via AP)

District Attorney Shalena Cook Jones responds to a question during the League of Women Voters of Coastal Georgia candidate forum with Republican challenger Andre Pretorius on Monday, Sept. 16, 2024, at the Coastal Georgia Center in Savannah, Ga. (Richard Burkhart/Savannah Morning News via AP)

District Attorney Shalena Cook Jones responds to a question during the League of Women Voters of Coastal Georgia candidate forum with Republican challenger Andre Pretorius on Monday, Sept. 16, 2024, at the Coastal Georgia Center in Savannah, Ga. (Richard Burkhart/Savannah Morning News via AP)

District Attorney Shalena Cook Jones, center left, participates in the League of Women Voters of Coastal Georgia candidate forum with Republican challenger Andre Pretorius, right, on Monday, Sept. 16, 2024, at the Coastal Georgia Center in Savannah, Ga. (Richard Burkhart/Savannah Morning News via AP)

District Attorney Shalena Cook Jones, center left, participates in the League of Women Voters of Coastal Georgia candidate forum with Republican challenger Andre Pretorius, right, on Monday, Sept. 16, 2024, at the Coastal Georgia Center in Savannah, Ga. (Richard Burkhart/Savannah Morning News via AP)

District Attorney Shalena Cook Jones, left, shares a laugh with Republican challenger Andre Pretorius following the League of Women Voters of Coastal Georgia candidate forum on Monday, Sept. 16, 2024, at the Coastal Georgia Center in Savannah, Ga. (Richard Burkhart/Savannah Morning News via AP)

District Attorney Shalena Cook Jones, left, shares a laugh with Republican challenger Andre Pretorius following the League of Women Voters of Coastal Georgia candidate forum on Monday, Sept. 16, 2024, at the Coastal Georgia Center in Savannah, Ga. (Richard Burkhart/Savannah Morning News via AP)

Kalki Yalamchili is photographed at his office in Athens, Ga., on Monday, Sept. 16, 2024 (AP Photo/Charlotte Kramon)

Kalki Yalamchili is photographed at his office in Athens, Ga., on Monday, Sept. 16, 2024 (AP Photo/Charlotte Kramon)

FILE - Deborah Gonzalez, District Attorney, Western Judicial Circuit, speaks during a Georgia Bureau of Investigation news conference, May 13, 2024, in Decatur, Ga. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart, File)

FILE - Deborah Gonzalez, District Attorney, Western Judicial Circuit, speaks during a Georgia Bureau of Investigation news conference, May 13, 2024, in Decatur, Ga. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart, File)