Former Dolton, Illinois, Mayor Tiffany Henyard, also known as “America’s worst mayor,” is giving public office another go, switching parties and states to run as a Republican in Georgia.
Henyard filed to run for the Fulton County, Georgia, Board of Commissioners and qualified for the May 19 primary election on March 5. Her political comeback comes after she lost her bid for reelection as Thornton Township supervisor in Illinois at the end of 2024 and lost her 2025 Dolton mayoral reelection campaign to primary challenger Jason House by a 70% margin.
Henyard’s time in Illinois public service was riddled with controversy, as she was accused of abusing taxpayers’ dollars and retaliating against an employee who claimed she was sexually assaulted by a Dalton village trustee. Henyard has repeatedly denied any wrongdoing.
Former Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot conducted an audit of Dalton’s spending under Henyard’s tenure as mayor. The audit revealed that the village spent $43,000 on Amazon in one day and spent $8,000 at Wayfair. Henyard is currently under federal investigation over the spending.
But the former Dalton mayor has now moved to Georgia and is running among five other candidates for the Board of Commissioners. Henyard, a former Democrat, is currently the only Republican and identified her occupation for the election as a “business owner.”
Henyard posted a Facebook Live video on Wednesday announcing that she is “now a Georgia peach.” She compared herself to a “Phoenix”, saying she was rising from controversy while dancing to Mariah Carey’s “Obsessed” and MC Hammer’s “Too Legit to Quit.”
In Georgia, county commissioner candidates must establish residency in the county at least one year before the election.
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Henyard lost her Dolton mayoral election in February 2025. The Washington Examiner reached out to the Georgia Secretary of State’s office for comment on when Henyard established residency.
In addition to Henyard, Democrats Sojourner M. Grimmett, Dejia Felicity Swindell, J. Jazz Thomas-Jones, and Helen Zenobia Willis have each qualified as candidates for the Fulton County Board of Commissioners election.