Altering of the playing cards.
Disgraced “Dolton Dictator” Tiffany Henyard dumped the Democratic Occasion and is operating as a Republican in Georgia in an tried political comeback over a yr after her embarrassing ouster in Illinois.
Henyard, who described herself as a “tremendous mayor,” filed to run as a Republican in Georgia’s Fulton County Board of Commissioners election in Could, in line with county election data.
The 42-year-old is vying for the District 5 commissioner’s seat and is certainly one of 5 present contenders, however is the one GOP candidate.
District 5 encompasses the southwestern suburbs of Atlanta, together with South Fulton, Union Metropolis and Palmetto. President Trump’s Georgia rival, Fani Willis, is the district lawyer of Fulton County.
Henyard certified for the poll on March 5 — over a yr after her closely celebrated ouster from Illinois politics that included her scandal-scarred stints as mayor of Dolton and supervisor of Thornton Township.
In her roles, Henyard confronted a plethora of damaging accusations. She claimed she oversaw off-the-rails spending, allegedly making greater than $43,000 in Amazon purchases in a single day whereas the municipality’s funds have been in shambles.
The FBI launched an investigation into Henyard in 2024 following the allegations.
Henyard was accused of misusing taxpayer cash on lavish journeys and her personal $1 million police element, however a probe into the funds was vetoed by the sitting mayor.
She has persistently defended herself in opposition to the stinging criticism and accusations, calling the backlash a smear marketing campaign and blasting it as pretend information.
Her downfall was full when she misplaced the Democratic Major for Thornton supervisor and the Dolton mayoral Democratic major to present Mayor Jason Home in February 2025.
The self-centered politician launched the political rebirth — which she named “Undertaking Phoenix” — throughout a Fb Dwell on Wednesday, saying her critics and the “pretend information” couldn’t cease her.
Henyard shared that she moved to Georgia and was prepared to vary Atlanta and the surrounding Fulton County.
“Undertaking Phoenix is me rising, me exhibiting the world what it appears to be like like to come back out of controversy. Me exhibiting the world like after they hold attempting to soiled your title up, you retain going. Don’t you ever surrender,” Henyard informed her followers.
Henyard claimed she was working to repair Fulton County’s infamous jails that had been ignored for many years by present management.
“The residents are drained, they’re in search of a brand new chief, new management, they in search of new route, they in search of any person that gives hope and alter and truly do what they mentioned they’re going to do and that’s Tiffany Henyard,” she mentioned.
“Anybody that know me is aware of I placed on for my metropolis they know that if I’m coming, we coming. They usually know that after we begin making noise the change will occur. As a result of you’ll be able to’t count on change with out making a change,” Henyard added.
The Illinois native claimed she had expertise from her earlier positions in Dolton and Thornton Township to be a commissioner in Fulton County.
“I’ve the true energy, the vitality, the know-how. I’ve every part it takes to assist the individuals,” she mentioned.
