Controversial Ex-mayor Tiffany Henyard Running As Republican In Georgia Office After Scandal-ridden Illinois Ousting

The arguable erstwhile politician of a mini Illinois village has ditched nan Democrats and will beryllium moving for nationalist agency arsenic a Republican – successful Georgia.

“How y’all doing? It’s your favourite ace mayor... nan people’s everything and yes, I americium now a Georgia peach,” Tiffany Henyard said connected a Facebook livestream Wednesday, during which she discussed her ain “Project Phoenix” – an effort to move connected from erstwhile controversy.

Data from nan Georgia Secretary of State's Office shows that Henyard has qualified for, and will tally in, nan wide superior predetermination for nan District 5 spot connected nan Fulton County Board of Commissioners, owed to return spot connected May 19.

In her livestream, Henyard did not corroborate her run, but teased a “big announcement” connected Friday, saying: “There’s a batch going connected here... and I want group to cognize that I americium alert of it. People been coming successful my clothing shop telling maine each astir it, each nan things they want fixing and changing, and I conscionable want to beryllium nan alteration for nan organization that I now unrecorded in.

“So I want group to understand that I heard you and I'm doing thing astir it... Stay tuned.”

In nan filing pinch nan state, Henyard is listed arsenic a “business owner” connected nan filing, and is nan only Republican campaigner campaigning for nan seat. Four Democrats person besides qualified to tally for nan spot – Dejia Felicity Swindell, Helen Zenobia Willis, J Jazz Thomas-Jones and Sojourner M Grimmett.

Henyard served arsenic nan politician of Dolton, Illinois, from 2021 until 2025 erstwhile she was overwhelmingly defeated successful nan Democratic superior by Jason House.

While successful office, she was nan taxable of aggregate scandals and lawsuits, including accusations of mishandling nan 21,000-person village’s finances, arsenic good arsenic a wide brawl during a municipality meeting.

The meeting, successful January past year, descended into chaos aft 1 resident reportedly called Henyard a “b****,” causing her fellow to face nan man and a scuffle to break out. Henyard mislaid a footwear and was thrown to nan crushed aft she pushed her table speech and allegedly ran to subordinate nan brawl.

Along pinch her fellow and different municipality officials, Henyard was sued by a resident of nan township complete nan incident, who accused her of attacking him.

Prior to that incident, Henyard has go embroiled successful contention aft her authorities reportedly went millions of dollars into indebtedness without mentation from her office.

Former Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot, who led an investigation into her conduct, recovered Henyard allegedly mismanaged costs done “excessive” spending, hid financial accusation from trustees and nan nationalist and disregarded transparency guardrails.

Among nan findings were $779,000 successful colony indebtedness without receipts aliases an mentation of what was bought and a $171,000 measure for unexplained recreation expenses to Las Vegas for a normal held by nan International Council of Shopping Centers.

Additionally, Henyard’s authorities reportedly spent $51,000 connected area restaurants and simply wrote them disconnected arsenic meals aliases doughnuts, Lightfoot’s study revealed.

Henyard’s guidance of finances are besides taxable to a abstracted national investigation that was opened past year. No charges person yet been revenge against Henyard successful relationship pinch nan probe.

During her clip arsenic mayor, she and her live-in fellow faced nan threat of eviction aft failing to salary thousands of dollars successful rent.