Switching political affiliations.
In a bold move, Tiffany Henyard, once known as the “Dolton Dictator,” has shifted her allegiance from the Democratic Party to the Republican Party as she attempts a political resurgence in Georgia. This comes over a year after her ignominious removal from office in Illinois.
Henyard, famously self-styled as a “super mayor,” has officially entered the race as a Republican candidate for a seat on the Fulton County Board of Commissioners in Georgia. Her candidacy was confirmed through county election records for the upcoming May election.
At 42, Henyard is campaigning for the position of District 5 commissioner. She faces four other candidates in the race but stands out as the sole representative of the Republican Party.
District 5 covers the southwestern suburbs of Atlanta, which include areas such as South Fulton, Union City, and Palmetto. Notably, Fani Willis, a key prosecutor in former President Trump’s Georgia-related legal matters, serves as the district attorney for Fulton County.
Henyard secured her place on the ballot on March 5, marking a new chapter in her political trajectory after her dramatic exit from Illinois politics, where she served controversially as mayor of Dolton and supervisor of Thornton Township.
In her roles, Henyard faced a plethora of damaging accusations. She claimed she oversaw off-the-rails spending, allegedly making more than $43,000 in Amazon purchases in a single day while the municipality’s finances were in shambles.
The FBI launched an investigation into Henyard in 2024 following the allegations.
Henyard was accused of misusing taxpayer money on lavish trips and her own $1 million police detail, but a probe into the finances was vetoed by the sitting mayor.
She has consistently defended herself against the stinging criticism and accusations, calling the backlash a smear campaign and blasting it as fake news.
Her downfall was complete when she lost the Democratic Primary for Thornton supervisor and the Dolton mayoral Democratic primary to current Mayor Jason House in February 2025.
The self-centered politician introduced the political rebirth — which she named “Project Phoenix” — during a Facebook Live on Wednesday, saying her critics and the “fake news” couldn’t stop her.
Henyard shared that she moved to Georgia and was ready to change Atlanta and the encompassing Fulton County.
“Project Phoenix is me rising, me showing the world what it looks like to come out of controversy. Me showing the world like when they keep trying to dirty your name up, you keep going. Don’t you ever give up,” Henyard told her followers.
Henyard claimed she was working to fix Fulton County’s notorious jails that had been ignored for decades by current leadership.
“The residents are tired, they are looking for a new leader, new leadership, they looking for new direction, they looking for somebody that provides hope and change and actually do what they said they’re going to do and that’s Tiffany Henyard,” she said.
“Anyone that know me knows I put on for my city they know that if I’m coming, we coming. And they know that once we start making noise the change will happen. Because you can’t expect change without making a change,” Henyard added.
The Illinois native claimed she had experience from her previous positions in Dolton and Thornton Township to be a commissioner in Fulton County.
“I have the real power, the energy, the know-how. I have everything it takes to help the people,” she said.
