Overview
- The Fulton County Registration and Elections Board approved her candidacy Monday after a residency hearing, with a 3–1 vote reported by the Chicago Sun-Times.
- Board members cited a lease dated May 1, 2025, and related payments as proof she will meet Georgia’s one-year county residency rule by the May 19 election.
- Chair Sherri Allen said the board’s job was only to judge residency under state law and that voters will decide whether she should hold office.
- Henyard told the board she was living in Georgia while still serving in Dolton through early May 2025 and called herself a lame duck during those final days.
- After losing her 2025 primary in Illinois, she moved to Georgia, switched to the Republican Party, and now runs unopposed in a heavily Democratic district as scrutiny persists over a 2024 FBI probe with no charges and reports she collected about $20,000 after her defeat.