Dolezal leans on Forsyth record in lieutenant governor runoff bid
Forsyth County’s own Greg Dolezal is asking runoff voters to trust his record, from Senate District 27 to transportation leadership, against John F. Kennedy on June 16.
A state resolution to name the State Route 306/Sawnee Drive and State Route 9/Dahlonega Street crossing the Senator Greg Dolezal Intersection has turned a familiar Forsyth County crossroads into a political marker. Now Dolezal is asking Republican runoff voters to look past endorsements and focus on the record he built there and in Atlanta.
The June 16 runoff between Dolezal and former state Sen. John F. Kennedy is the latest test of whether a local resume can carry statewide weight. Dolezal has tried to make the race about performance, not personality, in a contest that will help decide who becomes Georgia’s next lieutenant governor and who will help steer Senate leadership.
Dolezal was first elected to the Georgia State Senate in November 2018 and represents Senate District 27, which includes a large portion of Forsyth County. In the 2025-2026 session, he chaired the Senate Transportation Committee, giving him a visible role on one of the issues most tied to Forsyth’s growth: roads, congestion and the pressure that keeps building as more people move north of Atlanta.
That matters because the lieutenant governor’s office is one of the state’s most powerful posts. The job shapes the Senate’s direction, influences which bills move and affects how state policy is built, even when local governments are the ones left dealing with the consequences. For Forsyth voters, that makes the race less about campaign branding than about whether Dolezal’s legislative work has prepared him for a post that can affect transportation, taxes, the business climate and the balance between state and local power.
The Republican runoff has also become a contrast in style. Coverage of the race has described Dolezal as leaning into MAGA-style, hard-edged messaging, while Kennedy has emphasized legislative experience. Kennedy also picked up the endorsement of former state Rep. David Clark, underscoring how alliances still matter even as Dolezal tells voters to judge him on what he has done.
The Georgia Secretary of State’s office placed the runoff on the official 2026 election calendar, and the state’s election-results system will keep the record on who wins. In Forsyth County, where Dolezal has spent years building his political base, the broader question is whether local familiarity is enough to earn trust for a statewide job with real leverage over how Georgia is run.
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