Forsyth County veteran, attorney Tony Kozycki enters 7th District race

Tony Kozycki, a Navy combat veteran and immigration attorney based in Johns Creek, filed a Statement of Candidacy with the Federal Election Commission and will appear on the May 19, 2026 Democratic primary ballot for Georgia’s 7th Congressional District. Kozycki lists a Johns Creek address, served in the U.S. Navy from 2004 to 2017, and has framed his bid around veterans’ service, legal access, and constituent-driven problem solving tied to his work on the deportation case of U.S. Army veteran Godfrey Wade.

Kozycki’s FEC filing appears under identification H6GA07221 with filing FEC-1951595 and lists 9325 Old Southwick Pass, Johns Creek, GA 30022 as his address. His campaign materials describe him as a combat veteran and immigration attorney, and the campaign maintains an active web presence and an online donation page to collect contributions for the run.

The entry reshapes the local terrain in a district that includes Forsyth County, Johns Creek, Dawson, Lumpkin and parts of Hall and North Fulton counties. GA-07 is rated Solid Republican by major handicappers, with a Cook Partisan Voting Index around R+11 in late 2025; in 2024 Rich McCormick won the district with roughly 64.9 percent of the vote, taking about 275,907 votes to the Democrat’s approximately 149,535, and McCormick carried Forsyth County with about 70.5 percent of the county vote. Those benchmarks underline the scale of a Democratic challenge in the current map even as campaigns contest suburban priorities such as infrastructure, healthcare affordability, and education.

Kozycki joins a crowded Democratic primary field; Ballotpedia and local party listings show other qualified Democrats on the May 19 ballot including Case Norton, Jayson Toweh, and Larry Long. The Democratic Party of Georgia’s CD7 calendar lists a district debate at the new Forsyth County Administration Building, 2435 Freedom Parkway, Cumming, the Friday before early voting; the Mobilize event listing shows Kozycki, Norton, Toweh and Long scheduled to attend. Early voting for the primary is set for April 27–May 15, 2026, with a primary runoff date of June 16, 2026 if needed.

Forsyth County-specific factors will shape how campaigns allocate time and resources: U.S. Census QuickFacts estimates the county population at about 280,096 on July 1, 2024 and 282,805 on July 1, 2025, with a median household income near $143,784 and an Asian population share around 23.8 percent in the 2020–2024 ACS window. Local veteran organizations and party groups are active this cycle, but there were no immediate public endorsements from Forsyth County elected officials or the county administration tied to Kozycki’s launch.

What Forsyth voters should watch now are fundraising disclosures to the FEC, any local endorsements from veterans groups or municipal leaders, turnout in early voting April 27–May 15, and the CD7 debate at the Forsyth County Administration Building; those signals will indicate whether Kozycki can assemble the veteran, suburban and Asian-American blocs within Forsyth and neighboring precincts needed to create a competitive lane in a district that remains Republican-leaning.