Rodes ousts Hill in Forsyth County Commission runoff
Adam Rodes toppled incumbent Kerry M. Hill by 68.01% to 31.99%, sending District 1 voters toward a new voice on growth, roads and county spending.
Adam Rodes’ decisive runoff win gives Forsyth County District 1 a new Republican nominee heading into a fall election that will help shape how the county handles growth, zoning, roads, taxes and development in its northwest corner. The result also ends Kerry M. Hill’s bid for another term after one full commission term in office.
Unofficial totals showed Rodes with 4,355 votes, or 68.01%, to Hill’s 2,048 votes, or 31.99%. Rodes will now face Democrat Vincent Wright in the Nov. 3 general election.
The runoff was held June 16, four weeks after the May 19 primary, where Hill, Rodes and Hank Sullivan were on the Republican ballot. Under Georgia’s runoff rules, the top two vote-getters advance when no candidate wins a majority in the primary. In Forsyth County, that second step became a clear referendum on the district’s direction.
District 1 covers the northwestern portion of Forsyth County, stretching from the City of Cumming west to the Cherokee County border and northwest to the Dawson County line. The Forsyth County Board of Commissioners has five members, each elected from a district to four-year terms, which gives the seat direct influence over the county’s day-to-day decisions.
Hill had been elected in 2022 to serve the 2023-2026 term, and his time on the board came as Forsyth County pushed major north county road work, including a bypass connecting Dr Bramblett Road and Bannister Road and improvements at SR 369, John Burruss Road, Bannister Road and Elmo Road. Hill had pointed to those projects and said SPLOST funding would help deliver relief faster.
That backdrop gave the runoff added weight in a county that describes itself as one of the fastest-growing in the United States. For voters watching traffic, subdivision pressure and the cost of keeping pace with new development, the race carried more than partisan significance. It was a choice about who should carry District 1’s voice into the next round of county decisions, and the answer on June 16 was Rodes.
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