Runoff set for Democratic nominee in Georgia's 7th District race
All of Forsyth County now votes in Georgia’s 7th District, and 23,356 county voters sent the Democratic primary to a June 16 runoff.
None of the four Democrats in Georgia’s 7th Congressional District cleared the 50% mark on May 19, sending the party’s nomination to a June 16 runoff between immigration attorney Tony Kozycki and union camera technician Case Norton. Kozycki led late on election night with about 40% of the vote, Norton was second with about 22%, and retired EPA scientist Larry Long and environmental health scientist Jayson Toweh each hovered around 19%. The winner will face Republican incumbent Rich McCormick in the Nov. 3 general election.
For Forsyth County, the race is no longer a distant metro Atlanta contest. Every part of the county is now inside the 7th District, after redistricting took effect Jan. 1, 2025, meaning Cumming and the rest of Forsyth’s precincts are all part of the same congressional fight. About 178,000 county voters were affected by the district shift, and 23,356 Forsyth County voters cast ballots in the primary, a turnout of 12.9% of registered voters.
That countywide stake lands in a district with a steep partisan climb for Democrats. The Cook Political Report rates the 7th as solidly Republican, CBS News said Donald Trump beat Kamala Harris there by 22 points in the 2024 presidential race, and McCormick won the district in 2024 by about 29 points over Democrat Bob Christian. That history means the June 16 runoff will not just decide a nominee, it will decide who carries the Democratic argument into a district where Forsyth voters are firmly inside the political battlefield but still likely to face a heavy Republican tilt in November.
The runoff also narrows the policy contrast that Forsyth residents will hear in the months ahead. Kozycki, a lawyer who works in immigration law, and Norton, a camera technician active in union work, bring different profiles to a race that will shape how Democrats talk about federal immigration policy, labor concerns and other issues that matter to a fast-growing suburban county now fully inside the district. Kozycki said the campaign was “excited” and planned to “attack this runoff just like we were in the primary,” while Norton said he expected a celebratory mood and hoped to bring Toweh supporters into his camp.
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