Illinois Mayor Who Bilked Town With Travel Expenses and Private Security Just Showed Up Nextdoor to Fani Willis

Tiffany Henyard billed Illinois taxpayers $1 million for her personal police security detail while her village couldn't pay its bills.

Now she's somebody else's problem.

Georgia Republicans are about to find out what Illinois voters already know about the woman who called herself "Super Mayor."

Tiffany Henyard FBI Investigation Followed Her Out of Dolton Illinois

Henyard served as mayor of Dolton, Illinois from 2021 to 2025. In that time, she turned a $5.6 million budget surplus into a $3.65 million deficit. Former Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot spent nine months investigating her administration and delivered a verdict in January 2025: Henyard ran up excessive spending, kept trustees in the dark about the village's finances, and worked deliberately to keep the true picture hidden from the public.

The FBI launched a criminal investigation in 2024, issuing five subpoenas targeting her taxpayer-funded Las Vegas trips, a charity she ran using Dolton employees and vehicles, and a $200,000 payment to a contractor whose owner was later convicted of bribery and sentenced to five years in federal prison.

She billed taxpayers over $171,000 in travel expenses. She ran up more than $48,000 on Amazon. She handed herself a $1 million police security detail while her village couldn't pay its vendors.

In February 2025, Dolton voters delivered their verdict. Jason House beat Henyard 88 to 12 percent in the Democratic primary. She was gone.

Just not gone far enough.

The Worst Mayor in America Is Now Running as a Republican in Fulton County Georgia

This is textbook carpetbagging – the same political hustle Americans have watched for 160 years, where discredited politicians flee the scenes of their failures and look for fresh voters who don't know their history yet.

In March 2026, Henyard filed to run for the Fulton County Board of Commissioners District 5 seat in Georgia. She listed her occupation as "business owner." She is the only Republican in a field otherwise composed entirely of Democrats.

The district covers the southwestern suburbs of Atlanta – South Fulton, Union City, Palmetto. The same county where Fani Willis, who spent years trying to prosecute Donald Trump, serves as district attorney.

Henyard didn't just change zip codes. She changed parties. The lifelong Democrat who spent four years running a Chicago suburb into the ground is now running as a Republican in Georgia.

Two days after losing her mayoral race in February 2025, she registered to vote in Georgia.

Democrat Corruption Scandal Follows Henyard Into Fulton County

The federal investigation hasn't gone anywhere. No charges filed as of March 2026 – but the grand jury is still active.

Meanwhile, the village she left behind is still in court. In February 2026, Dolton sued Fifth Third Bank, alleging the bank processed 251 checks signed only by Henyard – bypassing the village ordinance that required the clerk's co-signature on every transaction – and that those payments drained $1.9 million in taxpayer funds from village accounts.

This is the Republican Party she's asking to trust her now. The same party that just delivered historic electoral victories on the back of voters demanding accountability, clean government, and leadership that doesn't treat taxpayer money as a personal ATM.

Illinois Republicans ran ads against her. Illinois voters crushed her by 76 points.

Henyard's attorney issued a statement when the bank lawsuit dropped: Henyard "has moved on with her life." What that statement left out is that the people of Dolton haven't. They're sitting on a $3.65 million deficit, a $33.5 million judgment from a police chase lawsuit, and a federal investigation that won't close itself.

Georgia voters have until May 19. The FBI investigation is still open. The village she left behind is still suing to recover $1.9 million she allegedly stole. And Henyard is still calling herself a "Super Mayor."

Don't let her near another public checkbook.

Sources:

• Nicholas McEntyre, "Dolton Dictator Tiffany Henyard Runs for Office as a Republican in Georgia," New York Post, March 12, 2026.
• Fox News Staff, "Former Scandal-Plagued Illinois Super Mayor Eyes Political Comeback as Republican in Georgia," Fox News, March 12, 2026.
• Dan Petrella, "Embattled Former Dolton Mayor Tiffany Henyard Running for Post in Georgia," Chicago Sun-Times, March 11, 2026.
• OAN Staff, "Scandal-Plagued Fmr Dolton Mayor Tiffany Henyard Files for Election in Georgia, Switching to Republican Party," OAN, March 11, 2026.
• Gregory Pratt, "Dolton Sues Fifth Third Bank Over $1.9 Million in Alleged Misappropriations by Former Mayor Tiffany Henyard," Chicago Tribune, February 12, 2026.
• WGN Investigates, "Records Reveal Tiffany Henyard's Taxpayer-Funded Positions Paid $347,000 Last Year," WGN-TV, April 30, 2025.
• Fox 32 Staff, "Lightfoot Releases Findings Into Probe of Dolton Mayor Tiffany Henyard," Fox 32 Chicago, January 28, 2025.