Upset Brief · GA-07 · Tony Kozycki (D) vs. Rich McCormick (R), incumbent
Kozycki can win. The math closes using 35 percent of what history allows.
25%
odds today
52%
odds with the plan
11,256
net votes to find
37
days left; voting starts October 13
Where
- 01+447Windermere (Forsyth County)Starting line Kozycki +2. 8.0% split their ticket.
- 02+421Nichols (Forsyth County)Starting line Kozycki +2. 8.3% split their ticket.
- 03+389Johns Creek (Forsyth County)Starting line Kozycki +8. 8.1% split their ticket.
- 04+341Rw01 (Fulton County)Starting line Kozycki +10. 8.5% split their ticket.
- 05+315Ap01a (Fulton County)Starting line Kozycki +24. 9.0% split their ticket.
- 06+305Lakeland (Forsyth County)Starting line Kozycki +5. 7.7% split their ticket.
The top 12 precincts carry 33% of the plan.
How
- P+10,307PersuadeTicket splitters and the 11 percent still undecided in the latest poll: 29,367 leaning McCormick today.
- M+1,344MobilizeAt least 33,471 people who voted in 2024 but not in 2022, in precincts where Kozycki's side wins at least 55 percent.
- C+168ConsolidateVoters who went third party in recent races, in the precincts that lean Kozycki's way.
What has to be true
- Kozycki wins 18 percent of the ticket splitters and undecided voters now leaning McCormick.
- No national wave is required. The plan closes at 35 percent of what recent Georgia results show is possible.
- The starting line comes from published 2026 polls, including campaign or party sponsored polls where those are the only ones; if the true gap is different, so is the plan.
The numbers behind it
- 01Crossover regression174 precincts, R² 0.991, 39 crossover precincts identified
- 02Monte Carlo20,000 seeded simulated elections with a 5-point baseline error. 90% range of the final margin with the plan: -27,178 to 28,842 votes.
- 03Money, FEC candidate totals through June 30Kozycki $277,427 cash on hand; McCormick $1,007,984.
- 04Call program for this list19,111 households, 57,334 dials, about 3,004 live conversations: an estimated $7,104 at published rates.
Independent analysis by The Political Group from official Georgia Secretary of State precinct returns (2022 and 2024), FEC filings and published polls, as of September 26, 2026. Not affiliated with any candidate or party.