Upset Brief · GA-07 · Tony Kozycki (D) vs. Rich McCormick (R), incumbent
Kozycki can win. The plan uses 35 percent of what history allows.
25%
odds today
52%
odds with the plan
11,102
net votes to find
Rich McCormick won
result of the November 3, 2026 election
Where
- 01+447Windermere (Forsyth County)Starting line Kozycki +2. 8.0% split their ticket.
- 02+421Nichols (Forsyth County)Starting line Kozycki +1. 8.3% split their ticket.
- 03+389Johns Creek (Forsyth County)Starting line Kozycki +8. 8.1% split their ticket.
- 04+341Precinct RW01 (Fulton County)Starting line Kozycki +9. 8.5% split their ticket.
- 05+315Precinct AP01A (Fulton County)Starting line Kozycki +23. 9.0% split their ticket.
- 06+305Lakeland (Forsyth County)Starting line Kozycki +4. 7.7% split their ticket.
The top 12 precincts carry 33% of the plan.
How
- P+10,179Persuade29,015 voters in play: ticket splitters now leaning McCormick, plus the 11 percent still undecided in the latest poll.
- M+1,312MobilizeAt least 32,833 people who voted in 2024 but not in 2022, in precincts where Kozycki's side wins at least 55 percent.
- C+166ConsolidateVoters 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 uses 35 percent of what recent Georgia results show is possible.
- The starting line comes from the published 2026 head-to-head polls between these two finalists, sponsored ones included; 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: -26,804 to 28,445 votes.
- 03Money, FEC candidate totals through June 30Kozycki $277,427 cash on hand; McCormick $1,007,984.
- 04Call program for this list18,849 households, 56,546 dials, about 2,963 live conversations: an estimated $7,006 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.