--- title: "Kozycki vs. McCormick: 2026 Georgia’s 7th District race" url: "https://www.2026election.com/race/2026-house-ga-07" updated: "2026-08-01" source: "Candidates' campaign sites and Ballotpedia, quoted verbatim" publisher: "Pluribus" --- # 2026 Georgia’s 7th District race: Tony Kozycki (D) vs. Rich McCormick (R) Rating: Safe R · Election: November 3, 2026 · Ballot checked: October 9, 2026 · Positions captured: August 1, 2026 Incumbent Republican Representative Rich McCormick faces Democratic challenger Tony Kozycki in the November 3, 2026, general election for Georgia's 7th Congressional District. McCormick, an emergency medicine physician and military veteran, advanced from the Republican primary, while Kozycki, a former naval aviator and attorney, won the Democratic primary runoff in June 2026. The race hinges on contrasting approaches to healthcare reform, cost-of-living relief, immigration policy, ethics in government, and defense. ## Candidates - **Tony Kozycki** (Democrat) · [Campaign site](http://kozyckiforcongress.com/) · [Ballotpedia](https://ballotpedia.org/Tony_Kozycki) - **Rich McCormick** (Republican, incumbent) · [Campaign site](https://www.richmccormick.us/) · [Ballotpedia](https://ballotpedia.org/Rich_McCormick) ## Issues ### Government reform and ethics Salience: high Kozycki supports banning congressional stock trading and overturning Citizens United, while McCormick focuses on voter ID laws and preventing federal oversight of state election rules. **Tony Kozycki:** Supports banning stock trading and campaign finance reform Kozycki advocates for ending corruption in Washington by banning congressional stock trading, requiring blind trusts, and strengthening ethics laws. He also supports overturning Citizens United, imposing a lobbying cooling-off period, and ending partisan gerrymandering. - Ban congressional stock trading and require blind trusts for members of Congress. - Impose a cooling-off period before former members of Congress can become lobbyists. - Overturn Citizens United to eliminate dark money from politics and end partisan gerrymandering. > “I will fight to ban congressional stock trading, require blind trusts, strengthen ethics laws, and expose waste and self-dealing.” > — Tony Kozycki, via [Ballotpedia](https://ballotpedia.org/Tony_Kozycki) > “That includes banning members of Congress from trading stocks, imposing a cooling off period before former members can lobby, and getting dark money out of politics by overturning Citizens United.” > — Tony Kozycki, via [Ballotpedia](https://ballotpedia.org/Tony_Kozycki) **Rich McCormick:** Opposes federalizing elections and supports voter ID McCormick focuses on election integrity by opposing federal control over state elections and prohibiting taxpayer funding for congressional campaigns. He voted for the SAVE Act to require documentary proof of citizenship for federal voting. - Voted Yea on the SAVE Act (H.R. 22) requiring proof of citizenship to register for federal elections. - Opposes federal intervention in state and local election administration. - Supports strict voter ID requirements and opposes taxpayer funding for political campaigns. > “In Congress, Rich will fight against ALL attempts to federalize our elections, force taxpayers to pay for the elections of the entitled elitist class and improve election integrity.” > — Rich McCormick, via [Ballotpedia](https://ballotpedia.org/Rich_McCormick) ### Healthcare Salience: high Kozycki seeks to lower healthcare costs by taking on insurance monopolies and expanding government regulation, whereas McCormick advocates market-driven price transparency and opposes single-payer healthcare models. **Tony Kozycki:** Supports lowering costs and reforming insurance practices Kozycki promises to take on insurance monopolies, lower prescription drug prices, and protect funding for medical research. He criticizes current congressional policies for driving up insurance premiums and burdening families. - Take on insurance monopolies and lower prescription drug costs. - Protect federal funding for medical research. - Address insurance industry consolidation to reduce out-of-pocket costs for families. > “I will take on insurance monopolies, lower prescription drug prices, protect medical research, and put patients ahead of corporate profits.” > — Tony Kozycki, via [Ballotpedia](https://ballotpedia.org/Tony_Kozycki) **Rich McCormick:** Supports market transparency and opposes single-payer schemes McCormick, an emergency physician, opposes single-payer or Medicare for All systems while championing market-driven solutions like price transparency and administrative deregulation. He advocates for protecting pre-existing conditions, ending surprise billing, and opposing vaccine and mask mandates. - Opposes Medicare for All and government-run single-payer healthcare plans. - Promotes price transparency to foster market competition among healthcare providers. - Advocates ending vaccine and mask mandates and reducing federal paperwork burdens on doctors. > “Create Pricing transparency to force prices down through competition” > — Rich McCormick, via [Ballotpedia](https://ballotpedia.org/Rich_McCormick) > “Stop Biden’s Socialized Medicine Schemes that Would Eliminate 160 Million Insurance Plans” > — Rich McCormick, via [Ballotpedia](https://ballotpedia.org/Rich_McCormick) ### Economy and cost of living Salience: high Kozycki targets high costs through increased minimum wages, expanded child tax credits, and corporate housing restrictions, while McCormick favors middle-class tax cuts and business deregulation. **Tony Kozycki:** Supports childcare aid, wage increases, and housing reform Kozycki focuses on easing financial strain on working families by capping childcare costs, expanding the Child Tax Credit, and raising the minimum wage. He also proposes blocking private equity firms from buying up single-family residential housing. - Expand the Child Tax Credit and raise the federal minimum wage. - Enact policies to lower childcare costs for working parents. - Restrict private equity and Wall Street firms from purchasing single-family homes to expand affordable housing. > “I will fight to lower childcare costs, stop Wall Street from buying up neighborhoods, expand affordable housing, and make sure hard work once again leads to stability and opportunity.” > — Tony Kozycki, via [Ballotpedia](https://ballotpedia.org/Tony_Kozycki) > “That includes expanding the child tax credit, investing in affordable housing, raising the minimum wage, and lowering health care costs.” > — Tony Kozycki, via [Ballotpedia](https://ballotpedia.org/Tony_Kozycki) **Rich McCormick:** Supports deregulation, middle-class tax cuts, and deficit reduction McCormick advocates for deregulation, tax cuts for middle-class families, and reduced federal spending to stimulate business growth. He voted for major budget reconciliation legislation in the 119th Congress to address tax policy and statutory debt limits. - Provide middle-class tax relief and eliminate growth-limiting government regulations. - Voted Yea on the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (H.R. 1) to adjust tax policy and national debt limits. - Promote entrepreneurship, innovation, and supply chain recovery to curb inflation. > “Provide real tax relief for middle class families” > — Rich McCormick, via [Ballotpedia](https://ballotpedia.org/Rich_McCormick) > “Remove unnecessary regulation that limit growth with no benefit” > — Rich McCormick, via [Ballotpedia](https://ballotpedia.org/Rich_McCormick) ### Immigration and border security Salience: high Kozycki calls for border security combined with due process protections and legal immigration reform, whereas McCormick supports completing a border wall and deporting undocumented immigrants. **Tony Kozycki:** Supports due process and comprehensive legal immigration reform As an immigration attorney, Kozycki advocates for border security paired with humane enforcement, due process, and reform of the legal immigration system. He highlights cases of military veterans facing deportation without administrative hearing access. - Protect due process and eliminate abusive immigration enforcement practices. - Reform the legal immigration process to better support families and workforce needs. - Combine border security measures with systematic legal immigration pathway improvements. > “We need common sense immigration reform that restores due process, ends abusive enforcement practices, and fixes the legal immigration system so it actually works.” > — Tony Kozycki, via [Ballotpedia](https://ballotpedia.org/Tony_Kozycki) > “We need a secure border and a system that actually works. Right now we have neither. Serious leadership means fixing both at the same time.” > — Tony Kozycki, via [Campaign site](http://kozyckiforcongress.com/) **Rich McCormick:** Supports border wall completion and mandatory deportations McCormick calls for constructing a southern border wall, ending open-door immigration policies, and deporting individuals residing without legal authorization. He supported legislation requiring law enforcement detention for non-citizens arrested for theft or driving while impaired. - Build the physical border wall and terminate open-door immigration policies. - Voted Yea on the Laken Riley Act (S. 5) requiring detention of undocumented individuals arrested for theft or burglary. - Voted Yea on H.R. 875 to make driving while impaired grounds for deportation or inadmissibility. > “He will fight to end Biden’s open-door policies to illegal immigrants and deport those who have been shipped to our communities.” > — Rich McCormick, via [Ballotpedia](https://ballotpedia.org/Rich_McCormick) > “Build the Wall and Rid Our Communities of Illegal Immigrants” > — Rich McCormick, via [Ballotpedia](https://ballotpedia.org/Rich_McCormick) ### Veterans affairs and national defense Salience: medium Both candidates are military veterans who advocate for improved veteran healthcare, with Kozycki placing explicit focus on international alliances and due process for veterans, and McCormick emphasizing overall military strength and combat readiness. **Tony Kozycki:** Supports expanding veteran healthcare and strengthening foreign alliances A former Navy fighter pilot, Kozycki emphasizes improving VA healthcare, expanding mental health services for veterans, and honoring commitments to former service members. In foreign policy, he stresses maintaining strong relationships with international allies. - Expand VA health services and mental health support for returning service members. - Prevent veterans from being overlooked or entangled in government bureaucracy. - Strengthen international military partnerships and alliance commitments. > “No one who served this country should come home and be forgotten, ignored, or buried in bureaucracy.” > — Tony Kozycki, via [Ballotpedia](https://ballotpedia.org/Tony_Kozycki) > “America is strongest when we lead with strength and stand by our allies.” > — Tony Kozycki, via [Campaign site](http://kozyckiforcongress.com/) **Rich McCormick:** Supports military readiness and enhanced veteran healthcare A Marine Corps and Navy veteran, McCormick advocates for rebuilding U.S. military power and ensuring troop readiness for combat. He supports delivering enhanced healthcare services to military veterans upon their return home. - Restore U.S. military strength and combat readiness. - Deliver improved healthcare services to military veterans. - Leverage military background to guide national defense policy. > “Restore America’s military might” > — Rich McCormick, via [Ballotpedia](https://ballotpedia.org/Rich_McCormick) > “Deliver better healthcare to veterans” > — Rich McCormick, via [Ballotpedia](https://ballotpedia.org/Rich_McCormick) ### Crime and public safety Salience: low Kozycki emphasizes fairness and due process within the criminal justice system, while McCormick focuses on law enforcement funding and strict penalties for criminal offenders. **Tony Kozycki:** Supports criminal justice fairness and indigent defense Kozycki's perspective on the legal system is shaped by his work in criminal defense and his mother's career as a public defender, emphasizing fairness, due process, and equal protection under the law. - Promote fairness and due process in criminal justice systems. - Advocate for indigent defense and support individuals facing systemic legal challenges. > “I believe government should be judged by one standard: whether it stands with those who need help most when it matters most.” > — Tony Kozycki, via [Ballotpedia](https://ballotpedia.org/Tony_Kozycki) **Rich McCormick:** Supports law enforcement and opposes defunding police McCormick emphasizes strict law enforcement funding, opposing efforts to defund police departments, and holding violent offenders and drug traffickers accountable. He also highlights policies to combat opioid addiction. - Fully fund law enforcement agencies and vigorously oppose defunding the police. - Increase penalties for violent criminals, drug traffickers, and human traffickers. - Implement community programs and policies to reduce opioid abuse. > “Fully Fund and Support Law Enforcement” > — Rich McCormick, via [Ballotpedia](https://ballotpedia.org/Rich_McCormick) > “Combating opioid abuse and help those struggling with addictions find treatment” > — Rich McCormick, via [Ballotpedia](https://ballotpedia.org/Rich_McCormick) ### Education and parental rights Salience: medium **Tony Kozycki:** No documented position in our sources **Rich McCormick:** Supports school choice and banning critical race theory McCormick advocates for parental rights in education, school choice, and ending federal mandates in schools. He proposes stripping federal funding from school districts that teach critical race theory or implement remote learning. - Ban federal funding for districts teaching critical race theory or promoting remote learning. - End mask mandates in schools and promote school choice options. - Focus school curricula on core academic subjects rather than social theories. > “Ban federal funding for school districts that teach CRT or promote remote learning” > — Rich McCormick, via [Ballotpedia](https://ballotpedia.org/Rich_McCormick) > “Encourage School Choice and Parental Options” > — Rich McCormick, via [Ballotpedia](https://ballotpedia.org/Rich_McCormick) ### Second Amendment and gun rights Salience: medium **Tony Kozycki:** No documented position in our sources **Rich McCormick:** Opposes gun control and supports national concealed carry McCormick opposes all federal gun restrictions and advocates expanding national concealed carry reciprocity for legal firearm owners. - Oppose federal gun control attempts. - Pass national concealed carry reciprocity legislation. - Defend constitutional Second Amendment rights. > “Rich will never waver in his defense of the 2nd Amendment and will oppose any and all attempts to infringe upon them.” > — Rich McCormick, via [Ballotpedia](https://ballotpedia.org/Rich_McCormick) > “Ensure Concealed Carry is Respected Nationally” > — Rich McCormick, via [Ballotpedia](https://ballotpedia.org/Rich_McCormick) ### Reproductive rights and abortion Salience: low **Tony Kozycki:** No documented position in our sources **Rich McCormick:** Opposes abortion and supports pro-life policies McCormick states he is a pro-life physician who supports protecting human life at all stages, from conception through natural death. - Identifies as a 100% pro-life physician. - Pledges to protect human life at every stage from the unborn to the infirm. > “100% pro-life doctor” > — Rich McCormick, via [Ballotpedia](https://ballotpedia.org/Rich_McCormick) > “Protect life at every stage, from the unborn to the infirm.” > — Rich McCormick, via [Ballotpedia](https://ballotpedia.org/Rich_McCormick) ## Polls and markets _Updated Oct 31._ - [Polymarket](https://polymarket.com/event/ga-07-house-election-winner) — GA-07 House Election Winner: Republicans 92.5%, Democrats 7.0% - [Kalshi](https://kalshi.com/events/KXHOUSERACE-GA07-26) — GA-07 House winner?: Rich McCormick 93.1%, Tony Kozycki 8.1% [View this race on 2026election.com](https://www.2026election.com/race/2026-house-ga-07)