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Todd Levent

Republican · GA · Forsyth County Commissioner, District 3

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Todd Levent is the Republican incumbent candidate for Forsyth County Commissioner District 3 in 2026. Forsyth County identifies him as the District Three commissioner; the county page and candidate site document service in that office since 2011.

Where Todd Levent stands, based on their records

Supports

Healthcare Affordability (1 record), Public Infrastructure (1 record)

Mixed record

Government Spending Reduction (2 support · 1 oppose), Housing Affordability (1 support · 1 oppose)

Track record

Track record — Healthcare Affordability

Healthcare Affordability · 1 support
  • Voted against moving about $30 million in federal relief money away from a planned mental health center. The money went to a water project instead, on a 3-2 vote. He had backed the center and said debate was cut short.

    June 11, 2024Supports Healthcare Affordability

    Source: appenmedia.com

Track record — Government Spending Reduction

Government Spending Reduction · 2 support · 1 oppose
  • Cast the only vote against the county's deal with The Gathering at South Forsyth, a planned hockey arena and shopping development. The deal passed 4-1. It committed the county to $225 million if the project lands an NHL team.

    March 26, 2024Supports Government Spending Reduction

    Source: appenmedia.com

  • Voted against a $114 million contract to build a new county government campus. The plan passed 3-2. It had only one bid and dropped a planned mental health crisis center.

    January 9, 2024Supports Government Spending Reduction

    Source: 11alive.com

  • Brought forward and voted for a deal to buy the Polo Fields, youth soccer land that was about to be sold to developers. The board approved it unanimously. The deal let the county sell about 57 of 80 acres set aside for Denmark Park.

    February 3, 2022Opposes Government Spending Reduction

    Source: forsyth.fetchyournews.com

Track record — Housing Affordability

Housing Affordability · 1 support · 1 oppose
  • Voted with a unanimous board to extend a pause on new building plans and land-clearing permits for home sites zoned before April 2017. The vote extended the pause until June 2, 2026.

    December 4, 2025Opposes Housing Affordability

    Source: forsythcoga.api.civicclerk.com

  • Voted to rezone 140 acres in south Forsyth for a mixed-use project with shops and over 400 homes. The motion failed 2-3. He said residents had been given wrong information about the project's density.

    June 15, 2023Supports Housing Affordability

    Source: appenmedia.com

Track record — Public Infrastructure

Public Infrastructure · 1 support
  • Brought forward and voted for a deal to buy the Polo Fields, youth soccer land that was about to be sold to developers. The board approved it unanimously. The deal let the county sell about 57 of 80 acres set aside for Denmark Park.

    February 3, 2022Supports Public Infrastructure

    Source: forsyth.fetchyournews.com

Track record — General

General · 3 records
  • Made the motion to let two parcels with pending appeals ask for rezoning despite the county's pause on new home rezoning requests. His motion required lots of at least 37,000 square feet. It passed 3-1.

    August 21, 2025

    Source: forsythcoga.api.civicclerk.com

  • Voted against a county rule that banned short-term rentals, like Airbnb homes, in residential neighborhoods. The rule passed 3-2. He had proposed letting rentals run with a simple permit instead.

    April 18, 2019

    Source: appenmedia.com

  • Was elected chairman of the Forsyth County Board of Commissioners by a unanimous vote of his fellow commissioners. The chairman post was a one-year term for 2017.

    January 12, 2017

    Source: councilforqualitygrowth.org

Track record — Candidate Ethics

Candidate Ethics · 2 records
  • Was found by the Forsyth County Ethics Panel to have broken the county ethics code by getting emails from another commissioner's account without an open records request. The panel voted 2-1 and gave him a written warning.

    March 2, 2021

    Source: appenmedia.com

  • Was formally censured by the Forsyth County Board of Commissioners in a 3-0 vote. An outside investigation found he went around the state Open Records Act to get information from another commissioner's county email account.

    August 20, 2020

    Source: appenmedia.com

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