Shortly after the April 29 special elections for the Cobb Board of Commissioners were certified on Tuesday, the newest member was sworn into office.
Erick Allen took the oath as the new commissioner in District 2, which formerly included some of East Cobb and now comprises much of Smyrna/Cumberland/Vinings and along the Interstate 75 corridor.
A former legislator and Cobb delegation chairman and former head of the Cobb County Democratic Central Committee, Allen succeeds Jerica Richardson, whose office was vacated in January, shortly after her term was expired.
Since then, the five-member board has operated with four members.
Special elections in District 2 and District 4 for the Cobb commission were ordered by a Cobb judge after May 2024 primaries were invalidated due to electoral maps that were ruled to be in violation of the Georgia Constitution.
Those maps were drawn by Allen, then the chairman of the Cobb legislative delegation, but never received a vote.
First-term Democrat Monique Sheffield easily won re-election to District 4 in South Cobb as Democrats regained a 3-2 majority.
Allen will have a ceremonial swearing-in celebration on Monday, May 12 at the Jennie T. Anderson Theatre at the Cobb Civic Center at 6:39 p.m. The event is free and is open to the public.
His first meeting as a commissioner takes place the next day, Tuesday, May 13.
Related:
- Kemp won’t challenge Ossoff in U.S. Senate race
- Democrats regain Cobb commission control in special election
- Cobb Republican Party chooses new chairwoman, officers
- Allen defeats Howard in Cobb commission Democratic runoff
- Democratic runoff set in Cobb Commission District 2 special election
- Richardson removed from office after appeals court rejection
- Richardson resumes seat as Cobb commission drama continues
- Richardson’s Cobb commission seat declared vacant by judge
- MORE: Visit the East Cobb News Politics & Elections Page
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