Catching you up on the day after some notable elections results in East Cobb, and starting with one incumbent who was defeated last night.
That’s Republican Scott Sweeney, who was vying for his third term for the Post 6 seat on the Cobb Board of Education that includes the Walton and Wheeler attendance zones.
He was ousted by Charisse Davis, who like many fellow Democratic challengers in local races was running for the first time.
Some additional votes came in from when when we posted early this morning, and Davis received 21,654 votes, or 51.27 percent. Sweeney had 20,580 votes, or 48.734 percent.
As we noted last night/early this morning, Davis’ win closes the GOP majority on the school board to 4-3 come January. She’s a former school teacher and now librarian in Fulton County whose children attend school in the Campbell attendance zone, some of which is in District 6.
Here’s what Davis told her supporters this morning.
As a school district, we have an opportunity to celebrate our successes while facing our issues with the goal of finding solutions. As an educator and mom of two in the district, I am committed to seeing the district become a leader in implementing solutions that can help all of our students achieve. We can, and will, do better to provide access to early learning options, provide transparency to the families in this community, and focus on the students of this district, no matter how they learn.
East Cobb News covered a candidates’ forum between Davis and Sweeney last month during what came to be a competitive election. Both were unopposed in the primaries, but she received more votes than Sweeney, whose sons attend Walton and Dickerson.
On Tuesday, Sweeney won most of the East Cobb precincts, although Davis carried the Terrell Mill precinct handily. He carried a precinct in Vinings, but she enjoyed large margins in all other precincts in the Cumberland-Smyrna area.
We’ve got a table below that breaks it down, and will be adding more reaction.
For now, she breaks the Republican lock on elected officials that represent East Cobb residents. The 6th Congressional District and State House 37th District races are still in too-close-to-call mode.
Republican Cobb school member David Chastain won a second term Tuesday, defeating Democrat Cynthia Parr to keep the Post 4 seat that includes the Kell and Sprayberry districts.
Chastain received 20,592 votes, or 53.61 percent, while Parr got 17,820 votes, or 46.39 percent.
We’ll have more later in the week on reaction from other races, including commissioner JoAnn Birrell’s close re-election, legislative results and where the Georgia governor’s race stands.
| Sweeney | Davis | |
|---|---|---|
| Chattahoochee | 784 | 2,132 |
| Dickerson | 1,169 | 737 |
| Dobbins | 278 | 1,119 |
| Dodgen | 665 | 317 |
| Eastside 1 | 553 | 306 |
| Eastside 2 | 994 | 633 |
| Fullers Park | 109 | 91 |
| Mt. Bethel 1 | 1,772 | 925 |
| Mt. Bethel 3 | 1,350 | 773 |
| Mt. Bethel 4 | 1,322 | 737 |
| Roswell 2 | 519 | 311 |
| Sewell Mill 3 | 240 | 98 |
| Smyrna 1A | 446 | 1,493 |
| Smyrna 2A | 468 | 1,315 |
| Sope Creek 1 | 995 | 561 |
| Sope Creek 2 | 1,621 | 1,267 |
| Sope Creek 3 | 1,169 | 613 |
| Terrell Mill | 874 | 1,964 |
| Timber Ridge | 1,102 | 573 |
| Vinings 1 | 612 | 1,047 |
| Vinings 2 | 1,262 | 2,131 |
| Vinings 3 | 926 | 1,526 |
| Vinings 4 | 1,350 | 896 |
| Total Votes | 20,580 | 21,654 |
| Percentage | 48.734 | 51.27 |
