Top East Cobb 2020 stories: A Democratic election upheaval
December 29, 2020 5:20 PM by Wendy Parker Lisa Cupid, Craig Owens and Flynn Broady headlined Democratic wins in countywide races. The gains Cobb Democrats made in the last two election cycles reached a power-shifting culmination in 2020, as incumbent Republicans holding countywide seats were swept out of office. The Cobb Board of Commissioners will become all-female, and with a black Democratic majority headed by two-term commissioner Lisa Cupid, who ousted chairman Mike Boyce. Cupid will be the first chairwoman and first black head of county government in Cobb’s history, as well as the fi...
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