Two-thirds of Atlanta’s school board will be filled with new representatives following a runoff election Tuesday that ousted the board’s chairman.
Reuben McDaniel, an investment banker who led the school board during the last two years, lost re-election to attorney Cynthia Briscoe Brown, who collected 66 percent of the vote.
Brown, an attorney, criticized McDaniel’s leadership of the school system following the nation’s largest cheating scandal, scrutiny from the school system’s accrediting body and an investigation of racism allegations at North Atlanta High School.
McDaniel was the only incumbent facing a runoff challenge. Three other runoff races decided Tuesday involved political newcomers for seats in which incumbents didn’t seek re-election.