Cobb County election flips school board control

After Tuesday's election, Democrats flipped the Cobb County School Board. They also strengthened their advantage on the Cobb County Commission to a supermajority. Fox 5's Angelique Proctor spent the day talking with the Cobb County Chairwoman about the Democrat victories. Angelique? Well, good afternoon to you both. Cobb County Chairwoman Lisa Cupid says she was just amazed by these election results. She says she is hopeful now that this supermajority will allow the commission to address things like housing and transportation. Just thrilled. It's been a long time coming to see this shift in momentum for people of the Democratic Party here across the state. Cobb County Chair Lisa Cupid calls Tuesday's decisive victory for Democrats record-breaking. Cupid says 25,000 more voters turned out Tuesday than the midterms in 2022. She believes it clearly means one thing. They sent a very clear message that they want to see a change and they want to have a hand in who is leading them. There's a tension that's been in the air where people just want leaders that are mindful of them as people. And I think that we are doing a reset, a recalibration. The Cobb County School Board flipped to Democratic on Tuesday, plus Cupid, who was elected as the only Democrat when she first ran in 2012, will now serve with four fellow Democrats and just one Republican. She is a history maker of her own, serving as the first African-American and first female commission chair in the history of the county. She hopes the commission will address issues to help all people. Housing affordability can't be a bad word because the accessibility of housing has just been difficult for everyone. We've also had transit become a more acute issue in our county, so there may be some things that we can do to strengthen transit here in the county. Now, Commissioner-elect Kevin Redd, some hopes to be sworn in in January. That is the very latest from Cobb County, Angelique Proctor, Fox 5 News. All right, some big changes on the way, Angelique, thanks.