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Cynthia Briscoe Brown
Cynthia Briscoe Brown is a member of the Atlanta Public Schools school board in Georgia, representing At-Large Seat 8. She assumed office in 2013. Her current term ends on December 31, 2025.
Brown ran for re-election to the Atlanta Public Schools school board to represent At-Large Seat 8 in Georgia. She won in the general election on November 2, 2021.
Biography
Brown received degrees from Davidson College and Vanderbilt Law School. She has worked as an attorney. Brown has been associated with the Calvin Center, the Atlanta Partnership for Arts in Learning, the Committee for Teaching About the United Nations/Atlanta, the Alliance Francaise d’Atlanta, and Young Audiences of Atlanta. She has served on PTA boards. She was a co-president of North Atlanta Parents for Public Schools and a trustee of the North Atlanta High School Foundation.[1]
Elections
2021
See also: Atlanta Public Schools, Georgia, elections (2021)
General election
General election for Atlanta Public Schools school board At-Large Seat 8
Incumbent Cynthia Briscoe Brown defeated Keedar Whittle in the general election for Atlanta Public Schools school board At-Large Seat 8 on November 2, 2021.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Cynthia Briscoe Brown (Nonpartisan) | 71.3 | 57,537 |
| Keedar Whittle (Nonpartisan) | 28.3 | 22,785 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.4 | 321 | ||
| Total votes: 80,643 | |||
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2017
- See also: Atlanta Public Schools elections (2017)
All nine seats on the Atlanta Public Schools Board of Education in Georgia were up for general election on November 7, 2017. Six seats were elected by district and three seats were elected at large. Six incumbents filed for re-election. A runoff election was held on December 5, 2017, after no candidate in Districts 2, 3, 5, and 7 won a majority of votes in the general election.[2][3][4]
District 2 incumbent Byron Amos won against newcomer Keisha Carey in the runoff election after they defeated challenger Tony Burks in the general election. As of December 5, 2017, the runoff election was too close to call. The open District 3 seat drew five newcomers, Adzua Agyapon, Lewis Cartee, Michelle Olympiadis, Antoine Raynard Trammell, and Rashida Winfrey. Olympiadis-Constant defeated Agyapon in the runoff election. Newcomer Erika Yvette Mitchell defeated Raynard Johnson in the runoff election after defeating candidates D'Jaris James, Jatisha Marsh, Bobby Montgomery, and Jackye Rhodes for the District 5 seat. In District 7, newcomer Kandis Wood Jackson won against Patricia Crayton after they defeated candidates Nathaniel Borrell Dyer, John Wright, and Micah Rowland in the general election.[5][6]
In the general election, incumbent Leslie Grant defeated challenger Ade Oguntoye to retain her District 1 seat. Incumbent Nancy Meister was the only candidate to file for the District 4 seat and won unopposed. In District 6, incumbent Eshé Collins defeated newcomers Valrie Walker Sanders, Patreece Hutcherson, and Donta McMichael to retain her seat. District 8 incumbent Cynthia Briscoe Brown won against challengers Ben Stone and Charlie Stadtlander. Incumbent Jason Esteves was the only candidate to file for the District 9 seat and won unopposed.[2][3][4]
Results
| Atlanta Public Schools, District 8 General Election, 4-year term, 2017 |
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|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
 Cynthia Briscoe Brown Incumbent |
70.14% | 50,706 |
| Charlie Stadtlander | 17.31% | 12,512 |
| Ben Stone | 12.14% | 8,774 |
| Write-in votes | 0.42% | 302 |
| Total Votes | 72,294 | |
| Source: Fulton County, Georgia, "Official Summary Report: Official and Complete," accessed November 17, 2017 and DeKalb County, Georgia, "Election Summary Report: Official and Complete," accessed November 17, 2017 | ||
Funding
Briscoe Brown reported $96,770.89 in contributions and $76,744.47 in expenditures to the City of Atlanta Office of Municipal Clerk, which left her campaign with $20,026.42 as of December 31, 2017.[7]
Endorsements
Briscoe Brown was endorsed by the Buckhead Coalition.[8]
2013
- See also: Atlanta Public Schools elections (2013)
Brown ran for the at-large seat 8 against Dave Walker, Reuben McDaniel, Tom Tidwell and Mark Riley on November 5, 2013. She faced Reuben McDaniel in a runoff election on December 3, 2013.
Results
Runoff election
| Atlanta Public Schools, District 8 Runoff Election, 4-year term, 2013 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Nonpartisan | Cynthia Briscoe Brown |
65.8% | 9,976 | |
| Nonpartisan | Reuben McDaniel Incumbent | 34.2% | 5,181 | |
| Total Votes | 15,157 | |||
| Source: Fulton County Board of Election, "Election Results," accessed October 30, 2017 | ||||
General election
| Atlanta Public Schools, At-large seat 8 General Election, 4-year term, 2013 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Nonpartisan | Reuben McDaniel Incumbent |
36.8% | 16,256 | |
| Nonpartisan | Cynthia Briscoe Brown |
25.8% | 11,410 | |
| Nonpartisan | Mark Riley | 18.1% | 7,998 | |
| Nonpartisan | Tom Tidwell | 15.1% | 6,689 | |
| Nonpartisan | Dave Walker | 4% | 1,757 | |
| Nonpartisan | Write-in | 0.2% | 90 | |
| Total Votes | 44,200 | |||
| Source: Fulton County Board of Election, "Election Results," accessed October 30, 2017 | ||||
Funding
Brown reported $54,031.00 in contributions and $35,345.96 in expenditures to the Georgia Government Transparency and Campaign Finance Commission, which left her campaign with $18,685.04 on hand.[9]
Endorsements
Brown received endorsements from The Network for Public Education, BuckheadView and Atlanta Progressive News.[10][11][12]
Campaign themes
2021
Ballotpedia survey responses
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Cynthia Briscoe Brown did not complete Ballotpedia's 2021 Candidate Connection survey.
See also
2021 Elections
External links
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Footnotes
- ↑ Atlanta Public Schools, "At-Large Seat 8: Cynthia Briscoe Brown," accessed August 28, 2017
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Atlanta, Georgia, "City of Atlanta 2017 General Municipal Election: Candidates Who Have Completed Qualifying Process," accessed August 28, 2017
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Fulton County, Georgia, "Official Summary Report: Official and Complete," accessed November 17, 2017
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 DeKalb County, Georgia, "Election Summary Report: Official and Complete," accessed November 17, 2017
- ↑ Fulton County, GA, "December 5, 2017 General Municipal and Special Runoff - Unofficial results," accessed December 5, 2017
- ↑ DeKalb County, "Election Summary Report: Unofficial and Incomplete," accessed December 5, 2017
- ↑ City of Atlanta, GA - Easy File, "2017 Disclosure Reports," accessed January 24, 2017
- ↑ Marietta Daily Journal, "Buckhead Coalition announces Atlanta endorsements," October 6, 2017
- ↑ Georgia Government Transparency and Campaign Finance Commission, "Brown, Cynthia Briscoe," accessed December 26, 2013
- ↑ The Network For Public Education, "NPE endorses Cynthia Briscoe Brown and Mary Palmer for Atlanta School Board," accessed October 30, 2013
- ↑ Atlanta Progressive News, "APN Full Endorsements: APS BOE 2013," MATTHEW CHARLES CARDINALE, October 20, 2013
- ↑ BuckheadView, "Commentary: BuckheadView’s city elections choices," accessed October 29, 2013
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