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School Board · Clayton County GA (8)

Clayton County, Georgia · 2026

From the permanent candidacy record: every candidate who has run for this office, with results where the source reports them. Race code US-GA-C13063-SCHOOL_BOARD-8.

2026 · Runoff · 2026-06-16

Joy Tellis Cooper (incumbent)Democratic · won · 1,071 votes (50.9%) · VM-DBN-5QJJ Vanessa C. BattleDemocratic · lost · 1,033 votes (49.1%) · VM-8CF-PQTE

Source: results.sos.ga.gov

2026 · Primary · 2026-05-19

Joy Tellis Cooper (incumbent)Democratic · result not on file · 2,510 votes (47.8%) · VM-DBN-5QJJ Vanessa C. BattleDemocratic · result not on file · 2,142 votes (40.8%) · VM-8CF-PQTE Jessica ShowellDemocratic · lost · 596 votes (11.4%) · VM-QX9-CP1Z

Source: results.sos.ga.gov