Green beats Thomas-Brown in Muscogee school board District 1 runoff

With all eight precincts and early voting reporting in the runoff for the District 1 seat on the nine-member Muscogee County School Board, the Ledger-Enquirer has called the race in favor of three-term incumbent Pat Hugley Green, who has defeated former educator JoAnn Thomas-Brown by 814 votes to 602 votes, or 57 percent to 43 percent.

Mount Pilgrim, Fort Middle School, St. John AME, Columbus Public Library, Reese Road, Cusseta Road Church of Christ, Edgewood Baptist and Rothschild Leadership Academy all have reported.

Green won the early voting 335 to 231.

Green, an insurance agent and chief administrator for Hugley’s Facility Management and Janitorial Service, is the board’s vice chairwoman and chairs the finance committee. She is the sister of Columbus city manager Isaiah Hugley and the sister-in-law of state Rep. Carolyn Hugley, D-Columbus. Green received 46.62 percent of the district’s 2,651 votes in the May 24 election.

Thomas-Brown is owner and chief executive officer of B&O services, which provides support and a group home for the intellectually disabled. She worked 36 years in the Muscogee County School District, including as principal of Baker Middle School, and earned a place in the runoff by finishing second in the three-way race with 29.95 percent. Al Stewart, another retired educator, came in third with 23.35 percent. There were two write-in votes.

This story was originally published July 26, 2016 at 7:10 PM with the headline "Green beats Thomas-Brown in Muscogee school board District 1 runoff."