Georgia › Chatham County › Savannah-Chatham County Public School System Board of Education, District 2
3 candidates are tracked for Savannah-Chatham County Public School System Board of Education, District 2 on the November 3, 2026 ballot: Valarie Grimes, Mary Snowden and Alfred Henry Jackson Jr.. Candidate information follows official Chatham County election filings; verify with the official election office linked below.
Special election to fill the unexpired term of Dionne Hoskins-Brown, who resigned her District 2 seat in 2026 to run for Board of Education President, per WTOC. The Savannah-Chatham County Board of Public Education appointed Mary Snowden to hold the seat on an interim basis on April 7, 2026, per WTOC and the district's own announcement; that appointment lasts only until the November 3, 2026 special election decides who serves the remainder of the term. Qualifying for the special election closed August 19, 2026; the Chatham County Board of Elections lists three qualified candidates: Valarie Grimes (qualified 8/17/2026), Mary Snowden (qualified 8/17/2026) and Alfred Henry Jackson Jr. (qualified 8/19/2026), per the Chatham County Board of Elections website.
Grimes is a former classroom educator and registered nurse who works in wellness at Gulfstream Aerospace and founded Radiant Rising, a Savannah community organization, per the Savannah Tribune. She says every child in District 2 should have access to the same quality of education regardless of which school they attend, per her campaign site.
2026 priorities
- Ensure every child in District 2 has access to the same quality of education regardless of school assigned, per the campaign site
- Treat student wellness, mental health and family stability as core to how schools function, per per the Savannah Tribune
- Build stronger partnerships between the district, families, health care providers and community organizations, per per the Savannah Tribune
Source: candidate campaign site.
Campaign site →
Snowden is a retired Savannah-Chatham County Public School System teacher who taught for 29 years from 1989 to 2018 and returned to serve the district for an additional year in 2023, per the district's own announcement. She currently serves as the City of Savannah's resident representative on the Chatham Area Transit Board and on the Economic Opportunity Authority board, and holds the District 2 seat on an interim basis by board appointment pending the November 3, 2026 special election. No campaign website or questionnaire response was found as of September 8, 2026; the official roster and election filing is the only verifiable source for Mary Snowden.
Alfred Henry Jackson Jr. appears on the November 3, 2026 ballot for Savannah-Chatham County Public School System Board of Education, District 2, per the county elections office's certified candidate list. No campaign website or questionnaire response was found as of September 8, 2026; the official election filing is the only verifiable source for Alfred Henry Jackson Jr..
