Former Cobb County Chairman Mike Boyce has been hospitalized in Indiana after suffering two strokes in recent days, county government officials announced Tuesday.
Boyce, a Republican, served a single term as chair of the county’s board of commissioners, defeating former Chair Tim Lee in 2016. The election was widely viewed as a referendum on the deal that brought a Braves stadium to the northwest Atlanta suburbs, which Boyce campaigned heavily against.
Boyce would relinquish the post four years later, losing to current Chairwoman Lisa Cupid, a Democrat, in 2020. In the wake of that election, which led to a wave of unfounded claims of election fraud nationally and in Georgia, Boyce urged his fellow Republicans to “transition in grace,” rather than cast doubt on the results.
In a post to the county government’s official Facebook page, county officials said that Boyce was recovering after a surgery.
“We know Mike is a fighter,” County Manager Jackie McMorris said in a statement. “Our prayers are with him, as well as Judy and the family. We are hopeful of a speedy recovery and praying he can come through this. Our county family hopes to see him back in Cobb County as soon as possible.”
