Mike Thurmond
Mike Thurmond | |
|---|---|
| Chief Executive Officer of DeKalb County | |
| In office January 1, 2017 – January 1, 2025 | |
| Preceded by | Burrell Ellis |
| Succeeded by | Lorraine Cochran- Johnson |
| Labor Commissioner of Georgia | |
| In office January 11, 1999 – January 10, 2011 | |
| Governor | Roy Barnes Sonny Perdue |
| Preceded by | Marti Fullerton |
| Succeeded by | Mark Butler |
| Member of the Georgia House of Representatives from the 67th district | |
| In office January 12, 1987 – January 11, 1993 | |
| Preceded by | Hugh Logan |
| Succeeded by | Mike Polak |
| Personal details | |
| Born | January 5, 1953 Athens, Georgia, U.S. |
| Party | Democratic |
| Spouse | Zola Fletcher |
| Children | Mikaya |
| Education | Paine College (BA) University of South Carolina (JD) |
Michael L. Thurmond (born January 5, 1953) is an American author, attorney, and politician. A Democrat, he was previously the Chief Executive Officer of DeKalb County and a representative in the Georgia General Assembly. He served as Georgia Labor Commissioner from 1999 to 2011.
Thurmond served as the interim superintendent of the DeKalb County School District, the third largest district in the state of Georgia from 2013 to 2015. The district serves nearly 99,000 students with over 13,400 employees. Thurmond was the Democratic Party's nominee for United States Senate in 2010. He was also one of the last Democrats to win statewide in Georgia until 2020, when Joe Biden won the state in the 2020 presidential election. In 2025, he announced that he will be running in the 2026 Georgia gubernatorial election.
Prior to becoming DeKalb's Schools Superintendent, Thurmond was an attorney at Butler Wooten Cheeley & Peak LLP.