Michael Thurmond weighs run for DeKalb CEO
Former DeKalb schools Superintendent Michael Thurmond is considering a run to become the county's CEO.
Thurmond told The Atlanta Journal-Constitution on Wednesday that citizens are urging him to run, but he hasn’t made a decision.
Thurmond, an attorney, is a former state labor commissioner and state House member.
Interim DeKalb CEO Lee May is also weighing a run for a full-year term in the May 24 Democratic primary.
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Mark Niesse is an enterprise reporter and covers elections and Georgia government for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution and is considered an expert on elections and voting. Before joining the AJC, he worked for The Associated Press in Atlanta, Honolulu and Montgomery, Alabama. He also reported for The Daily Report and The Santiago Times in Chile.
